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Stephen walks around his local patch once or twice a week throughout the year. He looks and listens carefully to discover the wild creatures hidden in the reedbed and surrounding woods.
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A mossland Christmas tree
As if I needed a reminder that the penultimate day of this LWT #12DaysWild journey was upon me, the hedge posing as a long line of Christmas trees was suddenly devoid of all its decorative baubles…
Spot the merlin and kestrel in the mossland sky
A chance to give something back for nature for today was my first of three winter bird counts out on Little Woolden Moss Nature Reserve for the Lancashire Wildlife Trust
Maximising Manchester’s Mosslands
Global consultancy and construction company, Mace, are funding the restoration of 157 hectares of precious mossland habitat in Greater Manchester over the next five years.
North Lancashire Wildlife Group - Visit to Cogie Hill Nature Site
This site has been managed solely for wildlife for 15 years. We can explore young and mature woodlands and wildflower meadows.
Moorland
One of our most extensive habitats, moorlands cover huge areas in the uplands. Great expanses of unenclosed, wild-seeming land impart a sense of freedom and adventure, although the wide, open…
£670,000 awarded to connect Greater Manchester’s mosslands
Funding awarded to connect rare fragments of peatland for wildlife, the community and to fight climate change.
Heathland and moorland
These wild, open landscapes stretch over large areas and are most often found in uplands. Although slow to awaken in spring, by late summer heathland can be an eye-catching purple haze of heather…
Group Visits
Whether it’s a full day out or just a quick stop off on the way to your destination, Brockholes is the ideal place for groups to visit, whether it is part of a coach trip, or a community group.
The medical marvels of our mosslands – can peatland plants be beneficial for our health?
The plants that live on our peatlands aren’t just any plants, they are all wonderfully unique and have adapted in incredible ways to survive and thrive on the harsh bog environment. But it turns…
Youth Campaigning Group Application
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Wildife devastated in moorland inferno
The huge fire that is ravaging Saddleworth Moor will have dire consequences for wildlife and will mean major habitat work in future years.