International Bog Day 2022
Every year International Bog Day gives us the chance to celebrate all of our precious peatlands. Find out what we're up to here in Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.
Every year International Bog Day gives us the chance to celebrate all of our precious peatlands. Find out what we're up to here in Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.
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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This year, as part of International Women's Day, we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate a few of the incredible women working to make the world that little bit more wild. In this…
This year, as part of International Women's Day, we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate a few of the incredible women working to make the world that little bit more wild. In this…
This year, as part of International Women's Day, we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate a few of the incredible women working to make the world that little bit more wild. In this…
This year, as part of International Women's Day, we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate a few of the incredible women working to make the world that little bit more wild. In this…
The yellow, star-like flowers of bog asphodel brighten up our peat bogs, damp heaths and moors in early summer, attracting a range of pollinating insects.
Unlike blanket bog, which smothers vast tracts of the uplands, raised bogs are discrete entities, often individually named, and are mostly found within agricultural landscapes in the lowlands.
Bleak, treeless and often shrouded in low cloud, blanket bog can seem a desolate habitat. However, the wildness of the huge, empty landscapes and wide skies are compelling, as is the chance of…
Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.
The Wildlife Trusts unveil 12 new nature recovery projects – restoring peatlands, saltmarsh, kelp forests, chalk grassland, wetlands and woods – to store carbon. Among them is Lancashire Wildlife…
Work has started on a pioneering project that aims to restore rare habitat and boost carbon capture in Lancashire.