Some lovely finds today while surveying a site 😊 This unassuming hummock of sphagnum moss was home to carnivorous sundews, several orchids and a tiny lesser twayblade 😍 It's amazing what you can find when you look closely! 🌿
Manx Peat Partnership
The marsh violets are flowering among the Sphagnum moss 🌸😍
These flowers arise from creeping underground runners and typically bloom from April to July. Like us, they love #bogs, #peat and marshy ground 😁 💦
Nice to see this fungi growing on an area of bare #peat on Beinn-y-Phott 😀 Not sure what it is though, so if anyone has any ideas please let us know! 🍄
Not long now until the hills turn white with fluffy cottongrass seed heads 😍
Cottongrass loves wet, peaty habitats and spreads by seed and by underground rhizomes. It is particularly good for covering areas of bare peat and providing shelter for sphagnum moss to become established 🌿
Not long now until the hills turn white with fluffy cottongrass seed heads 😍
Cottongrass loves wet, peaty habitats and spreads by seed and by underground rhizomes. It is particularly good for covering areas of bare peat and providing shelter for sphagnum moss to become established 🌿
Today is hot hot hot 🥵 Luckily most of our shallow #peatland pools are still wet 💦 which is great news for invertebrates and birds 😊
Thanks to the lovely people who joined us for a guided walk around one of our peatland restoration sites on Wednesday 😍
We discussed #peatlands, their #wildlife, their historical and cultural importance, and were treated to a visit by a male hen harrier 😊
The weather wasn't too bad either😉
The weather is looking lovely this weekend, so if you're heading for the hills, or just fancy finding out about #peatland wildlife, have a listen to the Wild Thing podcast from Manx Radio 😊 We've also included a link on our website 👇
www.manxpeat.org/media
Time for a yarn? Could local wool 🐏be returned to the #Manx hills to help with #peatland restoration? That’s what we’re hoping to find out by trialling wool logs on our restoration sites. Read all about it in our latest blog 🧐👇
www.manxpeat.org/blog/time-fo...
The #peat at this site was historically cut for fuel, leaving bare eroding 'peat pans'. We used a digger for reprofiling then got to work by hand, with lots of help from volunteers 🙏
It will be several years before we really start to see the impact of the work, but initial signs are promising 😊
