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Bog Squad hammering in a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, hammering in a section of plastic piling to build a dam and keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Bog Squad building a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, inserting a plastic piling section to form a dam to keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, preparing to insert a 4 metre long plastic piling section into the peat, to dam back water in the bog and keep it wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Bog Squad hammering in a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, hammering in a section of plastic piling to build a dam and keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Bog Squad hammering in a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, hammering in a section of plastic piling to build a dam and keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Hammering in the dam
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation and Stirling Council Countryside Rangers Bog Squad hammering in the sections of a new dam, Wester Moss.
Once complete, the water table should be raised and the peatland habitat restored to a more favourable condition, which will allow Sphagnum moss to regrow and capture carbon, and enhance the habitat for butterflies.
08 November 2015
Hammering in the dam
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
The Bog Squad hammering in the sections of a new dam, Wester Moss.
The dam is being constructed by Butterfly Conservation and Stirling Countryside Rangers to preserve the peat to enhance carbon sequestration and enhance the bog for butterflies and other invertebrates.
Most of the peat has been removed from raised bogs in Central Scotland, and habitat restoration is necessary to restore the remaining bogs to a favourable condition.
08 November 2015
Glasgow University Wildlife Garden pond - Sophie, Laura and Stuart spreading sand
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Glasgow - University wildlife garden pond
Glasgow University Wildlife Garden pond - Sophie, Laura and Stuart spreading sand
23 February 2011
Glasgow University Wildlife Garden pond - spreading out the pond liner
