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Feathery Bog Moss at White Moss, North Ayrshire
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East Renfrewshire
Feathery Bog Moss (Sphagnum cuspidatum) at White Moss, near Lugtonridge, North Ayrshire, taken by David Palmar. Sphagnum Moss absorbs water like a sponge, keeping the bog wet, minimising breakdown of the peat and and enabling the bog to expand and sequester carbon from the atmosphere.
13 March 2022
Board walk at Braehead Moss, South Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire
Board walk with newly dug pond at Braehead Moss, South Lanarkshire, a raised bog managed by SNH (Scottish Natural Heritage), and which has been worked on by Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS) Bog Squad.
28 March 2019
Bog Squad leader David Hill with a new board walk section at Braehead Moss
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South Lanarkshire
Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS) Bog Squad leader David Hill with a new board walk section at Braehead Moss, South Lanarkshire
28 March 2019
The Bog Squad with a new board walk section at Braehead Moss
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South Lanarkshire
Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS) Bog Squad with a new board walk section at Braehead Moss, South Lanarkshire
28 March 2019
The Bog Squad constructing a board walk at Braehead Moss
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South Lanarkshire
Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS) bog squad constructing a board walk at Braehead Moss, South Lanarkshire
28 March 2019
Boardwalk materials, Braehead Moss
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South Lanarkshire
Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS) bog squad with materials for constructing a board walk at Braehead Moss, South Lanarkshire
Volunteer James, ecologist with Natural Power, removing invasive Silver Birch (Betula pendula) with a tree popper on Lenzie Moss, as part of Butterfly Conservation Scotland's bog squad. Removing trees helps to keep the bog wet and encourages the growth of sphagnum and other peat-forming mosses. Peat is many times more effective than trees at sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, thus helping to combat climate change.
Volunteer James, ecologist with Natural Power, removing invasive Silver Birch (Betula pendula) with a tree popper on Lenzie Moss, as part of Butterfly Conservation Scotland's bog squad. Removing trees helps to keep the bog wet and encourages the growth of sphagnum and other peat-forming mosses. Peat is many times more effective than trees at sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, thus helping to combat climate change.
03 September 2017
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, transporting plastic dam sections to an area where the water needs to be ponded back to keep the bog wet and in a favourable condition. Behind them is the Fallin bing, the waste heap from the former Polmaise Colliery, and behind that agin, the Ochil hills.
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 - packing up to leave, having completed a dam (foreground) to keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
