Click on one of the thumbnails to the right to view the corresponding item.
Search Results Click a thumbnail to view.
Dam at Commonhead Moss
03766
16
Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Conservation in action - a plastic dam to help to preserve or raise the level of the water table, to promote growth of sphagnum moss and reverse the previous efforts at drainage at Commonhead Moss, a Glasgow local nature reserve. There's also evidence of less conservation-minded visitors.
22 May 2013
Dam at Commonhead Moss
03765
16
Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Conservation in action - a plastic dam to help to preserve or raise the level of the water table. A raised water table promotes growth of sphagnum moss and helps to reverse the previous efforts at drainage at Commonhead Moss, a Glasgow local nature reserve. In this ditch, brushwood from scrub clearance has been dumped, to help to stem the flow of water and restore the bog.
The group of visitors is from the Friends of Glasgow's Local Nature Reserves.
22 May 2013
brushwood in drainage ditches, Forsinard
02204
84
Sutherland - Forsinard and Halladale
Brushwood has been placed in old drainage ditches to block them up and stimulate regrowth of peat bog, Forsinard