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Digger depositing peat, Wester Moss, Fallin
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS)'s digger depositing peat on the bund at Wester Moss raised bog, Fallin.
The digger is building a bund to trap water and retain it in the bog to prevent it from drying out.
08 October 2015
Digger depositing peat, Wester Moss, Fallin
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS)'s digger depositing peat on the bund at Wester Moss raised bog, Fallin.
The digger is building a bund to trap water and retain it in the bog to prevent it from drying out.
08 October 2015
Digger depositing peat, Wester Moss, Fallin
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS)'s digger depositing peat on the bund at Wester Moss raised bog, Fallin.
The digger is building a bund to trap water and retain it in the bog to prevent it from drying out.
08 October 2015
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A peat bund blocks the drainage from the raised bog, helping to raise the water table and re-wet the bog following previous drainage when ditches were dug and peat removed to create agricultural land, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A peat bund blocks the drainage from the raised bog, helping to raise the water table and re-wet the bog following previous drainage when ditches were dug and peat removed to create agricultural land, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source. In the background is an observation tower which gives good views over the bog.
20 October 2021
Flanders Moss, a bund and Ben Venue
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
People enjoying Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, with Ben Venue in the background. In the foreground a bund has been created to retain water on the bog.
14 January 2017
Wester Moss bund
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Wester Moss raised bog, showing the bund built to raise the water level for habitat restoration and carbon sequestration.
08 November 2015
Pools forming on Wester Moss, Fallin
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Wester Moss raised bog, Fallin. Pools have already begun to form behind a newly raised bund, built by a digger to trap water and retain it in the bog to prevent it from drying out.
08 October 2015
Pools forming on Wester Moss, Fallin
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Wester Moss raised bog, Fallin. Pools have already begun to form behind a newly raised bund, built by a digger to trap water and retain it in the bog to prevent it from drying out.
08 October 2015
Digger protecting the peat, Wester Moss, Fallin
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS)'s digger protecting the peat with logs at Wester Moss raised bog, Fallin.
The digger is building a bund to trap water and retain it in the bog to prevent it from drying out.
