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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
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
Dam to raise water table, Lenzie Moss
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East Dunbartonshire Mosses
A plastic dam reinforced by a solid wooden structure holds back much of the rain-derived water from draining away out of Lenzie Moss, the surface of which has been denuded of peat and by previous peat cutting and dried out by drainage. The higher water table helps to restore the anaerobic environment in which peat can regrow, with the benefit that it can again sequester carbon and help counteract climate change.
09 May 2015
Dam to raise water table, Lenzie Moss
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East Dunbartonshire Mosses
A plastic dam reinforced by a solid wooden structure holds back much of the rain-derived water from draining away out of Lenzie Moss, the surface of which has been denuded of peat and by previous peat cutting and dried out by drainage. The higher water table helps to restore the anaerobic environment in which peat can regrow, with the benefit that it can again sequester carbon and help counteract climate change.
09 May 2015
Dam to raise water table, Lenzie Moss
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East Dunbartonshire Mosses
A plastic dam reinforced by a solid wooden structure holds back much of the rain-derived water from draining away out of Lenzie Moss, the surface of which has been denuded of peat and by previous peat cutting and dried out by drainage. The higher water table helps to restore the anaerobic environment in which peat can regrow, with the benefit that it can again sequester carbon and help counteract climate change.
09 May 2015
female Palmate newt, Dams to Darnley Country Park, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Dams to Darnley
Female Palmate newt, (Lissotriton helveticus), Dams to Darnley Country Park. Taken on a Froglife pond construction work party. The Palmate newt does not have spots on its throat, as can be seen here, whereas the Smooth newt, with which it could be confused, does have spots on its throat.
27 April 2011
Cowslip, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Dams to Darnley
Cowslip (Primula veris), Dams to Darnley Country Park, Glasgow
13 May 2015
Horse chestnut leaf bud in Dams to Darnley Country Park, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Dams to Darnley
Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) leaves developing from bud in Dams to Darnley Country Park, East Renfrewshire
