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Peat stack, Islay 13731 253 CEP - Islay Peat stack at Portnahaven, on the Isle of Islay. Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar. The date taken is approximate. 07 July 1963
Digging up peat, Wester Moss, Fallin 07222 130 Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS)'s digger at work digging up peat 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
Crofters peat digging, Lewis 02138 76 Western Isles - Lewis Crofters peat digging with a peat iron, Lewis 27 June 2011
Crofters peat digging with a peat iron, Lewis 02137 76 Western Isles - Lewis Crofters peat digging with a peat iron and peat stacking, Lewis 27 June 2011
Nevis Range and Ben Nevis from Blàr an Lochan, Loch Lochy 18195 47 Fort William and Lochaber Nevis Range and Ben Nevis with in th foreground the raised bog of Blàr an Lochan with its flora of Cotton Grass, near Clunes, Loch Lochy, taken by David Palmar 30 May 2023
Tree stump and dried-out peat, Cochno 18102 218 West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank An ancient tree stump emerging as the dried out peat is eroded, Cochno, taken by David Palmar 08 July 2023
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog 17147 33 Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. 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. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source. 20 October 2021
Old drainage ditches, Flanders Moss 17146 33 Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Straight lines mark old drainage ditches, now blocked to re-wet the bog. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source. 20 October 2021
Pools due to high water table, Flanders Moss 17144 33 Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Pools dot the raised bog where the water table comes to the surface due to bog rewetting following the blocking of drainage ditches. 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 17141 33 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 stack, Islay

13731

253

CEP - Islay

Peat stack at Portnahaven, on the Isle of Islay. Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar.
The date taken is approximate.

07 July 1963

Digging up peat, Wester Moss, Fallin

07222

130

Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss

Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS)'s digger at work digging up peat 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

Crofters peat digging, Lewis

02138

Western Isles - Lewis

Crofters peat digging with a peat iron, Lewis

27 June 2011

Crofters peat digging with a peat iron, Lewis

02137

Western Isles - Lewis

Crofters peat digging with a peat iron and peat stacking, Lewis

27 June 2011

Nevis Range and Ben Nevis from Blàr an Lochan, Loch Lochy

18195

Fort William and Lochaber

Nevis Range and Ben Nevis with in th foreground the raised bog of Blàr an Lochan with its flora of Cotton Grass, near Clunes, Loch Lochy, taken by David Palmar

30 May 2023

Tree stump and dried-out peat, Cochno

18102

218

West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank

An ancient tree stump emerging as the dried out peat is eroded, Cochno, taken by David Palmar

08 July 2023

Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog

17147

Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss

View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. 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. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.

20 October 2021

Old drainage ditches, Flanders Moss

17146

Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss

View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Straight lines mark old drainage ditches, now blocked to re-wet the bog. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.

20 October 2021

Pools due to high water table, Flanders Moss

17144

Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss

View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Pools dot the raised bog where the water table comes to the surface due to bog rewetting following the blocking of drainage ditches. 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

17141

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

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