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Male Emperor Moth, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Male Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia), having a fraction of a second's rest on a Heather plant after fluttering constantly for many minutes in an attempt to find a mate. This is one of many species which will benefit from the peatland restoration currently being carried out at Wester Moss.
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, 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.
17 April 2016
Bog Squad hammering in a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, hammering in a section of plastic piling to build a dam and keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Bog Squad building a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, inserting a plastic piling section to form a dam to keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
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, preparing to insert a 4 metre long plastic piling section into the peat, to dam back water in the bog and keep it wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Bog Squad hammering in a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, hammering in a section of plastic piling to build a dam and keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Bog Squad hammering in a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, hammering in a section of plastic piling to build a dam and keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
17 April 2016
Bog Squad building a plastic dam, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad in action at Wester Moss, Fallin, inserting a plastic piling section to form a dam to keep the bog wet. Rewetting the bog helps to sequester carbon and provides a more favourable habitat for bogland species to thrive.
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, clearing Birch and Pine saplings from the bog to check invasive scrub and allow the Sphagnum moss to grow better to restore the bog to a favourable condition.
