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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
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
Pied Wagtail, RSPB Mersehead
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Dumfriesshire - Mersehead
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) standing at the edge of a marsh, at RSPB Mersehead in Dumfries and Galloway, taken by David Palmar
26 March 2023
Pied Wagtail, RSPB Mersehead
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Dumfriesshire - Mersehead
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) eating an insect at the edge of a marsh, at RSPB Mersehead in Dumfries and Galloway, taken by David Palmar
26 March 2023
Wader scrape, RSPB Lochwinnoch
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Renfrewshire - Lochwinnoch
The view from the tower at RSPB Lochwinnoch showing the new scrapes to benefit waders and water fowl, December 2021, taken by David Palmar
12 December 2021
Whooper and Mute swans near Cambus Pools
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Clackmannanshire - Alloa, Clackmannan and Black Devon
Group of Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) and Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) near Cambus Pools, Clackmannanshire, with a flock of Greylag Geese in the background. Although a few pairs of Whooper Swans do breed in Scotland, the vast majority are solely winter visitors to the UK, migrating over from Iceland.
23 March 2019
Goosander pair, River Devon, Clackmannanshire
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Clackmannanshire - Alloa, Clackmannan and Black Devon
Female and male Goosanders (Mergus merganser), River Devon near Cambus Pools, Clackmannanshire
23 March 2019
Blackthorn in flower at Black Devon Wetlands
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Clackmannanshire - Alloa, Clackmannan and Black Devon
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in flower at Black Devon Wetlands
