2020年10月10日 · In the world league of bog-blessed nations, ours ranks among the top 10. With fens excluded, Britain’s active bogs amount to about 8,880 square miles — or 9.5% of the entire UK land area. Include drained and degraded bogs and that figure rises to between 17,760 and 29,730 square miles or 9%-15% of Europe’s total peatland area.

Explore the magical and beautiful world of peat bogs. Peatlands like blanket bogs, raised bogs, quaking bogs and fens are an important part of the UK's landscape and support many endemic species, as well as storing carbon.

There are three broad peatland types in the UK: Blanket bog, raised bog and fen. Bogs develop in cool wet oceanic climates and are fed only by rainwater (ombrotrophic) so are nutrient-poor and acidic.

2024年11月5日 · Bogs are unique wetland ecosystems in the UK, primarily formed in areas with poor drainage, acidic soils, and low-nutrient conditions. They are distinguished by their waterlogged, spongy peat soils, which are created from the accumulation of decomposed plant material over thousands of years.

2 天之前 · Blanket Bog FCS definition . Healthy, functioning blanket bogs support precious biodiversity, such as golden plovers, dunlin and a range of rare invertebrates and plants. Britain and Ireland are home to about 13% of the global blanket bog resource (see UK Peatland Strategy 2018-2040). Like other peatlands, blanket bogs form when sphagnum mosses ...

2025年3月19日 · Our new analysis shows that the envelope under which blanket bog formation occurs will virtually disappear in England under most realistic future climate projections. While pockets remain in Wales and Scotland, there are still large reductions in the area over which suitable conditions are likely to occur.

In the UK we have lots of blanket bogs. Globally they are very rare but with our wet climate, they cover many areas across northern England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The UK also had many lowland raised bogs.

There are three main types of peatlands in the UK: blanket bog, raised bog and fenland. Peat is the single biggest store of carbon in the UK, storing the equivalent of 20 years of all UK CO 2 emissions and keeping it out of the atmosphere. Fascinating facts about blanket bogs and the wildlife that is found there. Moors for the Future.

2025年3月21日 · However, there is one habitat that is still notably absent from the Somerset Levels – raised bog. Prior to drainage, a huge expanse of bog would have stretched across the Brue Valley, with sphagnum moss carpeting the surface, cotton grass bobbing in the breeze and carnivorous plants lurking to catch unsuspecting insect life.

1 天前 · The UK has 13% of the world’s blanket bog. A rare global habitat, it is a precious part of our national heritage, and that is why we‘re announcing a consultation on these measures to ensure deep peat is better protected.” The Wildlife Trusts have welcomed the proposals but argue that it doesn’t go far enough.