Farm Bog
One of the largest of London’s six remaining lowland bogs can be found tucked away on Wimbledon Common.
One of the largest of London’s six remaining lowland bogs can be found tucked away on Wimbledon Common.
The yellow, star-like flowers of bog asphodel brighten up our peat bogs, damp heaths and moors in early summer, attracting a range of pollinating insects.
Unlike blanket bog, which smothers vast tracts of the uplands, raised bogs are discrete entities, often individually named, and are mostly found within agricultural landscapes in the lowlands.
Bleak, treeless and often shrouded in low cloud, blanket bog can seem a desolate habitat. However, the wildness of the huge, empty landscapes and wide skies are compelling, as is the chance of…
A combination of acid grassland and young woodland habitats, alive with flowers and butterflies in summer in Harefield, Hillingdon.
One of the finest examples of rare wet grazing meadows in London and part-designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), near Uxbridge, Hillingdon.
London Wildlife Trust trainee Morgan Newbold writes about his work placement with the Downlands Partnership
Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.
This Sunday 26th July 2020 we will be celebrating International Bog Day! In anticipation of this, here’s a bit about bogs, and why they are so important to the environment, ecology and wildlife.…
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.
Ann and her husband nurture and cultivate specialist sphagnum mosses and vascular plants like bog cranberry for a community area of the moss: they’re kickstarting the vegetation growth on Little…
From creating new hedgerows on a farm, to helping to inspire the next generation of nature lovers, Andy is building the skills, confidence and experience as a Biodiversity Trainee that will set…