Beth, our Research and Evidence Manager, has been growing some S. contortum for the past couple of years. It is starting to show its true colours #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog #SphagnumTown
Some amazing art from the #Peat Appreciation Society exhibition at Gibson Mill at Hardcastle Crags (link in reply). It goes on until the end of April and it's looooovely. So boggy, so sphagnumy 💚 #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog
#Peatland monitoring takes place in all kinds of weather, even sampling bog water for carbon content #GreatNorthBog #Monitoring
2/2 #Sphagnum moss is essential for healthy peatlands, helping to store carbon, reduce flood risk and create habitats for plants and wildlife. If you are interested in getting involved, please email info@yppartnership.org.uk for further details. #GreatNorthBog #PeatlandRestoration
1/2 On the 23-24/02, YPP will be hosting a Sphagnum planting day at Castle Bolton. We are looking for local volunteers who might be interested in joining for the day - no previous experience required, just an enthusiasm to play a hands-on role in peatland restoration and climate action!
So it should be #SphagnumMonday but it seems all our peatlands have frozen over 🥶. There must be some bryophytes hidden under all that ice... somewhere #GreatNorthBog
Another fantastic day out bog pooling with our dedicated volunteers! #PeatlandRestoration #Research #GreatNorthBog #Carbon
📽️Watch: @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social from @manchester.ac.uk Geography Department talks about our work with @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social to develop new and improved ways to restore Yorkshire's vital peat bogs 👉 youtu.be/3MLhl2MICL8?...
A Sphagnum-covered bog pool ! Also, spot the surveyor 🔎 #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog #PeatlandRestoration
Catching up on The Great Pottery Throwdown (S9E2) on @channel4.bsky.social – fantastic before-and-after restoration bookend, “Hag to Home” by Emily, featuring coir logs and S. capillifolium hummocks. #GreatNorthBog #SphagnumMonday #Pottery
Interested in a career in peatland restoration? Booking now open for this years LANTRA-accredited Peatland Restoration Practitioner's course: www.yppartnership.org.uk/peatland-res...
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More rain this week but it's still cold out there. Will S. cuspidatum finally emerge from the ice?! 🧊 #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog #Winter
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Lots of reports from colleagues about black ice & challenging driving conditions rn. We *know* how amazing the #GreatNorthBog is but please consider whether your journey is really necessary before you visit. And if it *is*, please drive carefully & be sure you have appropriate supplies & clothing.
For day 12 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, it's Leeds Olympian Nicola Adams as Sphagnum squarrosum.
This sphagnum will tolerate higher calcium & nutrient levels than many species & is found on flushes in the uplands, & in fens & wet woodlands in the lowlands.
A nice frozen hummock on the side of Great Whernside in the #Yorkshire Dales to start the year! #HappyNewYear #SphagnunMonday #GreatNorthBog
For day 11 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, it's Bradford's (and Countryfile's) Anita Rani as devil's matchsticks (Cladonia floerkeana).
This colourful lichen prefers acidic conditions and is failry widespread on the drier parts of our peatlands.
For day 10 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Bradfordian and TNA X Division Champion, Leon Slater, as ling (Calluna vulgaris).
Ling is one of 3 species of heather we find on our peatlands; its shoots are an important food source for grouse.
For day 9 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Gaby Logan (Leeds) as a golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria).
This elegant wader visits our uplands each summer to breed.. It has a mournful one note call that rings out over the fells for seemingly hours.
For day 8 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebreties as #peatland wildlife, we have Mirfield's Sir Patrick Stewart as a raven (Corvus corax).
Our largest crow is an intelligent bird that mates for life. They are powerful fliers but playful in the air, tumbling mid-soar.
Happy New Year!
For day 7 of #12DaysOfXmas with #TorkshireCelebreties as #peatland wildlife, we have Scary Spice - Mel B. from Leeds - as a four-spot orb weaver (Araneus quadratus).
Adult females can actively change their colour to match their resting surfaces.
For day 6 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Dewsbury Olympians, Alistair and Johnny Brownlee as white-beak sedge (Rhynchospora alba).
This plant was thought to be extinct in Yorkshire but we found some high up in the Dales.
For day 5 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, Bradford's Kimberley Walsh is serving bryophytic realness with Sphagnum austinii. This was the dominant peat-forming sphagnum in Yorkshire before pollution wiped it out in the industrial revolution. Time for a comeback?
For day 4 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, please enjoy Ed Sheeran (Halifax) as Polytrichum spp. tbc, this is Polytrichum spp. that's been on fire - it's normally bright green. You'll often find this growing on drier parts of the bog.
For day 3 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Sheffield's Sean Bean as a shield bug. It's actually probably a forest shield bug (Pentatoma rufipes) but it was photographed on a peatland track. One does not simply restore a peat bog.
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For day 2 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Dame Judi Dench (Heworth) as round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), which supplements the meagre nutrients in peat with insects it catches in its sticky fronds.
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Picture of Jodie Whittaker in a dark red suit next to some cranberries, which are also dark red. This dwarf shrub grows close to the ground on trailing stems and is a valuable source of food for wintering birds.
For day 1 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Jodi Whittaker (Skelmanthorpe) as cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos).
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Merry Christmoss to all our followers - thanks for your support while we get the hang of this Bluesky malarkey. Looking forward to seeing you all in 2026 for another year in the #GreatNorthBog
