Work begins on Heysham peat bogs (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Work begins on Heysham peat bogs

1:07pm Monday 23rd February 2009 in

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WORK has begun to preserve one of Lancashire’s most important wildlife sites.

Heysham Moss peat bog supports a wide range of plants and animals including Round Leaved Sundew, Bog Myrtle, Bog Rosemary, Bog Asphodel and the locally rare White Beaked Sedge.

Lancashire Wildlife Trust has begun to build a wall of earth to slow the rate of water loss and removal of birch from the edge of the peat dome.

Funded by Lancashire County Council's Our Moors, Our Planet scheme, the project aims to re-wet Lancashire’s peatlands.

Formed over several thousand years by the accumulation of peat, the LCW said the mossland has been shown to have a positive climate change benefit as it locks up atmospheric carbon.

For more information call the North Lancashire reserves officer on 01524-855030.