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Moors for the Future Partnership protects and restores damaged blanket bog habitats across the Peak District and South Pennines. https://www.moorsforthefuture.org.uk/

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Dec 10

Moors for the Future Partnership have been working in the Peak District and South Pennines since 2003. The benefits of moorland restoration includes natural flood management, improved biodiversity, resilience to wildfire and carbon sequestration

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Jul 27

To mark #bogday we are celebrating Partnership. Without strong and successful partnership, landscape scale change would not be possible. When Moors for the Future Partnership began in 2003 we could only imagine what over 20 years of working side by side could achieve and continues to achieve.

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Sphagnum Moss @sphagnums.bsky.social · May 28

Sphagnum divinum, pulchrum and papillosum #moss #bryophyte

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · May 28

Our Business Development Manager, Tony Price was on BBC Radio Derby this morning, talking about the wildfire warning sign we've installed on the way into the Peak District.
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Wildfire warning sign goes up in Peak District - BBC Sounds

The new sign tells Peak District visitors when there's a high risk of wildfires.

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Rod Jones @rodshelf.bsky.social · May 5

Wheatear and meadow pipit on Rishworth Moor following last week's serious wildfire. It's terrible news for ground-nesting birds like these, and particularly for England's dwindling population of rare twite. #environment #nature @rspb.bsky.social @theguardian.com @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social

A meadow pipit perches on a rock and looks down at charred and blackened vegetation.

A wheatear stands on the ground among vegetation left blackened by fire.

Side view of a wheatear standing on grass that has been blackened by fire.

A wheatear looks for food on blackened grass among rocks.

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Apr 7

This expressive common frog was spotted on the Goyt Valley , enjoying the boggy conditions facilitated by sphagnum moss.

Our peatland landscapes are being put on a trajectory
towards re-wetting, but wildfire can still destroy precious peatland habitats in minutes.

If you spot a fire, dial 999

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Apr 4

With this dry weather set to continue, please remember to take extra care when visiting moorland landscapes as the vegetation is very dry and can burn easily – don’t smoke or light campfires or barbecues.

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Apr 4

The only positive sight in the aftermath of these fires, is spotting oases of sphagnum, which hold up to 20 times their weight in water, and therefore have survived where drier vegetation has burned.

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Apr 4

March 2025 was reportedly one of the driest since records began and with that has come an increased risk of wildfire, with numerous occurrences being reported across the country, which is devastating for wildlife.

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Steph Skipp @stephskipp.bsky.social · Mar 24

Watched this for work and found it really valuable and educational. Nice work @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social !

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Working Together: Moors for the Future Partnership

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Mar 27

How could you measure biodiversity gain of rewetted peatland on an exposed moorland plateau over 500 metres above sea level? You listen. Students from the University of Derby have recorded audio of birds and bats on Combs Moss moor, and will now be doing an acoustic survey of the site every Spring

Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Mar 19

It’s heart-lifting to see water behind a peat dam, filled with sphagnum moss close to land that has in the past suffered catastrophic wildfire. A balloon in the pool is heart breaking though. The balloon was likely bought by someone without them realising it would end up as litter on the moors.

Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Mar 12

This sphagnum was planted in the pool created by a gully block in 2018. It's fantastic to see its amazing growth and to know the good it's doing in terms of carbon capture, natural flood management and improving water quality #peatlandsmatter

Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thank you so much to our lovely volunteers who
today planted a whopping 8,000 sphagnum moss plugs
plants at the Goyt Valley site. Their enthusiasm and
hard work is really appreciated. They were hopefully
inspired by seeing the sphagnum moss planted only
one season ago is growing well on the site.

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Feb 28

The wind and rain seems to have given way to some lovely blue skies for us this week. Thank you to the team from Severn Trent for joining us to plant sphagnum moss on the Eastern Moors and for bringing some sunshine with them #nature #biodiversity #peatlands #moorlandrestoration

Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Feb 25

Healthy blanket bog, with a good covering of moorland vegetation including sphagnum moss helps to clean the water that passes through it, sieving out the particles of peat - and sometimes heavy metals - that would otherwise end up in the reservoirs. youtu.be/1C9IAQHGmHA?...

Blanket bogs are worth protecting – Cleaner water

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Feb 25

Thank you for all your help and tireless planting skills in all weathers!

Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Feb 21

They also received some training and practice of how to help each other when a fire happens. It’s been a fairly wet winter, but it doesn’t take much dry weather to make our moorlands vulnerable to wildfire. Make sure you do your bit to keep - leave your barbecue at home. #peatlandsmatter

Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Feb 21

This week members of our Conservation & Land Management team joined Fire & Rescue services along with Rangers and game keepers from across the Peak District to discuss the latest approaches to fighting wildfires on the moors.

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Feb 13

It's cold up on the moors at the moment, but that didn't stop our brilliant group of volunteers coming out with us this week, to plant sphagnum moss on Snailsden Moor. They planted a magnificent 4,000 plugs that will help the moor on it's journey towards recovery #sphagnummoss #peatlandsmatter

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Feb 7

On Burbage moor we are monitoring the growth of sphagnum plugs - there's more planting taking place soon, so we're marking out the areas where sphagnum has already been planted to keep the existing plugs safe. #biodiversity #peatlandsmatter

Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Jan 28

Restoring moorland landscapes enhances them as habitats for the wonderful range of species that live there, from plant species like cotton grass and crowberry, to birds like dunlin and short-eared owl. #peatlandsmatter #biodiversity @severntrentwater.bsky.social

Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Jan 24

On the Eastern Moors we've been working out routes to cross the moor without getting your feet wet and discovered you can't. It's all delightfully wet and it was great to see the sphagnum plugs are thriving there in vibrant colours, lit by the gentle winter sunlight. #easternmoors #nature #sphagnum

Conservation officer walking through grasses across fen being blown by the wind.

Sphagnum moss plug plant on Leash Fen, approximately one year old. Bouquet of reds and greens.

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Jan 20

Ice and snow are still holding onto parts of the landscape up on the moors, with temperatures on the uplands not yet routinely rising above minus figures. The melting of recent snow does mean that some works have resumed
#PeakDistrict #Conservation #Biodiversity

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Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Jan 14

One of the techniques we use to restore damaged moorland is reprofiling. We use diggers to excavate the steep sides of eroded gullies, softening the angle of the slope so that new vegetation can be successfully added there. The process brings the water table closer to the surface.

Moors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · Jan 10

With freezing temperatures continuing to effect the Peak District, our work can be challenging. Our Science & Monitoring team encountered this beautifully sculpted rain gauge yesterday ... @severntrentwater.bsky.social