IUCN UK Peatland Programme
@iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social
Research & news on UK peatlands from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) UK Peatland Programme.
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📣We're delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for our 2025 Conference! This year, the annual event takes us to the Ebrington Hotel in the old walled city of Derry~Londonderry in Northern Ireland where we’ll be exploring the theme, ‘Water Connections: from Source to Sea’ bit.ly/4kuPvST
It's #InsectWeek, so let's hear it for all our bog-loving species. Peatlands support very specialised biodiversity, and restoring our peatlands helps provide a brighter future for species such as Large Heath butterflies bit.ly/4loL0sD
#Peatlands #Biodiversity
📷 Stephen Barlow and Nick Littlewood
#Peatlands #Biodiversity
📷 Stephen Barlow and Nick Littlewood
June 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's #InsectWeek, so let's hear it for all our bog-loving species. Peatlands support very specialised biodiversity, and restoring our peatlands helps provide a brighter future for species such as Large Heath butterflies bit.ly/4loL0sD
#Peatlands #Biodiversity
📷 Stephen Barlow and Nick Littlewood
#Peatlands #Biodiversity
📷 Stephen Barlow and Nick Littlewood
#BogDay is fast approaching bringing the opportunity to celebrate bogs, fens, swamps & marshes. The annual event is held this year on 27th July bogday.org
Send details of your events/celebrations to [email protected] - we'd love to share your ideas.
#BogDay #CelebratePeatlands #PeatSky
Send details of your events/celebrations to [email protected] - we'd love to share your ideas.
#BogDay #CelebratePeatlands #PeatSky
June 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
#BogDay is fast approaching bringing the opportunity to celebrate bogs, fens, swamps & marshes. The annual event is held this year on 27th July bogday.org
Send details of your events/celebrations to [email protected] - we'd love to share your ideas.
#BogDay #CelebratePeatlands #PeatSky
Send details of your events/celebrations to [email protected] - we'd love to share your ideas.
#BogDay #CelebratePeatlands #PeatSky
Happy #WorldPeatlandsDay! How are you celebrating? Let's see your pictures.
Find out just some of the many benefits of this amazing habitat in our leaflet, "What's so special about Peatlands". tinyurl.com/tahhvdha
#Peatsky
Photo: Laurie Campbell, NatureScot
Find out just some of the many benefits of this amazing habitat in our leaflet, "What's so special about Peatlands". tinyurl.com/tahhvdha
#Peatsky
Photo: Laurie Campbell, NatureScot
June 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Happy #WorldPeatlandsDay! How are you celebrating? Let's see your pictures.
Find out just some of the many benefits of this amazing habitat in our leaflet, "What's so special about Peatlands". tinyurl.com/tahhvdha
#Peatsky
Photo: Laurie Campbell, NatureScot
Find out just some of the many benefits of this amazing habitat in our leaflet, "What's so special about Peatlands". tinyurl.com/tahhvdha
#Peatsky
Photo: Laurie Campbell, NatureScot
#WorldPeatlandsDay
…and a new video with infographics here:
youtu.be/YGYCm5Rw5WE
Also, enjoy the mesmerising Wales Peatland Story animation here:
youtu.be/DwnbMxPvNBk
@natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @peatlands.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social @ramsar.org
…and a new video with infographics here:
youtu.be/YGYCm5Rw5WE
Also, enjoy the mesmerising Wales Peatland Story animation here:
youtu.be/DwnbMxPvNBk
@natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @peatlands.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social @ramsar.org
June 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Thanks so much, Alice, for contributing to the session, and making it such an excellent event. The recording c an be watched back here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzel... #Peatsky #Webinar
June 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Thanks so much, Alice, for contributing to the session, and making it such an excellent event. The recording c an be watched back here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzel... #Peatsky #Webinar
Any help from the #PeatSky hive mind?
Question for the #peatlands community, and carbon dating community as well. When looking at dating basal peat samples are most people looking at the humic fraction or the humin fraction? Or both? Read around it and have just ended up confusing myself. Thanks in advance!
May 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Any help from the #PeatSky hive mind?
ICYMI, the recording from our #SphagnumPlanting webinar is now available to view on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvxJ...
Many thanks to all our speakers, who made this a really informative and interesting event. #PeatSky
Many thanks to all our speakers, who made this a really informative and interesting event. #PeatSky
May 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
ICYMI, the recording from our #SphagnumPlanting webinar is now available to view on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvxJ...
Many thanks to all our speakers, who made this a really informative and interesting event. #PeatSky
Many thanks to all our speakers, who made this a really informative and interesting event. #PeatSky
Reposted by IUCN UK Peatland Programme
Incredible images from @fdraper.bsky.social's drone flying. Here's a lovely view of Sphagnum recolonising the recently rewetted "Mini Moss" raised bog site.
May 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Incredible images from @fdraper.bsky.social's drone flying. Here's a lovely view of Sphagnum recolonising the recently rewetted "Mini Moss" raised bog site.
Reposted by IUCN UK Peatland Programme
Happy #WildWednesday!
We often use these photos from Gaick we took during the @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social conference to show #peatland restoration. Ending peat sales would mean the #nature and #climate benefits afforded by these efforts wouldn't be undermined by extraction elsewhere.
We often use these photos from Gaick we took during the @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social conference to show #peatland restoration. Ending peat sales would mean the #nature and #climate benefits afforded by these efforts wouldn't be undermined by extraction elsewhere.
May 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy #WildWednesday!
We often use these photos from Gaick we took during the @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social conference to show #peatland restoration. Ending peat sales would mean the #nature and #climate benefits afforded by these efforts wouldn't be undermined by extraction elsewhere.
We often use these photos from Gaick we took during the @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social conference to show #peatland restoration. Ending peat sales would mean the #nature and #climate benefits afforded by these efforts wouldn't be undermined by extraction elsewhere.
Reposted by IUCN UK Peatland Programme
🌿 Peatlands are among the most powerful natural allies in tackling the global climate, biodiversity, and water crises. Parties to the Convention on Wetlands have long recognized their importance.
www.ramsar.org/news/scaling...
www.ramsar.org/news/scaling...
May 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🌿 Peatlands are among the most powerful natural allies in tackling the global climate, biodiversity, and water crises. Parties to the Convention on Wetlands have long recognized their importance.
www.ramsar.org/news/scaling...
www.ramsar.org/news/scaling...
Three #Peatland roles available with @peatlandcymru.bsky.social. Applications close 26th May
National Peatland Action Programme Team Leader bit.ly/4daaUgG
Peatland Data Support Team Leader bit.ly/4kiSUmU
Survey and Monitoring Team Leader bit.ly/4kdTMsN
#NationalPeatlandAction #PeatSky
National Peatland Action Programme Team Leader bit.ly/4daaUgG
Peatland Data Support Team Leader bit.ly/4kiSUmU
Survey and Monitoring Team Leader bit.ly/4kdTMsN
#NationalPeatlandAction #PeatSky
May 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Three #Peatland roles available with @peatlandcymru.bsky.social. Applications close 26th May
National Peatland Action Programme Team Leader bit.ly/4daaUgG
Peatland Data Support Team Leader bit.ly/4kiSUmU
Survey and Monitoring Team Leader bit.ly/4kdTMsN
#NationalPeatlandAction #PeatSky
National Peatland Action Programme Team Leader bit.ly/4daaUgG
Peatland Data Support Team Leader bit.ly/4kiSUmU
Survey and Monitoring Team Leader bit.ly/4kdTMsN
#NationalPeatlandAction #PeatSky
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👇Listen to Deputy FIrst Minister, @huwirrancadaviesms.bsky.social inspiring message to peatland practitioners in Wales. 30 practitioners from 14 projects/ organisations spent two great days learning and collaborating.
@natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @discoverelan.bsky.social
@natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @discoverelan.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
👇Listen to Deputy FIrst Minister, @huwirrancadaviesms.bsky.social inspiring message to peatland practitioners in Wales. 30 practitioners from 14 projects/ organisations spent two great days learning and collaborating.
@natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @discoverelan.bsky.social
@natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @discoverelan.bsky.social
📣Call for Conference 2025 #Posters. If you would like to present a peatland-themed poster, please send the title of the poster and a short abstract (max. 150 words) to [email protected]. Deadline for abstracts - 1st September. Posters should be portrait in format and A0 in size if possible.
#PeatSky
#PeatSky
May 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
📣Call for Conference 2025 #Posters. If you would like to present a peatland-themed poster, please send the title of the poster and a short abstract (max. 150 words) to [email protected]. Deadline for abstracts - 1st September. Posters should be portrait in format and A0 in size if possible.
#PeatSky
#PeatSky
📣We're delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for our 2025 Conference! This year, the annual event takes us to the Ebrington Hotel in the old walled city of Derry~Londonderry in Northern Ireland where we’ll be exploring the theme, ‘Water Connections: from Source to Sea’ bit.ly/4kuPvST
May 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
📣We're delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for our 2025 Conference! This year, the annual event takes us to the Ebrington Hotel in the old walled city of Derry~Londonderry in Northern Ireland where we’ll be exploring the theme, ‘Water Connections: from Source to Sea’ bit.ly/4kuPvST
Reposted by IUCN UK Peatland Programme
Fantastic day of insightful discussions and ideas on #peatland #resilience at the @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social workshop yesterday. Excited to collaborate on the next steps with such a great group! @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Fantastic day of insightful discussions and ideas on #peatland #resilience at the @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social workshop yesterday. Excited to collaborate on the next steps with such a great group! @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
While a ban on using #Peat in horticulture has not yet been implemented, consumers have the choice to use a wide range of #PeatFree media for growing. Check out the snaps from the IUCN UK PP team of their plants, trees, herbs and vegetables living their best peat-free lives. #BankHoliday #PeatFree
May 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
While a ban on using #Peat in horticulture has not yet been implemented, consumers have the choice to use a wide range of #PeatFree media for growing. Check out the snaps from the IUCN UK PP team of their plants, trees, herbs and vegetables living their best peat-free lives. #BankHoliday #PeatFree
Some colourful #MondayMotivation brought today from Jane, IUCN UK Peatland Programme Manager. Jane loves the creativity used to bring our stunning #Peatlands to life, from craft to film, to the written word.
Our #PeatlandCinema from #PeatConf24 brought together many of these elements bit.ly/3Z2VR2B
Our #PeatlandCinema from #PeatConf24 brought together many of these elements bit.ly/3Z2VR2B
May 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Some colourful #MondayMotivation brought today from Jane, IUCN UK Peatland Programme Manager. Jane loves the creativity used to bring our stunning #Peatlands to life, from craft to film, to the written word.
Our #PeatlandCinema from #PeatConf24 brought together many of these elements bit.ly/3Z2VR2B
Our #PeatlandCinema from #PeatConf24 brought together many of these elements bit.ly/3Z2VR2B
Do you receive our newsletter? Our free online bulletins will be dropping into inboxes every two months. Sign up here bit.ly/3HlQlP9
If you would like to include your #Peatland news in our bulletin contact [email protected]. Deadline for May edition is 8th May.
#ENews #Updates #Peatlands
If you would like to include your #Peatland news in our bulletin contact [email protected]. Deadline for May edition is 8th May.
#ENews #Updates #Peatlands
May 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Do you receive our newsletter? Our free online bulletins will be dropping into inboxes every two months. Sign up here bit.ly/3HlQlP9
If you would like to include your #Peatland news in our bulletin contact [email protected]. Deadline for May edition is 8th May.
#ENews #Updates #Peatlands
If you would like to include your #Peatland news in our bulletin contact [email protected]. Deadline for May edition is 8th May.
#ENews #Updates #Peatlands
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme-led motion to develop a unified definition of peatlands has successfully passed through its first stage, and is now headed to the World Conservation Congress for debate.
Find out more about why this is an important development bit.ly/4jsMOA6
#Peatlands #Definition
Find out more about why this is an important development bit.ly/4jsMOA6
#Peatlands #Definition
April 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme-led motion to develop a unified definition of peatlands has successfully passed through its first stage, and is now headed to the World Conservation Congress for debate.
Find out more about why this is an important development bit.ly/4jsMOA6
#Peatlands #Definition
Find out more about why this is an important development bit.ly/4jsMOA6
#Peatlands #Definition
Some #MondayMotivation from Director, Emma. Emma will be speaking at the upcoming @britishecologicalsociety.org workshop on peatland resilience. The event is fully booked for in-person attendees, but you can still book a place online bit.ly/4327Hwi
#Peatlands #Resilience #Climate
#Peatlands #Resilience #Climate
April 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Some #MondayMotivation from Director, Emma. Emma will be speaking at the upcoming @britishecologicalsociety.org workshop on peatland resilience. The event is fully booked for in-person attendees, but you can still book a place online bit.ly/4327Hwi
#Peatlands #Resilience #Climate
#Peatlands #Resilience #Climate
Reposted by IUCN UK Peatland Programme
Climate change is expected to increase wildfire devastation. It was good to see that recent peatland restoration by rewetting, at Llyn Gorast, Tywi, proved to be a firebreak.
@natreswales.bsky.social #WelshGovernment
#HighNatureLowCarbon #WalesPeatlandAction
naturalresources.wales/about-us/new...
@natreswales.bsky.social #WelshGovernment
#HighNatureLowCarbon #WalesPeatlandAction
naturalresources.wales/about-us/new...
April 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Climate change is expected to increase wildfire devastation. It was good to see that recent peatland restoration by rewetting, at Llyn Gorast, Tywi, proved to be a firebreak.
@natreswales.bsky.social #WelshGovernment
#HighNatureLowCarbon #WalesPeatlandAction
naturalresources.wales/about-us/new...
@natreswales.bsky.social #WelshGovernment
#HighNatureLowCarbon #WalesPeatlandAction
naturalresources.wales/about-us/new...
Reposted by IUCN UK Peatland Programme
#Peatland restoration is growing.
Will it be part of your future?
To learn more about NRW’s new supply framework and how Business Wales can support you, register for free:
ymgynghori.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/national-pea...
#WalesPeatlandAction #HighNatureLowCarbon
#WelshGovernment #BusinessWales
Will it be part of your future?
To learn more about NRW’s new supply framework and how Business Wales can support you, register for free:
ymgynghori.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/national-pea...
#WalesPeatlandAction #HighNatureLowCarbon
#WelshGovernment #BusinessWales
April 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#Peatland restoration is growing.
Will it be part of your future?
To learn more about NRW’s new supply framework and how Business Wales can support you, register for free:
ymgynghori.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/national-pea...
#WalesPeatlandAction #HighNatureLowCarbon
#WelshGovernment #BusinessWales
Will it be part of your future?
To learn more about NRW’s new supply framework and how Business Wales can support you, register for free:
ymgynghori.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/national-pea...
#WalesPeatlandAction #HighNatureLowCarbon
#WelshGovernment #BusinessWales
TWO new opportunities available for working in #Peatlands.
#PeatlandResearcher at Kew, deadline 20/04/2025 bit.ly/43UYlDC
#CommunicationsOfficer - Peatlands with Lancashire Wildlife Trust, deadline 05/05/2025 bit.ly/3Ec6Hwd
#PeatlandResearcher at Kew, deadline 20/04/2025 bit.ly/43UYlDC
#CommunicationsOfficer - Peatlands with Lancashire Wildlife Trust, deadline 05/05/2025 bit.ly/3Ec6Hwd
April 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
TWO new opportunities available for working in #Peatlands.
#PeatlandResearcher at Kew, deadline 20/04/2025 bit.ly/43UYlDC
#CommunicationsOfficer - Peatlands with Lancashire Wildlife Trust, deadline 05/05/2025 bit.ly/3Ec6Hwd
#PeatlandResearcher at Kew, deadline 20/04/2025 bit.ly/43UYlDC
#CommunicationsOfficer - Peatlands with Lancashire Wildlife Trust, deadline 05/05/2025 bit.ly/3Ec6Hwd
Reposted by IUCN UK Peatland Programme
Peatlands International 1.2025 was sent to all IPS members today. Join us still today to read our magazine four times a year! 😊 www.peatlands.org/join-us #peatlands #peat #unfccc #cop30 #gysinge Cover picture by Scott Webb
April 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Peatlands International 1.2025 was sent to all IPS members today. Join us still today to read our magazine four times a year! 😊 www.peatlands.org/join-us #peatlands #peat #unfccc #cop30 #gysinge Cover picture by Scott Webb
Communications and Engagement Lead, Rose, has volunteered as reserve convenor on a lowland raised bog for over 15 years. Each year brings new discoveries, and sharing those discoveries, particularly with young people, is hugely motivating. What's your #MondayMotivation?
#Peatlands #Engagement
#Peatlands #Engagement
April 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Communications and Engagement Lead, Rose, has volunteered as reserve convenor on a lowland raised bog for over 15 years. Each year brings new discoveries, and sharing those discoveries, particularly with young people, is hugely motivating. What's your #MondayMotivation?
#Peatlands #Engagement
#Peatlands #Engagement