Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 19hThe perfect deer grass in a sea of cross-leaved heaths. #Peatlands are beautiful! #GreatNorthBog 052
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Look for something to do on Sunday 4th October? Join us and Active Bradford for Gritstone, Peat and Hope. It's a 90 minute stroll around the Hitching Stone and our peatland restoration on Stott Hill Moor - details in the flyer. #GreatNorthBog 011
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fantastic workshop today in Skipton to celebrate the end of our YPIP Sphagnum Pioneer Project! We shared knowledge and experiences around growing #Sphagnum, volunteering and peatland restoration. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make it such a great day! #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog 051
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipYorkshire Wildlife Trust @yorkswildlife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Are there stories in peat? There certainly are and they’re best told slowly – you can find out what tales peat has to tell in @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social’s Slow Storytelling exhibition, and read about them here: www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lucy-ca... The exhibition is free and runs until 26/10/26.yppartnership.org.ukTelling stories slowly... | Yorkshire Peat PartnershipIf I asked you to share your experience of peatlands, how would you choose to do it? Would it be through words, recounting untold stories from bogs-past, or elevating the voices of bogs-present? Would... 1127
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...rspb.org.ukNew drone images show hope for Dove Stone after unprecedented wildfiresStriking new drone images captured after this summer's wildfires at RSPB Dove Stone are offering hope for the future. 012
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's #Mushroom time at Kingsdale Head! 🍄 (Waxcaps, Amethyst deceivers, freckled pelt lichens and cordyceps) #GreatNorthBog 082
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Stumbled across some #Spahgnum Medium will doing some monitoring in Nidderdale. So red, so chunky! #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog 041
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We're recruiting! We’d love to hear from you if you have experience of working in land management, ecological field surveys and practical use of GIS. Closing date 13/09/26 , full details here: careers.ywt.org.uk/job/686eea2c... #GreatNorthBog 022
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A lovely blog post from one of the participants on this summer's Introducing sphagnum mosses course: www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/yuann-c... #GreatNorthBog 041
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Following a comprehensive review, Malham Tarn has been renamed Peat Tarn, effective immediately. This is a completely sensible change and we ask Google Map to respect the new terminology! #GreatNorthBog #Peat #LakeOntario 021
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 25/08/2026Did you know that lots of the food in your kitchen is grown using peat? Ask your supermarket what they’re doing to remove peat from your homes, and help save peatlands for people and wildlife: peatfreepartnership.org.uk #EndPeatSales @peatfree.bsky.social 26220
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipMoors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · 25/08/20261/2 Our team recently snapped these photos of #sphagnum mosses growing in re-wetted areas nr Holme Moss. Sphagnum mosses can hold up to 20x their own weight in water, helping to hold water on the hills in times of both dry weather and extreme rainfall. #Peatlands #SouthPennines #SphagnumMoss 1137
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026#Sphagnum with sundews. Something nice to start the week 🙂 #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog #Peat 051
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Rewilding/rewetting is one of our best tools to combat climate change #ClimateChange #PeatlandRestoration www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images showNational Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding 152
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipRewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 18/08/2026We had to put the record straight 👊 Today, the Daily Mail published our response to their recent piece on wildfires and land restoration. 👇Scroll down to read it in full. Image: [1]-whitcomberd/Adobe Stock 1/13 33214
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipMoors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · 20/08/2026New Substack post: Conservation Programme Manager, Ted Talbot, shares his personal reflections on the peatland fires which have taken place in the Peak District and South Pennines this year: moorsforthefuture.substack.com/p/peatland-f...moorsforthefuture.substack.comPeatland fires in the Peak District - a Conservation team perspectiveConservation Programme Manager Ted Talbot writes about the aftermath of moorland fires, and how we can help to prevent them in future. 043
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A whole week of #Rain in the forecast! At last. Great to see restoration helping hold water in the uplands in the meantime. Rewetting really does help things stay wet (surprisingly!). It’s one of our best lines of defence against #ClimateChange. #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog #Peatland #Wildfire 061
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Finishing up our annual #Peatland vegetation monitoring for NFC! A big thank-you to all the volunteers who came out and gave us a hand. It’s still very hot and dry out there, but thankfully, the #Sphagnum is still wet! ☀️🌿 #Monitoring #GreatNorthBog #ClimateChange 041
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Setting up a new monitoring plot for the reintroduction of S. austinii at Kingsdale Head Farm. This species is excellent at forming large hummocks, which could play an important role in making #Peatlands more resilient to #ClimateChange. #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog 0124
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipRage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026"We’re getting much longer, hotter, dry spells. We’re seeing fires on farmland, we’re seeing fires on some of the most proactively managed land. We have to face that climate change is a primary driver of that.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘These are human fires, not wildfires’: Dunwich reflects on the devastationAs residents, nature wardens and experts consider the damage to the heathland and how to restore it, the climate crisis is foremost in their minds 02616
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 06/08/20261/ And that's a wrap! 🎉 Yesterday was our final day of #Bog pool sampling for Cat Moody's #NERC project. We've now collected a full year's worth of greenhouse gas (GHG) data, made possible by the incredible dedication of our volunteers. www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/gautier...yppartnership.org.ukBogged down in carbon: adventures in peatland pools | Yorkshire Peat PartnershipFrom bog pools to carbon cool: peatlands in the hot seat 130
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Fieldwork comes with some amazing encounters. Here's a snapshot of the #Wildlife we've spotted during our current #Peatland survey in the northern #Yorkshire Dales. #GreatNorthBog #PeatlandRestoration 172
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Just another day doing a #Peatland survey... until #Pennywise starts rustling around in the bracken. Suddenly much less interested in ground-truthing. 🎈👀 #IT #GreatNorthBog 051
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Last week we shared a picture of a dry #Sphagnum. Well since then, it rained! Sphagnum is back 😎!! It just shows how good it is to have a widespread Sphagnum carpet #GreatNorthBog #SphagnumMonday #ClimateChange #Carbon 071
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipManx Peat Partnership @manxpeat.bsky.social · 30/07/2026We definitely need more rain 🙏🏻💦 however it is good to see that our work is helping to keep the hills wet. Slowing the flow of water is especially important in prolonged dry weather, but is also important after heavy rain as it can reduce erosion 😊 #peatland 0105
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It is still dry as a bone out there. On intensively managed #Peatlands, even Sphagnum struggles. The water table is way too low. We need to restore these landscapes to make them more resilient to climate change. #GreatNorthBog #SphagnumMonday #ClimateChange 086
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipYorkshire Wildlife Trust @yorkswildlife.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Defra’s Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme, administered by @naturalengland.bsky.social has enabled a massive step change in peatland restoration right across the #GreatNorthBog. 1/2 1178
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Glorious bog pools full of S. cuspidatum in the North York Moors. These pools were formed after dams were installed 3 years ago. An important source of water for the wildlife in an otherwise dry landscape #SphanumMonday #GreatNorthBog #Peatland 171
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026We’re looking for an apprentice to support practical nature conservation work in Yorkshire. During the 18-month apprenticeship you’ll work with both Yorkshire Peat Partnership & Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Northwest Reserves team. Find out more and apply at www.ydmt.org/apprenticesh... #GreatNorthBog 020
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026No, we are not on our way to throw a ring into a volcano! Just kicking off our annual NFC monitoring campaign #PeatlandMonitoring #GreatNorthBog #LOTR 063
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Our lovely colleague, Lucy C, left us for distant shores yesterday and we will miss her creativity and wit across our social media platforms - have fun on your travels, mate. 051
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026S. cuspidatum slowly colonising one of our many #ReflectingPool. #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog #Peatland 083
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipYorkshire Wildlife Trust @yorkswildlife.bsky.social · 26/06/2026You may remember @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social blogged about joining a @universityofleeds.bsky.social School of Geography bog pool study with two @nationaltrust.org.uk restoration sites (and a tiny hovercraft) in the @yorkshiredales.org.uk Read the updated blog with early analysis & good news! 👇 1/2 193
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026We recently visited a site that was restored about 2 years ago in the Yorkshire Dales. Sphagnum plugs are doing great! #PeatlandRestoration #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog 0225
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipAlex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 18/06/2026A swarm of marsh-orchids in a Bure valley fen. Once good for Fen Narrow-leaved Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa ssp schoenophila (or whatever it’s called this week), but now largely consumed by the Southern Marsh pop, likely due to fen drying bringing the sspp closer. Butterflies too. 1496
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipMartin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026One of the few moths I can easily ID, the Chimney Sweeper, flying during the day in field full of Pignut, on which its larvae feed. 1233
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipDr Astrid Biddle @astridbiddle.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Branched Bur-reed (Sparganium erectum) in full flower today in the New Forest. It was striking that the early-season flowers had failed to set in the cool spell we had, but the current ones are producing fruit. 1162
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipBSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Chuffed to spot these Two-flowered Rush (Juncus biglumis) in flower - still little more than an inch high! High altitude flush, Beinn Ghlas, Lawers range 0162
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 15/06/2026As part of the #PeatConf26 in Swansea, we visit forest-to-bog restoration sites. Happy to see that #Sphagnum was back! #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipYorkshire Wildlife Trust @yorkswildlife.bsky.social · 10/06/2026"Poorly thought through" putting wildlife & homes at risk. We’ve objected in principle to the Calderdale Energy Park's proposal for Walshaw Moor. Read more & join our advocacy mailing list: www.ywt.org.uk/news/yorkshire-wildlife-trust-calls-calderdale-energy-park-proposals-poorly-thought-through-itywt.org.ukYorkshire Wildlife Trust calls the Calderdale Energy Park proposals “poorly thought through” as it objects in principle to the development | Yorkshire Wildlife TrustYorkshire Wildlife Trust supports the government’s target to reach net zero; however, it has significant concerns about the proposed wind farm on Walshaw Moor and the precedent it sets. 1166
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Great first day at #PeatConf26! Looking forward to site visits tomorrow. 031
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipMoors for the Future Partnership @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social · 29/05/2026After the wildfire near the Snake Pass summit at the beginning of May, our science team returned to the site to check on the sphagnum plugs we planted in the area over the winter. While our plastic monitoring equipment had melted in the heat of the fire, 98% of the sphagnum plugs didn't burn away. 2155
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 28/05/2026ICYMI we've just created a leaflet to highlight all the #Peatland habitat on the Dales Way - if you're walking the Way (or just interested in peat), you can find it online and in @yorkshiredales.org.uk visitor centres: www.yppartnership.org.uk/Peaty-dales-... #GreatNorthBog 0163
Reposted by Yorkshire Peat PartnershipYorkshire Wildlife Trust @yorkswildlife.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Are you walking the Dales Way this summer? Get the lowdown on the #PreciousPeatlands you’ll encounter in the #GreatNorthBog with @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social’s Peaty Dales Way leaflet - thanks to @yorkshiredales.org.uk for funding this. www.yppartnership.org.uk/Peaty-dales-way 162
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The peat team out of their natural habitat (the #GreatNorthBog) but not out of their element (drizzle) exploring @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Park Gill. Plenty of unfamiliar botanical interest (and also drizzle) to round out a team meeting. 081
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 18/05/2026We recently attended the Educate North Awards, where our project with @manchester.ac.uk, Peatfix, won an award for a sustainable green initiative! #GreatNorthBog #PeatlandRestoration 021
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 13/05/2026We have some dates for our Blanket Bog Indicator Species and Introducing Sphagnum Mosses short courses - book now to make sure of your place: www.yppartnership.org.uk/train-yorksh... #GreatNorthBog 031
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Tadpoles and Sphagnum! 🐸 #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog #Frog #Spring 171
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 08/05/2026An immensely happy birthday to Sir David Attenborough on his century from the whole YPP team - he has been a huge inspiration to us all. Here is our leader, Rosie, meeting him at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social's Askham Bog. Absolutely *none* of us are jealous... 061
Yorkshire Peat Partnership @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social · 07/05/2026ICYMI, lovely blog post from our Lucy Cardy about bugs on bogs: www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lucy-ca... #GreatNorthBogyppartnership.org.ukBugs on bogs... | Yorkshire Peat PartnershipI’ll get straight to it – I think bugs are the underdogs of peatlands, and that’s what this blog post is all about – changing perceptions of bugs on bogs and championing their ecological importance. T... 032
