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Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses

…Mosses SSSI is of special interest for its nationally important, lowland raised peat bog habitat and associated vegetation communities, including the surrounding ‘lagg’ zones where waters from surrounding mineral ground mix with rain derived run off from the bog; and peat sequenc…

Garry Bog Part II

Garry Bog Part II Lowland raised bog Holocene peat and related stratigraphy The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. I…

Moneystaghan Bog

Moneystaghan Bog Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Biological interest relates to the intactness o…

Killeter Forest and Bogs and Lakes

Killeter Forest and Bogs and Lakes Blanket bog, Oligotrophic lakes The area is of special scientific interest because of its blanket bog and oligotrophic lakes and their associated flora and fauna. The peatland inte…

Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan

Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan Blanket bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan ASSI is comprised of largely intact bla…

Slieveanorra and Croaghan

Slieveanorra and Croaghan Merlin, hen harrier Blanket bog, Montane heath This area is of special scientific interest because of its peatland flora and associated fauna. Slieveanorra and Croaghan ASSI is a largely intact blanket bog. The area is characte…

Essan Burn and Mullyfamore

Essan Burn and Mullyfamore Blanket bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. The interest is related to the extent of intact blanket bog, the divers…

Carn/Glenshane Pass

Carn/Glenshane Pass Blanket bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. It is one of the few remaining areas of intact blanket bog within this …

Moss of Crombie

…bie is located about 15 km south of Banff, by Little Brown Hill (231m), where a peat bog has developed in a saddle. Although the peatland has been modified by peat cutting, significant areas of deep, uncut peat remain either side of Meikle Brown Hill, making the Moss of Crombie o…

Annaghagh Bog

Annaghagh Bog Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Biological interest relates to the size and int…

Brackagh Bog

Brackagh Bog Invertebrate assemblage, dragonfly assemblage, Moth assemblage Fens, Wet woodland The area is of special scientific interest because of its wetland flora and fauna. Brackagh Bog lies in a sma…

Peatlands Park

Peatlands Park Higher plant assemblage, Invertebrate assemblage Fens, Lowland raised bog, oakwood, Wet woodland The area is of special scientific interest because of its woodland, peatland and we…

Cors Goch, Llanllwch

Description Cors Gôch is one of the most south-westerly raised bogs in Britain and one of only six large raised bogs in Wales. In a raised bog, the vegetation and peat have grown upward in a convex dome to become isolated from and independent of ground water infl…

Wolf Island Bog

Wolf Island Bog Lowland raised bog Holocene peat and related stratigraphy The area is of special scientific interest because of its geological and physiographical features and peatland flora and associated f…

Waen Rydd

Description Waen Rydd is of special interest for its extensive areas of lowland bog and associated wet heath, marshy grassland, mire and flush communities. The site also includes a section of the Afon Cledan, a small tributary of the Afon Irfon, which supports an important popula…

Rostherne Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire …

Nichols Moss

Description Nichols Moss is a raised peat bog situated at the lower end of the Winster Valley, one kilometre south west of Witherslack and 2.5 kilometres north east of Lindale. The Moss is a remnant of the estuarine raised bog which was …

Eastern Peak District Moors

…. On the higher northern half of the site the grit stone is overlain by blanket peat, formed since the last glaciation. Heather moor predominates throughout and is used for grouse shooting and hill sheep farming. This reflects the poor soils and harsh climate, though rainfall her…

Reidside Moss

…ted by the Reidside Burn about 12 km south-west of Banff. It comprises a raised bog, modified by peat cutting in the past. A central area of uncut deep peat is surrounded by re-vegetated peat-cuttings with a fairly extensive fringe of birch and willow fen-woodland, grassland and …

Croagh Bog

Croagh Bog Argent and Sable Blanket Bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its peatland and associated flora and fauna. The peatland interest is related to the extent of the intact bl…

Teal Lough Part II

Teal Lough Part II Invertebrate assemblage Blanket bog Pleistocene The area is of special scientific interest because of its peatland physiography, flora and fauna. It is an extension to the Teal Lough Area of Special Scientific Interest, and include…

Flaxmere Moss

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Garry Bog

Garry Bog Lowland raised bog Holocene peat and related stratigraphy The area is of special scientific interest because it contains one of the largest remaining areas of undamaged lowland raised bog in …

Lough Naman Bog and Lake

Lough Naman Bog and Lake Invertebrate assemblage Blanket Bog, Oligotrophic lakes The area is of special scientific interest for its peatland flora and associated fauna and open water habitats and species. Lo…

Ballymacombs More

Ballymacombs More Holocene peat and related stratigraphy The area is of special scientific interest because of its deposits of diatomite and associated materials. Diatomite consists of accumulated diatom frustules with differi…

Moidach More

…e (272m), located 14 km north of Grantown-on-Spey, is one of the most important peatlands in north-east Scotland and a key site in the network of peatland sites across Britain. It is largely intact as a body of deep peat, up to 6m deep in places, and parts of the site retain a na…

Fairy Water Bogs

Fairy Water Bogs Lowland raised bog Holocene peat and related stratigraphy The area is of special scientific interest because it is considered to comprise the most important concentration of lowland raised b…

Hencott Pool

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

West Pennine Moors

…atures that occur within and are supported by the wider habitat mosaic, blanket bogs; wet and dry heathlands; acid and lime rich flushes; rush pastures and mire grasslands; acid grasslands; neutral hay meadows and pastures; wet and dry broadleaved woodlands and scrub; diverse ass…

Meathop Moss

Area,67.0 hectares 166.0 ac Description Meathop Moss is a raised peat bog which lies approximately 3 miles north east of Grange over Sands and 2 miles north west of Arnside. It is one of the two best examples of raised bog in South Cumbria, the other being the Roud…

Llay Bog

Description Botanical Interest. A small peat bog in an ice hollow in the glacial drift deposits. The bog margin, adjacent to the boundary ditch, is more mesotrophic than the central area and contains such species as Marsh Cinquefoil Comarum…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…iological and geological features. The habitats of special interest are blanket bog, dry heath, montane heath, wet heath, flushes, lakes, woodland as well as a mixture of habitats comprising acid, neutral and calcareous grassland, rush pasture, bracken, ledge communities, swamp, …

Red Moss of Netherley

…d Moss of Netherley is located 12 km north of Stonehaven. It comprises a raised bog, modified by peat cutting in the past. A central area of uncut deep peat is surrounded by re-vegetated peat-cuttings with a fairly extensive fringe of poor-fen, and birch and willow fen-woodland. …

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

… interest for its biological features including mesotrophic river types, raised bog and associated peatland habitats, neutral and acid grasslands, broadleaved woodland, as well as a mixture of marshy grassland, flush and wet heath. The site supports a number of species of special…

Coladoir Bog

COLADOIR BOG Coladoir Bog Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) comprises isolated domes and flows of peat bog on undulating ground at the foot of Glen More on the Isle of Mull. The site forms the largest…

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem & Cadney Mosses

… plain form a nationally and internationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered this plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire and north Shropshi…

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses

… plain form a nationally and internationally important series of open water and peatland sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered this plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire and north Shropshir…

Carstairs Kames

COLADOIR BOG Biological: Upland habitat: Intermediate bog (blanket) DESCRIPTION Coladoir Bog SSSI of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) comprises isolated domes and flows of peat bog on undulating ground at th…

Brownheath Moss

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Sweat Mere and Crose Mere

… plain form a nationally and internationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered this plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire and north Shropshi…

Lampert Mosses

…9.5 ac. First Notified, 1994 Description The Lampert Mosses comprise a blanket bog complex on the western edge of Northumberland, situated immediately to the east of the River Irthing. A wet, cold climate since the last ice age has resulted, over 10,000 years, in the build up of…

Curran Bog

Curran Bog Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Curran Bog is among the best remaining examples …

Cliburn Moss

…ough essentially a basin mire, supports a fascinating and unusual range of fen, bog and heath communities with several rare or scarce plant species. The site lies in the Eden Valley, eight kilometres south east of Penrith at an altitude of 135 metres. The Moss formed as a basin m…

Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod

… Bach. The vegetation contains elements which are more typical of poor-fen than bog. For at least 50 metres out into the bog, the vegetation grows to a height of up to 75 cm above the peat surface, and consists mainly of clumps of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and tall cushi…

Rhos-Rydd

…astal valley mire remaining in Ceredigion and, although extensively modified by peat-cutting in the past, many interesting elements of the peatland vegetation community remain intact. The site now comprises a range of wetland habitats dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerul…

Slop Bog and Uddens Heath

…upports strong populations of the rare marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe. The bog communities on the deep peat of Slop Bog are exceptionally rich. Their diversity owes much to abandoned peat cuttings which vary considerably in the amount of water which they hold. In the east th…

Eycott Hill

…communities supporting several nationally uncommon plant species. Although the peat land has been subject to past peat cutting and unsuccessful drainage attempts, the present vegetation exhibits a largely natural structure and composition. The mire communities represented on Eyc…

Garron Plateau

…blage, Invertebrate assemblage, yellow saxifrage, hen harrier, merlin Blanket bog, Fens, Dystrophic lakes, Oligotrophic lakes, Wet heath, Dry heath Tertiary igneous The area is of special scientific interest because of its geology and peatland flora and fauna. Geological inte…

Black Snib

Description Black Snib is the remnant of a small lowland raised bog situated some five kilometres east south east of Longtown, close to the River Lyne, at an altitude of about 30 metres OD It is one of a series of lowland raised bogs situated around the Solway est…

Strath an Loin

…oints of the watershed at over 450m altitude, the area is covered by a range of peatland communities, with deep peat blanket bog dominating all but the steeper slopes. The site lies at the western edge of the extensive area of peatlands that cover much of the interior of Caithnes…

Altikeeragh

Altikeeragh Blanket bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Altikeeragh is a largely intact blanket bog within an otherwise man-m…

Landford Bog

… one of the few Wiltshire remnants of the internationally rare habitats lowland bog and heath. These have suffered large scale destruction through drainage, agricultural improvement, afforestation and urban development. Landford Bog supports many plant species which are decreasin…

Achmore Bog

ACHMORE Achmore bog is located in the centre of Lewis, south of the A858, and is one of the best examples of blanket bog habitat in Lewis, with a wide range of plants and animals characteristic of western-Scottish bl…

Moorthwaite Moss

…it is one of the very few lowland basin mires retaining a rainwater fed, acidic bog vegetation and it supports the best developed example of one form of this vegetation. It lies in farming country about 10 kilometres southeast of Carlisle at an altitude of 125 metres. Its origins…

Lin Can Moss

…of the north west Midlands farm a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Kilhern Moss

…terest (SSSI) lies 5km north of Glenluce. It is the best example of upland deep peat blanket bog in Wigtownshire, exhibiting little sign of disturbance with continuous moss surfaces in a unique plateau situation. Kilhern Moss is dominated by extensive wet flats of bog moss, consi…

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

…c grassland and a wide range of mire systems, in particular ombrogenous blanket bog and flushed soligenous mires. These habitats support important populations of upland breeding birds. The maintenance of this nature conservation interest is dependent upon appropriate levels of gr…

Lurgan Lough

… of good quality fen and freshwater vegetation, interspersed with wet heath and bog. On more elevated ground, dry heath, scrub and acid grassland occur. This mosaic of semi-natural habitats, combined with the relatively large extent, makes it a valuable area for wildlife. A wide …

Glennasheevar

Glennasheevar Marsh fritillary, Invertebrate assemblage Blanket bog, Wet heath The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Biological interest relates to the size of the intact blank…

Montiaghs Moss

…djacent grassland and semi-natural woodland. Montiaghs Moss is a lowland raised bog from which much of the peat has been removed by cutting. It now consists of an intricate mosaic of peat ramparts, trenches, pools and drains, interspersed with small hay fields, alder and willow c…

Moss of Killimster

…ster Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is an area of low-lying blanket bog 6km north-west of Wick, Caithness. The site is designated for the nationally important blanket bog habitat. The extensive pool systems (dubh lochans) towards the centre of the bog support a rich b…

Moelyci a Chors Ty’n y Caeau

… flushes at the foot of a rocky slope where beech fern Phegopteris connectilis, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides occur. The main area of lowland mire interest is referred to as Cors Ty’n y Caeau and this supports lowland raised bog and …

Hulland Moss

…nction between Millstone Grit and Bunter Sandstone. It is an example of lowland bog and heath with areas of dry oak Quercus sp. wood and wet alder Alnus glutinosa wood. The flora includes a number of species which are local or rare in lowland Derbyshire. Most other examples of th…

Waun Cwm Calch

…3 miles west of the village of Carno. The site, much of which comprises blanket bog, is noteworthy for its variety of mire and swamp vegetation types (at least ten nationally recognised types present) and in particular for its small sedge-dominated flushes, which are better devel…

Blaeberry Island Bog

Blaeberry Island Bog Lowland raised bog Blaeberry Island Bog is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features, peatland flora and associated fauna. The area occurs in low-lying hollows be…

Hatfield Moors

…, like Thorne and Crowle Waste, is a remnant of a once extensive lowland raised bog which once occupied the Humberhead levels. It is situated 10 kilometres east of Doncaster and for the most part lies close to sea level. The site encompasses the peat land of Hatfield Moor togethe…

East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles)

…orlands of the North Pennines are of international importance for their blanket bog and heather moorland communities and for their breeding bird populations, particularly merlin and golden plover. This site forms part of the North Pennine Moorlands, proposed Special Protection Ar…

Mynydd Hiraethog

…inium vitis-idaea. The drier heath vegetation grades into wetter acidic blanket bog vegetation, where the peat is deeper. The blanket bog is normally dominated by heather and hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum, but in parts it has been degraded and lost its heather. No…

Cors Gorsgoch

…t an altitude of 236 metres containing a rich mosaic of poor-fen, wet heath and bog communities – the remnants of a former raised bog, the peat of which has been removed by peat cutting. Improved pasture surrounds most of the site, with the village of Gorsgoch adjoining its north…

Shielton Peatlands

Shielton Peatlands Shielton Peatlands Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is located 6km north of Lybster in Caithness and forms the largest continuous area of peatland in the eastern half of Caithness.…

Hoy

…environmental change in the area during the Devonian period. Biological Blanket bog covers over 4000 hectares of Hoy SSSI, and has a complex and varied structure. Characteristic features include hummocks of woolly fringe-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum, pools and carpets of bog moss…

Rora Moss

… located 10 km north-west of Peterhead. It is the second largest lowland raised bog in Aberdeenshire with a significant area of uncut dome and associated cut-over areas. Rora Moss retains a relatively large area of primary dome in comparison with other lowland raised bogs in Aber…

Oughtershaw and Beckermonds

… of the Craven Dales. The site comprises a variety of habitats ranging from wet bog on deep peat to calcareous grassland on thin soils, culminating in the outcropping of limestone to form pavement and highly calcareous flushes set within a mosaic of marsh, hay meadow and neutral …

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

…n assemblage, Bryophyte assemblage Dry heath, Wet heath, Inland Rock, Blanket bog, purple moor grass and rush pastures, Upland Flushes Fens and Swamps, Oligotrophic lakes, Dystrophic lakes The area is of special scientific interest because of its range of upland habitats and f…

Inverasdale Peatlands

Inverasdale Peatlands Inverasdale Peatlands Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) occupies the north-eastern corner of the Gairloch peninsula and is located 11 km north of Gairloch. The site stretches in a n…

Thorne, Crowle and Goole Moors

… largest extent of lowland raised mire in England, even though much modified by peat cutting. The peat deposits are of variable depth, possibly up to 4m and these are underlain by lacustrine clays and silts. The site lies at round 0.5 -1m above sea level. Since the middle of last…

Longriggend Moss

…pproximately 5 km north east of Airdrie, is one of the best examples of blanket bog in Lanarkshire. The site displays typical blanket bog vegetation, with a high density of peat-forming Sphagnum bog-moss and cottongrass Eriophorum communities supported on the bog surface. Sphagnu…

Lurg & Dow Lochs

…rrounding poor-fen is made up of transition communities from open water to deep peat. More unusual species in the poor-fen include water sedge Carex aquatilis, lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra and tall bog sedge Carex magellanica. On the deep peat amongst the bog moss Sphagnum …

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

…lley up a scarp slope deeply dissected by river valleys into a tract of blanket bog. The summit ridge forms the divide between western and eastern climatic effects and from it flow streams, westward to the River Eden, eastward to the River Tees and northwards to the River South T…

Fala Flow

…keith and 2km south of the village of Fala/Blackshiels. This expanse of blanket bog has developed on relatively deep peat, most probably an underlying raised bog, and at a lower altitude than any other intact blanket bog in the area. The Flow also includes an area of open water, …

Clarepool Moss

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Betley Mere

…of the north west midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Auchterhouse Hill

… bryophytes and associated flushes (wet areas) in small valleys. A small saddle bog with deep peat contains cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and carpets of bog moss Sphagnum; cranberry is a rare plant in Angus.

Slieve Gullion

…st areas of dry heath in Northern Ireland outside the Mourne Mountains. Blanket bog, grasslands and wetlands are also represented, producing a varied and diverse mosaic of habitats. The heathland communities are very variable and depend upon local environmental conditions such as…

Winfrith Heath

… soils. Here cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, is abundant and occurs with the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and purple moor-grass. The site also includes areas of valley mire where botanically diverse vegetation has developed …

Danes Moss

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites not represented elsewhere in lowland Britain. They have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by ice sheets as they retreated from the Cheshire Shropshire plain so…

Holcroft Moss

…f the north west Midlands forms a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites not represented elsewhere in lowland Britain. They have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by ice sheets as they retreated from the Cheshire–Shropshire plain so…

Deroran Bog

Deroran Bog Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its flora, characteristic associated fauna and physiographical features. It is one of the few predominantly intact bog…

Risley Moss

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire– Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshir…

Chartley Moss

…of the north west midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire, Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshir…

Black Firs & Cranberry Bog

…of the north west midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift leftby the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire …

Bomere, Shomere and Betton Pools

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago, The majority lie in Cheshire…

Oss Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift leftby the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire …

Loynton Moss

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Bagmere

… north west Midlands form an internationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Brown Moss

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Brookhouse Moss

…ff the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Gleads Moss

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Black Lake, Delamere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Tatton Meres

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Shrawardine Pool

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift leftby the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire …

Maer Pool

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Quoisley Meres

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Chapel Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Norbury Meres

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Tabley Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Hatch Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift leftby the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire …

Cole Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

The Mere, Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Berrington Pool, Shropshire

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

White Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Aqualate Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Wybunbury Moss

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Bar Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Comber Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Marton Pool, Chirbury

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire…

Cop Mere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. Most have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire …

Fenemere

…of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peat land sites. These have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift leftby the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire …

The Cliffs of Magho

…idges contain a mixture of heathland, woodland and scrub. Wet heath and blanket bog occur on flatter, deeper peats. Wetland habitats are represented by a large mesotrophic lake, Glenereawan Lough, with open waters, swamp, fen and wet grassland. Base-rich woodlands are characteris…

Laggan Peninsula and Bay

…more than 20 metres above sea level which supports an extensive area of blanket bog fringed by coastal and arable grasslands. The 11 km long bay to the south of the peninsula is an Atlantic facing sandy shoreline backed by fixed dunes, peatland and arable grassland. Annually the …

Southey and Gotleigh Moors

…ackdown Hills. The site contains a large and diverse, moderately acid flush and bog complex. The Bolham River has cut through the Cretaceous Greensand on the Blackdown Hills creating a valley with shallowly sloping sides occupied by the two moors. The Greensand gives rise to perm…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes Lichen assemblage, Invertebrate assemblage Blanket bog, Wet heath, Dry heath, Inland rock, purple moor grass and rush pastures, Upland Flushes, Fens and Swamps, oakwood, Dystrophic lakes, Oligotrophic lakes, Mesotrophic lakes The area is of special s…

Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath

Description Colony bog and the associated complex of bog, wet and dry heath and other habitats within this site form one of the finest surviving tracts of predominately wet heathland in south east England, as well as be…

Derrycloony Lough

…s australis, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and water mint Mentha aquatica. The swamp is backed by base-rich fen which is dominated by common sedge Carex nigra with species such as wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris…

Wellington College Bog

…llington College near Crowthorne in south east Berkshire. It comprises a valley bog or mire, with associated areas of wet heath and marsh grazing into dry heath and secondary woodland. The bog is one of the richest in the county, in terms of bryophytes mosses and liverworts and …

Loch Scarrasdale Valley Bog

Loch Scarrasdale Valley Bog Loch Scarrasdale Valley Bog, located in the north-east of Lewis, is one of the best examples of a developing valley bog in the Western Isles. It is very rich in plant species, including several ra…

Frosses Bog

Frosses Bog Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Biological interest relates to the diversity of…

Wedholme Flow

…ytown, Newton Arlosh, Kirkbride and Oulton. The site, although much modified by peat cutting, is the largest of a series of raised mires on the south Solway plain, which supports the largest area of this habitat left in great Britain without significant loss or damage. The dome …

Turclossie Moss

…d 14 km to the south-west of Fraserburgh. The Moss combines features of blanket bogs with those of raised bogs and has therefore been classified as an intermediate or mixed raised and blanket bog. The moss is thought to have been part of a much larger peatland with characteristic…

Foulshaw Moss

…tely to the south of the limestone hill of Whitbarrow. It is the largest single peat body in South Cumbria the complex of mosses at Roudsea Wood and Mosses SSSI and Duddon Mosses SSSI are both collectively larger but comprise several separate bodies of peat. Such raised mire syst…

Ash to Brookwood Heaths

…d remaining anywhere in the London Basin together with extensive wet heathland, bog and associated habitats. They support rich communities of plants and animals, many of which, like the heathland habitats upon which they depend, are becoming increasingly rare. The site supports m…

Dark Peak

…fall of the region. More usually however, the grit stone is overlain by blanket peat which reaches its greatest depthon the plateaux. Blanket peat stretches the length and breadth of the Dark Peak with natural breaks only on the steep slopes below the Kinder Scout plateau and al…

Bingley South Bog

Description This small mire occupies a peat filled hollow in undulating ground between the Leeds Liverpool Canal and the River Aire, at Bingley, north of Bradford. Despite drainage and hydroseral succession, the surviving wetland provides …

Mungrisdale Mires

…out 13 kilometres west of Penrith. They include two areas of flood plain raised bog, Bowscale Moss and White Moss and associated areas of other types of mire and wet woodland. The Mungrisdale Mires once formed part of a larger complex of peat deposits and mires in the valley betw…

Bewick and Beanley Moors

…d diversity of its mosaic of upland habitats, including mires including blanket bogs, heaths, fens, flushes and wet grassland. The site is also nationally important for its relict juniper Juniperus communis ssp. communis woodland and scrub and an outstanding assemblage of amphibi…

Stoborough & Creech Heaths

…urbeck. There is a full range of heathland communities from dry heath to valley bog and carr. The site has an exceptionally rich heathland flora and fauna including many species which are local or rare. There is evidence of former clay workings in many parts of the site and the s…

Heysham Moss

Description Heysham Moss is a small lowland raised bog situated three kilometres south of Morecombe at an altitude of about eight metres. The Moss occupies a natural depression on the coastal plain of the Lune Estuary and is the remains of a once larg…

Afon Irfon

…ely nutrient rich and drainage varies considerably. Some of the valleys contain peat deposits. The Cledan drains an extensive area of lowland peat bog. The section of Afon Irfon between Caer Beris and the river Wye at Builth is of special interest because it shows the stratigraph…

Hesley Moss

Description Hesley Moss is a small peat land, but is important and unusual as a reasonably intact example of a basin raised mire. It is one of only four raised basin mires known to be remaining in the Yorkshire Dales area. Such mires w…

Rinns of Islay

…ical and ornithological interest over a mosaic of open habitats with coastline, boggy moorland, woodland scrub and low-intensity agricultural land. The Rinns of Islay SSSI contains internationally-important exposures of rocks whose affinity is uncertain. The succession of Colonsa…

Ford Moss

Area,63.1 hectares 156.0 ac Description Ford Moss is a lowland peat bog, occupying a shallow basin in undulating country, underlain by Carboniferous Limestone. The peat is largely dependent on rainfall for its supply of water and nutrients. Typical bog communitie…

Oulton Moss

…filled with silt and organic matter and a floating mat of vegetation, including bog mosses Sphagnum spp., developed around the edge. As the margins filled with the remains of this community the centre of the raft became continuous and a substantial thickness of peat was formed. …

Greendale Mires

…g and drain into Wastwater. There are few intact areas of these nationally rare peat land habitats left in West Cumbria apart from the similar but smaller examples at Cropple How Mire SSSI and Naddle Forest SSSI. The acid flushes support a wide range of peat land plants and are c…

Cumwhitton Moss

Area, 42.8 hectares 108.3 ac. Description Cumwhitton Moss is a peat land lying 10 kilometres east south east of Carlisle at an altitude of 115 metres. It developed after the last glaciation in a glacial hollow / valley system on a drift of sands and gravels. The …

Llyn Creiniog

Description Botanical interest. A basin bog in glacial drift. The present lake in the northern part of the site is a small remnant of the former area of open water, which has become filled up with peat in the south and west. The floristic h…

Drumlougher Lough

…ed by other semi-natural habitats, such as the open waters of the lough, heath, bog, grassland, scrub and woodland. The area supports a large number of wetland plants, some of which are scarce. In addition, the invertebrate community is important for its overall diversity and inc…

Eelmoor Marsh

…es Basin. The SSSI comprises a range of habitat types including an area of deep peat with structural affinities to a raised bog; the bog surface supports a vegetation dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, dee…

Shapwick Heath

…ption Shapwick Heath, part of the Somerset Levels Wetlands, is a former raised bog lying below four metres OD N in the basin of the River Brue. The site includes the last remnant of active raised bog on the Somerset Levels and Moors. The soils are principally of the Turbary seri…

Howierig Muir

HOWIERIG MUIR Howierig Muir SSSI is a lowland raised bog situated south-west of the town of Falkirk at an altitude of 115m. The raised bog is partially flanked by raised mineral ground to the north and south, with an area of blanket bog, now planted wit…

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

…etamorphic strata of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series. Brantrake Moss is a valley bog fed by seepages from the slopes of the surrounding granite hills; Rough and Water Crags to the south and Brantrake Crags plus Garner Bank to the north. The peat bog is drained by Black Beck which …

Lough Alaban

…s fen habitat and the invertebrate species associated with the lake and blanket bog. Lough Alaban is a shallow oligo-mesotrophic lake dominated by floating-leaved aquatic plants such as broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and white water lily …

Upton Broad & Marshes

…ed locally. Sedge rich and mixed herbaceous fen vegetation has developed on the peat soils, with saw sedge dominant or co-dominant with reed or bog rush Schoenus nigricans. Past peat cutting has created variations in the depth and thus wetness of the peat which is reflected in th…

Syre Peatlands

Syre Peatlands Syre Peatlands Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is in central Sutherland, 13km northeast of Altnaharra. This site is nationally important for the large area of high quality blanket…

Belmore Mountain

…ple moor grass and rush pastures, Mixed ashwoods, Wet heath, Dry heath, Blanket bog, Upland Flushes, Fens and Swamps The area is of special scientific interest because of the diversity of geological and physiographical features and the wide range of habitats with associated flor…

Appleby Fells

…lope of deeply dissected valleys and outlying hills on a large tract of blanket bog, much of it between 500 and 750 metres in altitude. The site stretches from Dufton Fell in the north to the Warcop and Helbeck Fells in the south and runs to the Durham border in the east. The un…

Steelend Moss

…ing at approximately 180 metres altitude the site comprises an elongated raised bog with an adjacent basin fen and fringing birch and willow woodland. As a small but relatively intact raised bog this is one of the very few examples remaining in Fife that has not been afforested. …

St Leonards and St Ives Heaths

… Ulex minor heath; dwarf gorse U. minor – bristle bent Agrostis curtisii heath; bog moss Sphagnum auriculatum bog pool community; cross leaved heath Erica tetralix – bog moss Sphagnum compactum wet heath; bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum – bog moss S. papillosum valley mire and…

Ring Moss

Ring Moss Ring Moss is an intact lowland raised peat bog, lying 8km west northwest of Newton Stewart. It is one of the few remaining examples of a lowland raised bog in Wigtownshire. The main feature of the site is the pattern of ridges and hollows…

Pitmaduthy Moss

…es approximately 50 metres above sea level. The site is notified for its raised bog habitat which has strong affinities with Scandinavian bogs. The site is also notified for several flies associated with the bog habitats. The centre of the site lies on the watershed between two c…

St Michael's Wood Marshes

…re cut by gullies that once formed embayments in the coastline. The Silver Moss peat bog lies in one of these gullies and it has been shown that the carse sediments continue into the gully, forming a layer within the peat. Below the carse sediments is a distinct sand layer which …

Mynydd Du (Black Mountain)

…ing on mineral soil exposed by the total erosion of the once widespread blanket bog peat. Heavy grazing, burning and the possible past and present effects of soot and sulphur dioxide pollution are believed to have caused the decline of blanket bog vegetation and dwarf-shrub heath…

Cobbinshaw Moss

…BBINSHAW MOSS Cobbinshaw Moss is one of the largest examples of an intermediate bog remaining in great Britain. The Moss lies on the transition between lowland and upland environments in the western foothills of the Pentland Hills, north of the village of Tarbrax, at an altitude …

Dyfi

…slas and Aberdyfi, woodland, lowland grassland and mire, and Cors Fochno (Borth Bog) – one of the most extensive tracts of unmodified, actively growing raised bog in Britain. The site has important populations of invertebrate species and has a wide range of breeding and wintering…

Tynaspirit

Tynaspirit Tynaspirit is an area of peat bog located 3.5 km southeast of Callander. This small, wooded site is a key locality for interpreting and dating events at the end of the last glaciation in central Scotland, approximately 15,000…

Cairngorms

…tained in the records of plant remains and pollen grains preserved in lochs and peat bogs. Many of the individual features are classic examples of their type. It is, however, the scale and total assemblage of features, developed in a relatively compact area, which makes the site …

Doley Common

…s extremely scarce in Staffordshire. A layer of moderately nutrient poor clayey peat overlies most of the common and variation in the vegetation reflects differences in the peat composition and water table. Where the drainage is most impeded with surface water logging there is a …

Eastern Cairngorms

…tained in the records of plant remains and pollen grains preserved in lochs and peat bogs. Many of the individual features are classic examples of their type. It is however, the scale and total assemblage of features, developed in a relatively compact area, which makes the site s…

Red Moss

…e in this Area of Search. Red Moss is the best site in terms of the presence of peat forming vegetation and hydrology. The surface is for the most part dominated by the purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, as is commonly the case on drained and cut over peat lands. Within it, heat…

Ellergower Moss

ELLERGOWER MOSS Ellergower Moss is a raised bog lying 16km west of New Galloway. Due to afforestation, this site is one of the few remaining examples of an upland raised bog in Wigtownshire. It lies next to Loch Dee and immediately south of the…

East Mires and Lumbister

…t Mires and Lumbister Site of Special Scientific Interest is an area of blanket bog on Yell. The site is nationally and internationally important for its blanket bog which is one of the finest examples of intact blanket bog in Shetland. This habitat also supports a nationally imp…

Ronas Hill - North Roe

…rring on Ronas Hill. Biological interests include montane habitats and blanket bog, which support a range of breeding birds, in particular red-throated diver, and invertebrates, most notably Arctic water fleas. Relict tree-scrub vegetation survives on some of the inaccessible lo…

Ben Griams

…n central Sutherland, just west of Forsinard. The site includes a large area of peatland surrounding the prominent hills of Ben Griam Mór and Ben Griam Beag. Both hills are nationally important for their heathland, subalpine calcareous grassland and range of rare plants. The peat…

West Fannyside Moss

…-east of Cumbernauld, is nationally important for its extensive area of blanket bog supporting peat-forming vegetation. The site, which lies on the edge of the Slamannan Plateau, is also used substantially by a population of taiga bean geese (Anser fabalis fabalis), which is also…

Aughnadarragh Lough

…itions from lake, through fringing swamp and fen, to wet grassland and cut-over bog. As a result, it contains a very diverse mixture of wetland plants. In addition, the wetland supports a rich invertebrate community. The open waters of the lough contain a range ofaquatic species …

West Borgie

…ated in the north of Sutherland, 3km east of Tongue. The site covers an area of peatland in the upper catchment of the River Borgie. The site is designated for the nationally important igneous geology, blanket bog and upland breeding birds. Geology The rocks exposed on Sron Ruadh…

Shap Fells

…udstones. The predominant vegetation of these extensive upland fells is blanket bog on deep peat with associated tracts of heather moorland and widespread flush communities. This mosaic of moorland habitats supports a large and diverse upland breeding bird population and also a s…

Leek Moors

… situations. The highest plateau, centred upon Axe Edge, is covered by blanket peat, dominated by bog vegetation mostly of heather and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. This plant community is typical of northern British uplands but the Leek Moors represent its sout…

Upper Wharfedale

… palustris and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica. Wetter patches with accumulated peat hold black bog rush Schoenus nigricans, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, marsh hawk's beard, broad leaved cotton grass Eriophorum latifolium and northern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza purpurell…

The Stiperstones & The Hollies

…re form a significant component of the vegetation. Also present are a number of peat land plants including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella as well as a…

Turners Puddle Heath

…oor-grass Molinia caerulea, heather, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum within the vegetation with increasing wetness favouring cross-leaved heath over heather. The site is intersected by three valley systems, two of which dr…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

… Fungi assemblage, Higher plant assemblage, Invertebrate assemblage Blanket bog, Fens, Limestone Pavement, Calcareous grassland, Mixed ashwoods, purple moor grass and rush pastures, Wet heath, Eutrophic standing waters Cave, Karst, Carboniferous stratigraphy The area is of s…

Cors Caranod

…ladonia spp. Associated with this heathland are numerous wet hollows containing bog mosses Sphagnum spp., cotton-grasses Eriophorum spp. and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. South of the river, the catchment contains an area of modified raised bog associated with infilled peat cutt…

West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moors

…orlands of the North Pennines are of international importance for their blanket bog and heather moorland vegetation communities and for their breeding bird populations, particularly merlin and golden plover. This site forms part of a series of moorland Sites of Special Scientific…

Derryleckagh

…stern Ireland. The basin fen, which is in a transitional stage between fen and bog, is characterised by its broad range of surface conditions, ranging from slightly base-rich to markedly acidic. These edaphic conditions are dependent upon the influence of the ground water on the…

Perchhall Loch

…omarum palustre and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile predominate along with bog-bean Menyanthes trifoliata and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Surrounding this is another floating community dominated by a range of bog mosses Sphagnum spp, including Sphagnum squar…

Coleshill and Bannerly Pools

…wo pools – Coleshill and Bannerly Pools – and an interjacent area, known as the Bogs, which together form the only valley mire system in Warwickshire. Coleshill Pool and the Bogs have formed on Pleistocene sands and gravels overlying Keuper Marl whereas Bannerly Pool lies on allu…

Cnoc an Alaskie

…noc an Alaskie Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is an area of blanket bog situated between Lairg and Altnaharra in central Sutherland. The landscape is gently undulating with numerous lochs and pools. The site has been notified for its nationally important blanket bog h…

Bowness Common

…has developed on boulder clay and was originally part of an even more extensive peat land system which included nearby Glasson Moss and Whitrigg Common. Considerable areas of active bog growth are evident across the Common, where conditions are wet enough for bog mosses Sphagnum …

Duddon Mosses

…by Pool valley where the mosses are surrounded by upland fell land. This latter peat land system is thought at one time to have been continuous, along the entire length of the Kirkby Pool valley but is now represented by the discrete, though contiguous units of the Duddon Mosses.…

Dunbeath Peatlands

DUNBEATH PEATLANDS Dunbeath Peatlands Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is an extensive area of blanket bog in central Caithness, 7km west of Dunbeath. The site is nationally important for its peatlan…

Swarth Moor

…rea, 34.1 hectares 85.2 ac Description Swarth Moor is a virtually intact raised bog which occupies a hollow formed by ice action. The bog surface has a visibly domed profile and grades to the north and south into fen grassland communities. The edges of the bog have been cut for p…

Snelsmore Common

…of woodland and heathland habitats comprising dry heath, wet heath, valley mire bog, birch woodland and ancient semi natural broadleaved woodland. These support specialised communities of plants and animals, including many species, local or rare in Berkshire. Of particular intere…

Oakers Bog

Oakers Bog SSSI Description Oakers Bog is a relatively large and undamaged valley mire near the western extremity of the Poole Basin with its highly acidic sands and clays. There is little hydraulic gradient…

Cloghcor Lough

…is mainly associated with small mesotrophic lakes, or shallow pools and flooded peat cuttings in fens and bogs. The presence of floating-leaved aquatic plants, such as those found at Cloghcor Lough, is an important attribute of sites favoured by this species. Other damselfly spec…

Long Mynd

…t in the wettest places. Mosses are especially abundant in these areas with the bog mosses Sphagnum spp., Dicranum scoparium, Hypnum cupressiforme and Polytrichum commune often forming continuous carpets beneath the heather. The abundance of heather declines towards the margins o…

Caudbeck Flow

…cent years. The importance of the site lies in the wide variety of high quality bog and marsh communities. These range from areas of acidic, rainwater fed blanket bog to species rich calcareous flushes, which occur within a mosaic of acid to neutral grasslands. Within East Cumbri…

Knockfin Heights

… of Kinbrace and is nationally important as an example of high altitude blanket bog. It lies in the south-eastern part of the internationally important peatlands that extend across Caithness and Sutherland which are one of the largest tracts of blanket bog in the world. The peatl…

Salta Moss

Area, 45 ha. 111.2 ac. Description This coastal peat land lies 8km north of Maryport and within 1km of the Solway shore, lying over glacial sand deposits which cover the Permian sandstone plain. The ground rises to the west and east onto adjacent a…

Cropple How Mire

…known as Cropple How. The site comprises small areas of acid flush over shallow peat and a large basin mire which displays a variety of vegetation types. These range from open Sphagnum moss communities to dense scrub and fen vegetation over deep liquid peat. These habitats are n…

West Strathnaver

…Bettyhill in north Sutherland. The site is nationally important for the blanket bog habitat and the range of breeding birds it supports. Blanket bog The site lies along the watershed between the River Borgie to the west and the River Naver to the east. Most of the ground lies bet…

Strath Duchally

…al Sutherland. This site has been notified for the nationally important blanket bog habitat and breeding populations of dunlin, golden plover and greenshank. Blanket bog The site supports several different types of blanket bog characteristic of exposed locations, with a very high…

River Borgie

…e geological and biological features listed below: Caledonian igneous Blanket bog Birds - Breeding bird assemblage The same part of River Borgie SSSI that overlaps part of West Borgie SSSI also overlaps part of the Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SAC designated for the Euro…

Mointeach nan Lochain Dubha

…ows supports one of the largest and most diverse aggregations of intact blanket bog features in Skye and Lochalsh. The site also encompasses numerous dystrophic and oligotrophic lochs. The blanket bog comprises a wide range of oceanic mire types which has developed over a mosaic …

Truderscaig

… Altnaharra and Kinbrace. The site is nationally important for both the blanket bog and breeding birds that are found here. The high density of breeding greenshank means that the site is also nationally important for this bird. Blanket bog Blanket bog has formed over gently undul…

West Halladale

… Sutherland, 3km south of Melvich. The site is nationally important for blanket bog vegetation and the assemblage of upland breeding birds. The populations of black throated diver and common scoter are each nationally important in their own right. Blanket bog West Halladale SSSI …

Strathmore Peatlands

Strathmore Peatlands Strathmore Peatlands Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is an extensive area of blanket bog in central Caithness, 19km south of Thurso. The site is nationally important for its peatl…

Stubbers Green Bog

Area, 3.0 ha. 7.4 ac. Description Stubbers Green Bog is a small wetland site in Walsall comprising a shallow pool with fringing valley mire and swamp communities which have developed in a hollow, presumed to be caused by mining subsidence. The site …

Teal Lough and Slaghtfreeden Bogs

Teal Lough and Slaghtfreeden Bogs Invertebrate assemblage Blanket bog Pleistocene The area is of special scientific interest because it contains 3 sites of upland raised bog within an area of blanket peat, which together ar…

Blaen y Wergloedd Bog

… of a small, flat-bottomed valley in the Afon Aled catchment. Blaen y Wergloedd Bog is a good example of the small valley wetlands which were formerly common in the Silurian uplands of North Wales.Variations of water-table, water chemistry, and peat depth over the site account fo…

Prolusk

…dow is a particular type of purple moor grass and rush pasture that develops on peaty soils that are occasionally flushed by base-rich water. Fen meadow vegetation is widespread across Prolusk. The grassland consists of a canopy of rushes and grasses with lower-growing sedges and…

Slieve Beagh

Slieve Beagh Invertebrate assemblage Blanket bog, Dry heath, Dystrophic lakes The area is of special scientific interest because of its geology, physiography and peatland flora and fauna. In geological terms, the area lies within an ancient dep…

Crag Bank

… The site is an area of boulder clay ridges and marshy grassland on calcareous peaty soil situated1 kilometres south west of Carnforth at an elevation of about 8m OD X kilometres from the coast. The site is remarkable for the range of plants present in such a small area over 170…

Corfe Mullen Pastures

…is impeded by underlying clay the free draining sandy soils are replaced by wet peaty mineral soils. These support a mire community dominated by tussocks of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea with the dwarf shrubs, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris and w…

Cors Bryn-y-Gaer

Description Cors Bryn-y-gaer is of special interest for its lowland bog and for areas of soligenous flush, marshy grassland, dry neutral grassland and lowland acid grassland. These habitats occur in a complex with wet heath, swamp and semi-improved grassland. The site…

Oakhanger Moss

…a geographically discrete series of nationally important lowland open water and peat land sites. The finest examples are considered to be of international importance. They have developed in natural depressions in the glacial drift sands and boulder clays left by the ice sheets as…

Tarn Hows

…h common spike rush Eleocharis palustris, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and three species of bur reed Sparganium erectum, S. emersum and S. minimum. Water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, shoreweed Littorella uniflora and floating Scirpus Eleogiton…

Blackdike Bog

…is bounded by great Mell Fell to the west and Little Mell Fell to the east. The bog is small in area and ill defined, with a damp grassland boundary merging gradually into agricultural land as the land rises; only at the south west corner is the rise sudden. Blackdike Bog is a co…

Dersingham Bog

Area, 159.1 hectares 293.2 ac Description Dersingham Bog is the largest and most intact example of an acid valley mire in East Anglia. The site lies in the Lower Greensand zone with the Sandringham Sands exposed in an old sandpit. The mire itself lies o…

Whim Bog

Whim Bog Whim Bog SSSI is located approximately 3 km south-west of Leadburn, just off the A701. The site comprises a lowland raised bog which, despite being subject to drainage and peat cutting in the past…

Star Moss

…2 km north of Markinch in the Kirkcaldy district of Fife. It is a wooded raised bog which has been extensively cut for peat. The Moss is of importance as the largest area of naturally vegetated peat in central Fife with a wide diversity of habitats, principally birch woodland, fe…

Askham Bog

Area, 44.7 hectares 110.7 ac Description Askham Bog is the remnant of a valley mire which formed between two ridges of glacial moraine in the Vale of York just southwest of the City. Base rich ground water draining the moraines has led to the devel…

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

…in eastern Wales. Such mires are now rare in Britain and Ireland as a result of peat extraction and agricultural reclamation. The area supports a number of nationally and locally uncommon plants and invertebrates. The site comprises a central area of raised mire with a wooded lag…

Glasson Moss

…a of this habitat left in great Britain without significant loss or damage. The peat land has developed over a terrace of estuarine alluvium to a maximum depth of 6.5 metres and is separated from the adjacent Bowness Common to the west by a ridge of boulder clay. Although modifie…

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

…habitats contribute significantly to the interest of the site ranging from acid boggy pools and ditches to large ponds. The diversity of habitat types is responsible for a remarkable flora and fauna. The heath and bog areas are particularly valuable because as their national exte…

Rannoch Moor

…00 m altitude and encompasses one of the most extensive and undisturbed blanket bog and fen complexes in Britain. Internationally significant bog and freshwater habitats and associated vascular plant assemblages are present across the site. Blanket bog occupies hollows, level gro…

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu-Pant Mawr

…s occur in abundance, including C. sulphurina at its only known Welsh locality. Peat overlies large areas and supports blanket bog communities dominated by dwarf-shrub heath rich in heather Calluna vulgaris and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Such communities reach their finest dev…

Hexhamshire Moors

…r and cooler conditions have led to the formation of extensive areas of blanket bog. This is dominated by heather and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, a good cover of bog mosses particularly Sphagnum papillosum and, locally, cl…

Haxey Turbary

Description Like the complementary site at Epworth, this is a relict bog which was formerly extensively dug for peat. It is now largely colonised by birch woodland with a ground flora of bracken Pteridium aquilinum, Dryopteris ferns and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenu…

Carn Gafallt

…dalis claviculata and three-nerved sandwort Moehringia trinervia. The series of peaty flushes within these woodland support plants such as marsh St. John's-wort Hypericum elodes, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and white beak-sedge Rhynchospor…

Cuilcagh Mountain

…ain Golden plover, Higher plant assemblage, Invertebrate assemblage Blanket bog, Dry heath, Inland rock, Montane heath, Dystrophic lakes, Wet heath Carboniferous stratigraphy, Karst The area is of special scientific interest because of its geology, physiography and peatland …

West Minley Meadow

…tuated in the upper reaches of a shallow tributary valley of the River Hart, on peaty alluvial soil overlying the Bracklesham Beds of the London Basin. Despite the wetness, acidity and nutrient impoverishment associated with the strongly leached soil and impervious substrate, the…

Spadeadam Mires

… of Spadeadam has resulted in the gradual accumulation of extensive deposits of peat. The site comprises a blanket mire complex with some 17 individually recognisable mires, some with distinct raised domes of peat. The mires are of exceptional quality having large areas of undama…

Armboth Fells

…ersity. These extensive upland fells support the second largest area of blanket bog in the Lake District, large expanses of heather moorland and a range of soligenous mires which is unique in Cumbria and of national importance. Additional interest is provided by small high level…

Moneygal Bog Part II

Moneygal Bog Part II Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Moneygal Bog Part II is an integral part…

Rathlin Island - Ballycarry

…lene maritima become more frequent in the vicinity of the cliff edge, where the peat soils are very thin and exposure reduces the vigour of the main heath species. Moss and lichen cover is high in this area. Small depressions are poorly drained and contain wet heath vegetation wi…

Barnby Broad & Marshes

…Barnby Broad is a small, shallow, man made lake which is the result of medieval peat cutting. Although isolated from nutrient rich waters in the river, the broad contains few water plants apart from white water lily Nymphaea alba. The marginal vegetation is more diverse and is do…

Tonnagh Beg Bog

Tonnagh Beg Bog Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Biological interest relates to the size and int…

Fforest Goch Bog

Description Fforest Goch Bog is located 500 metres south of the village of Rhos, near Pontardawe. The bog is at approximately 100m above sea level, in a low saddle in the ridge between the Swansea and Neath Valleys. There are…

Killorn Moss

…rea of Conservation (SAC) which is of European importance for its active raised bog and degraded raised bog. This site is one of the few remnants of the lowland raised mire system which formerly extended across the entire Carse of Stirling. Killorn Moss is a lowland active raised…

Holton and Sandford Heaths

…naphalium luteoalbum (1) occurs. Dry heath succeeds to humid heath on moister, peatier soils where there is slight impedance of drainage. This Nationally Scarce community is restricted to Dorset and the New Forest. Purple moor-grass, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and heather…

Scaleby Moss

Area, 69.2 hectares 171.0 ac Description Scaleby Moss is a large peat moss located about eight kilometres north northeast of Carlisle at an altitude of around 35 metres. It is a raised mire that has been modified over many centuries by peat cutting and drainage wor…

McKean's Moss

McKean's Moss Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Biological interest relates to the position of the bog within Northern…

Auchencorth Moss

AUCHENCORTH MOSS The site forms part of Auchencorth Moss, a large raised bog which straddles the watershed between Midlothian and the Borders, and is located approximately 5 kilometres east of Penicuik. Much of the surrounding bog has been degraded as a result of peat mini…

Lon Leanachain

…orlundy and Spean Bridge, is one of the best examples of a low altitude blanket bog in the north of Lochaber. This acid bog is formed on gently sloping ground at 130-140m above sea level and although it is drained by three main water courses, which converge towards the eastern ed…

Beacon Bog

Description A basin mire with a small catchment. The peat is up to 2 metres deep near the centre. The surface is very wet with active growth of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. Several scarce plants occur, notably bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia near its most …

Plas-y-Gors

… interest for the range of wetland plant communities which has developed on the peat. The site is situated at an altitude of about 395 metres and lies in a shallow, water-filled depression in the Old Red Sandstone on the south-facing slopes of Fan Nedd. It receives water from a n…

Arkengarthdale, Gunnerside and Reeth Moors

…orlands of the North Pennines are of international importance for their blanket bog and heather moorland vegetation communities and for their breeding bird populations, particularly merlin and golden plover. This site forms part of a series of moorland Sites of Special Scientifi…

Radnor Forest

…etres and support well developed submontane heath communities over thin blanket peat. The vegetation of the summit ridges is fairly uniform, and is dominated by a mixture of dwarf shrubs, heather Calluna vulgaris, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and, a fea…

Roudsea Wood & Mosses

…cidic woodland types respectively and has in addition a number of low lying wet peaty areas containing bog and fen vegetation; for these reasons Roudsea Wood is considered to be the most diverse woodland in South Cumbria and one of the most varied in the British Isles. Within the…

Cranny Bogs

Cranny Bogs Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Biological interest is related to the size and…

Mullaghcarn

Mullaghcarn Blanket bog, Wet heath, Dry heath, oakwood, Dystrophic lakes Pleistocene The area is of special scientific interest because of its earth science features, and its upland habitat mosaic of peatland, lakes an…

Westhay Moor

…opes of the Wedmore Ridge. The soils are principally of the Turbary series acid peats modified in parts by cutting. Altcar series reed peat occurs on the fringes of the site. Over much of the moor, the water table is high throughout the year with extensive winter flooding occurri…

Esgyrn Bottom

…outstanding geomorphological feature, the channel at Esgyrn also contains thick peat sequences with important pollen records. Biological The most south-westerly raised bog in Britain, and the only example in ‘Pembrokeshire’ retaining any of its central dome. It occupies the flo…

Dead Island Bog

Dead Island Bog Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. It is one of the best remaining examples of a lo…

Bankhead Moss

… (SSSI) lies 10 km south-west of St Andrews, just to the west of the village of Peat Inn. The site is notified for its raised bog habitat which is a small, relatively intact raised mire supporting dry heath, actively growing bog moss Sphagnum pools, birch woodland and marginal (l…

Muirkirk Uplands

…he north and south of the town of Muirkirk, and Airds Moss, a low lying blanket bog lying between these areas. The protected natural features include localised exposures of fossiliferous rock, upland habitats and blanket bog, an associated assemblage of breeding birds, a breeding…

White Moss, Crosbymoor

…are a very valuable part of the remaining resource. The original raised mire or bog surface has been modified by past drainage and peat cutting, but is does retain considerable interest and good potential for the restoration of the actively growing raised mire. Such 'active' or p…

Blelham Tarn & Bog

…of Elterwater. The site comprises the tarn and its inflows along with fringing bog and mixed fen, marshy grassland, wet heath and wet woodland. This variety of relatively undisturbed habitats support a wide range of invertebrates including a number of rare and uncommon species. …

Tully Bog

Tully Bog Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and associated fauna. Biological interest relates to the size and int…

Cadair Idris

…outh of the summit. The special biological features of the site include blanket bog, wet and dry heaths, lichen/bryophyte heath, tall herb and fern ledges, vegetated natural rock exposures, standing water, broadleaved woodland, calcareous, acid and marshy grassland, flushes and s…

Afon Teifi

…icknesses. These consist of sands and gravels, glacial lake clays, alluvium and peat. Afon Teifi is of special interest for a range of river types and associated riverside habitats; flowering plants; bryophytes; otter; Cetti’s warbler; bottlenose dolphin; brown hairstreak; fish; …

Keston and Hayes Commons

…county rarities. Of particular interest is the occurrence of several species of bog moss Sphagnum spp. and a number of other peat land mosses which carpet the peaty surface. Other species of particular interest include cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, marsh pennywort Hydrocoty…

Tievebulliagh

… on this rock type and appear to be due to collapsed solution hollows. The thin peats of the crag face support a dry heath with high cover of heather Calluna vulgaris and bell heather Erica cinerea and the mosses Hypnum jutlandicum and Pleurozium schreberi. Vegetation on the deep…

Burns Beck Moss

…he range of nutrient poor and nutrient rich conditions typical of a valley mire peat land system. Burns Beck Moss is the most extensive example of this mire type in south Cumbria and is a relatively unmodified example of a habitat which is rare both locally and on a national scal…

Hermon Copper Bog

Description A small area of mainly waterlogged copper-rich peat, some of which has in the past been extracted and burnt to obtain copper. Now located in the FC Coed y Brenin Forest, the Copper Bog is dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and cross-l…

Cotherstone Moor

…ne Moor supports a range of upland vegetation types including extensive blanket bog, part of which is an unusual bog type transitional in character between northern upland and lowland bogs, only known to occur in County Durham at this site. Additional diversity is provided by the…

Woodwalton Fen

…ted examples in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk. The site was once a raised bog associated with the former Whittlesey Mere and was dug for peat in the late 19th Century when most of the acidic peat was removed, exposing the underlying fen peat. The vegetation of the area toda…

Adderstonlee Moss

…a of dense and tangled willow carr. There is also a small incipient acid raised bog with sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos developing on the fen peat of the basin. The site has an outstanding variety of bog mosses or Sphagnum. Although not notified fea…

Trodds Copse

…dland, unimproved meadows and flushes overlying Bracklesham Beds, Bagshot Sand, peat and alluvium. The habitats are drained by tributaries of the Monks Brook, a branch of the River Itchen. The diverse geology and varied drainage conditions give rise to a wide range of habitats. A…

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath SSSI Description Morden Bog and Hyde Heath is one of a collection of sites which together comprise the Dorset heathlands. Although these heathlands have declined in extent and now o…

Cridmore Bog

Area, 14.4 hectares 35.6 ac Description, Cridmore Bog comprises extensive areas of marshy grassland interspersed with areas of species rich flush, valley bog and a network of drainage ditches, on deep acid peat on the flat valley bottom of the River …

Western Mournes and Kilfeaghan Upper

…n Mournes and Kilfeaghan Upper Keeled Skimmer Dry heath, Wet heath, Blanket bog, Montane heath, River, Inland rock Tertiary igneous Western Mournes and Kilfeaghan Upper is Palaeogene in age, approximately 56 million years old and formed during a period of crustal extension …

Holt and West Moors Heaths

…h Gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe and marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata occur. Bog vegetation has developed in the more waterlogged parts at Holt, forming an extensive valley mire. Comprising abundant Sphagnum mosses including the uncommon Sphagnum magellanicum and Sphagnum pulc…

Coston Fen, Runhall

…. The site supports a number of locally uncommon plants. In the wettest area on peat at the base of the slope, tussocks of black bog rush Schoenus nigricans and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea dominate. This flush is particularly herb rich and associated species include fragra…

Rousay

…t and north and a portion of Faraclett Head. The interior area includes blanket bog, heathland, and freshwater habitats which all exhibit unusual characteristics. Coastal cliffs support a rich and diverse vegetation which demonstrates a strong maritime influence. A nationally imp…

Crossbane Lough

…munities, to heath. Scrub, acid grassland and small pools derived from the past peat cutting provide additional habitat diversity. Several rare plant and invertebrate species are present. The open waters of the lough hold a range of aquatic plants, for the most abundant being ye…

Ballynahone Bog

Ballynahone Bog Invertebrate assemblage Lowland raised bog The area is of special scientific interest because of its physiographical features and peatland flora and fauna. The peat sequence holds information…

Dykeneuk Moss

…theast of Kilwinning, is one of the largest remaining examples of intact raised bog in west-central Scotland. It is an example of a type which is of national importance for its actively-growing Sphagnum-rich vegetation. The central and southern sections of the bog are dominated b…

Rhosydd Llanpumsaint

…t around the headwaters of the Nant Cerwyni and extends eastwards to a block of peatland on the watershed with a tributary of the Nant Corrwg. It is bisected by a minor road leading north from the B4301 to the village of Llanpumsaint, c. 1.4km north of the site. The fields lie be…

Marlbank

…and meadow, Limestone Pavement, Inland rock, Mixed ashwoods, Wet heath, Blanket bog, Upland Flushes, Fens and Swamps, River Carboniferous stratigraphy, Cave geomorphology, Surface karst geomorphology</i> The area is of special scientific interest because of the diversity of geo…

Braehead Moss

…east of the village of Braehead is one of the best remaining examples of raised bog, with strong intermediate characteristics, in central Scotland. The bog formed as two adjacent raised bogs coalesced and became connected by a shallower layer of deep peat lying over a low ridge. …

Glims Moss and Durka Dale

…urka Dale Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is an area of moorland and bog contained in a valley composed of Old Red Sandstone located in the west mainland of Orkney 3 km north of Dounby. The site is nationally important for its hydro-morphological mire range which suppo…

Orton Moss

…nd valley mire vegetation of the area has been altered by historic drainage and peat extraction and the importance of the site today relates to the well established range of semi natural communities developed in place of the mire system. This is predominantly woodland, but areas …

Bell's Flow

…st of Canonbie and is one of the best remaining examples of intermediate raised bog out of the eleven sites identified in Annandale and Eskdale. Intermediate bogs are identified as being two or more distinct lenses of peat which fuse together on watersheds, saddles and spurs rath…

Mallart

…a and Kinbrace. The site is notified as an area of nationally important blanket bog. Most of the site lies between 120 and 150m altitude and has wet, acidic conditions that are ideal for peat formation. The vegetation is dominated by characteristic species of blanket bog includin…

Foula

…e site is also notified for its extensive areas of nationally important blanket bog which support a range of vegetation. The cool oceanic climate has produced extensive peat formation and much of the island is covered in a range of bog vegetation. The upland habitats include nort…

Murrins

Murrins Tall Bog sedge Blanket bog, Dry heath, Wet heath, Dystrophic lakes Pleistocene The Murrins complex contains some of the best preserved deglaciallandforms in Northern Ireland. The landform association c…

Collymoon Moss

…LYMOON MOSS Collymoon is one of the best remaining examples of a lowland raised bog in Scotland. It is part of the Carse of Stirling which formally extended some considerable distance above and below Stirling and has now been reduced to isolated fragments. It is located approxima…

Inchmoan

…y. Inchmoan was selected as a SSSI because it is an extensive area of low-lying peat within the Loch Lomond area. Although much of the island was cut-over for peat during the 19th century, a thick layer of peat still exists across the island with a surface vegetation similar to t…

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