Moseley Bog & Joy's Wood
Moseley Bog was the childhood playground of The Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien, who lived nearby. The site inspired the 'old forest' in his books The Hobbit and The Lord of The…
Moseley Bog was the childhood playground of The Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien, who lived nearby. The site inspired the 'old forest' in his books The Hobbit and The Lord of The…
Join us and the Friends of Moseley Bog for what will be a fascinating archaeological insight as we rebuild one of the site's ancient sweat lodges, thought to date back around 3000 years ago…
After working hard all week, for Cally, there’s nothing better than a gallop along the River Trent at Lady Bay in Nottingham. She shares this wild space with dog walkers, cyclists and other horse…
The yellow, star-like flowers of bog asphodel brighten up our peat bogs, damp heaths and moors in early summer, attracting a range of pollinating insects.
Unlike blanket bog, which smothers vast tracts of the uplands, raised bogs are discrete entities, often individually named, and are mostly found within agricultural landscapes in the lowlands.
A mosiac of grassland and woodland with a bog habitat full of insect activity.
Edgehills Bog has a peaceful atmosphere and is a relic of, the once widespread habitat, wet heath.
Ballynahone Bog is teeming with specialist wildlife and is one of the most important sites for nature conservation in Northern Ireland
Glenullin Bog is the newest addition to our suite of nature reserves and home to a range of important and interesting habitats and species. Our work at this site, over the coming years, will focus…
Set within the New Forest National Park, the bog is a carpet of feathery moss with expanses of heather and purple moor-grass.
Bleak, treeless and often shrouded in low cloud, blanket bog can seem a desolate habitat. However, the wildness of the huge, empty landscapes and wide skies are compelling, as is the chance of…
Narborough Bog is a unique reserve for Leicestershire and Rutland; over 6,000 years old, this reserve is a hotbed for wildlife in suburbia, with habitats including fen meadow, wet woodland and…