Forming part of a series of peat bogs known as ‘Mosses’, Wybunbury Fen was noted for preservation by the Society as a 'type of wild country with no exact counterpoint on the continent of Europe'. This rare Ice Age bog is now a raft of peat floating over an underground lake, surrounded by swamp, woodland and meadows. Sphagnum moss, cotton sedge and sundew grow here, and important insect populations can be found. Now a National Nature Reserve (NNR), it is managed by Natural England.
(Above) the original SPNR survey documents for Wybunbury Fen
More information on Wybunbury Fen
Visit the Natural England page on Wybunbury Fen nature reserve
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