Posts Tagged ‘peatland’
Let’s Make Change Programme
The DPA were invited to speak at the third session of Plymouth Culture’s ‘Let’s Make Change’ programme, which has been created to support Plymouth-based creative freelancers in developing bold, imaginative projects that respond to the climate crisis. It was excellent to be involved in this 2025/2026 initiative as, despite being outside the National Park, Plymouth…
Read MoreSouth West Peatland Partnership Walk
On a very wet Wednesday, we were excited to join forces with the the South West Peatland Partnership to offer a guided walk around the SWPP peatland restoration works around Ockerton Court and Cranmere Pool. Covering a lot of (boggy) ground we took our 15 guests through completed restoration areas from last years work and onto…
Read MoreSwincombe Site Visit
This week we joined Laurie Phippen from the Central Dartmoor Farm Cluster on a visit to our land at Swincombe. One aim was to check on the health of the river and surrounding marshland, where there is still lots of evidence from extensive tin streaming activities in the past. Laurie came equipped to measure the…
Read MoreClubmosses of Dartmoor: Relicts of an Ancient Past
Dartmoor’s moorland and mires are home to a diverse range of upland-adapted plant species, many of which have survived for millennia in this dynamic ecosystem. Among this diverse flora are the ancient clubmosses—small but fascinating relicts of a prehistoric era when their ancestors dominated the planet’s forests. While clubmosses may resemble mosses, they are, in…
Read MorePeatland Restoration at Tor Royal Bog
Tor Royal Bog, just outside of Princetown, is the single example of a raised bog on Dartmoor. This important habitat is created when the peat deposit forms a smooth dome, raised higher than the surrounding water table, becoming fed by rainwater rather than groundwater. Tor Royal Bog covers approximately 8 hectares and is designated as…
Read MoreSWPP Global Good Award
South West Peatland Partnership has recently been awarded a gold award in the Wild World: Recover, regenerate, rewild at the Global Good Awards. The SWPP is a collaboration between local and regional government agencies, non-governmental organisations, businesses, landowners, commoners and farmers. They’re working together across the UK’s South West to reduce further degradation to peatlands…
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