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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 1d

#mawndir #gors #Cymru
#peatland #wetland #Wales
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 1d

Country diary: The marshes are graced with a little catwalk glamour | Nigel Brown

Ynys Môn (Anglesey): What a pleasure it is to watch a pair of glossy ibis – true head-turners, and an increasingly common sight

www.theguardian.com

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International Peatland Society @peatlands.bsky.social · 7d

The third issue of #Peatlands International 2025 is out! 🎉
This edition covers highlights from BPPF in Riga and Intecol in Tartu, news on peat + peatlands from Finland, Canada, Australia and more. We also look ahead to the Board elections. 👉Join the IPS to get the magazine 4x/year: www.peatlands.org

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 9d

All the best to the peat tribe attending the @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social conference 2025 hosted by the partnership team in Northern Ireland.
Look out for NPAP's Jake White and Jack Simpson and other Welsh partners - hopefully next year Wales!
Pob hwyl - enjoy!😀
#IUCNPeat
& thanks again Scotland 2024

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 9d

Feeling the cold?
The furry Fox Moth caterpillar is well prepared for hibernation, before emerging again in the early spring sunshine then pupating in April. It’s seen in a range of habitats including peatland and is named after the reddish colour of the male moth.
@natreswales.bsky.social
#Nature

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 9d

Teimlo’r oerfel?
Daw côt flewog lindys Gwyfyn y Cadno yn handi wrth aeafgysgu.
Bydd yn ailymddangos yn haul y gwanwyn cyn chwilera mis Ebrill. Gwelir ar rychwant o gynefinoedd gan gynnwys mawndir. Enwir ar sail lliw cochlyd y gwyfyn gwrywaidd.
@natreswales.bsky.social
#Natur
Diolch am y llun Lucia.

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 13d

Bladderwort – with its fascinating carnivorous trap!
A bog favourite, deemed “the most sophisticated carnivorous trapping mechanism to be found anywhere in the plant kingdom” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utricul....

#WalesPeatlandAction #Nature
Photo by Dave Reed @natreswales.bsky.social

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 13d

Chwysigenddail - gyda’i fagl gigysol hynod!
Un o ryfeddodau’r gors – ystyrir mecanwaith ei fagl gigysol fel yr un mwyaf soffistigedig i’w ganfod mewn unrhyw blanhigyn en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utricul...
#AdferMawndirCymru
Llun gan Dave Reed @natreswales.bsky.social
#Natur

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 14d

Excellent news re Barnston Estate peatland restoration at an ancient bog straddling Welsh and English border near Wrexham. The restoration partnership includes @natreswales.bsky.social & its National Peatland Action Programme, and @naturalengland.bsky.social.

businessnewswales.com/estate-signs...

Estate Signs a Strategic Partnership to Restore an Ancient Peatland

A strategic partnership has been signed to restore one of Britain’s biggest raised bogs. Fenn’s Wood is an ancient bog straddling the English and Welsh

businessnewswales.com

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 14d

Newyddion da am adfer mawndir Ystâd Barnston; cors hynafol sy'n ymestyn dros y ffin rhwng Cymru a Lloegr, ger Wrecsam.
Mae'r bartneriaeth adfer yn cynnwys y Rhaglen Weithredu Genedlaethol ar Fawndiroedd @natreswales.bsky.social, a @naturalengland.bsky.social.
businessnewswales.com/estate-signs...

Estate Signs a Strategic Partnership to Restore an Ancient Peatland

A strategic partnership has been signed to restore one of Britain’s biggest raised bogs. Fenn’s Wood is an ancient bog straddling the English and Welsh

businessnewswales.com

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 15d

Beauty on the bog, even in the rain.
NPAP’s Lucia captured this wonderful image of a Black Darter at Cors Goch.

#WalesPeatlandAction #HighNatureLowCarbon
@natreswales.bsky.social
#nature

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 15d

Harddwch yn y glaw ar y gors.
Llun Gwäell Ddu / Picellwr Du, gan Lucia o’r Rhaglen Fawndir Genedlaethol, ar Gors Goch.

#AdferMawndirCymru #NaturUwchCarbonIs
@natreswales.bsky.social
#Natur

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 19d

Peatland restoration on the site before the mosses and vegetation green up the scenery in spring.

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 19d

Julie James MS – who in 2022 as Minister for Climate Change announced Welsh Gov’s aim to triple peatland restoration – today reviewed restoration at Llyn Llech Owain, delivered in partnership with @carmscouncil.bsky.social and funded via National Peatland Action Programme @natreswales.bsky.social.

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 19d

Adfer mawndir ar y safle cyn i'r mwsogl a'r gwyrddni ailymddangos yn y gwanwyn.

@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 19d

Heddiw, adolygodd Julie James AS – a gyhoeddodd yn 2022 fel Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd nod y Llywodraeth i dreblu adfer mawndir – yr adferiad @ Llyn Llech Owain. Gweithredwyd mewn partneriaeth â @carmscouncil.bsky.social efo cyllid y Rhaglen Weithredu Genedlaethol ar Fawndir @natreswales.bsky.social

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 19d

A rarity!
Austin’s Bog Moss at Gors Goch.
Sphagnum austinii is found in undisturbed sites in raised and blanket bog. Of significant conservation concern across Europe, in Wales it's know at only two peatland sites.
Thanks to @natreswales.bsky.social's Dave Reed for the photo.
#peatlands #sphagnum

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 19d

Migwyn prin!
Migwyn Austinar Gors Goch.
Mae Sphagnum austinii yn fwsogl a geir mewn llecynnau heb darfu arnynt ar orgorsydd a chyforgorsydd. Mae o bryder cadwraeth ledled Ewrop. Yng Nghymru ceir dim ond ar ddau safle mawndir.
Diolch i Dave Reed @natreswales.bsky.social am y llun.

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · Aug 19

For more information: naturalresources.wales/about-us/new...

Natural Resources Wales / Future looks rosy for rare moth in mid Wales

raised bogs, LIFE, bogs, Cors Fochno, Dyfi Ynyslas National Nature Reserve, rosy marsh moth, survey

naturalresources.wales

@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · Aug 19

What joy in today’s team meeting as Andrea relayed spotting a red-listed Rosy Marsh Moth – and taking a quick snap. Its survival is a mark of the successful restoration at Cors Fochno and Caron, as it thrives on bog myrtle which grows on wet peatland.
@natreswales.bsky.social

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · Aug 19

Am fwy o wybodaeth: naturalresources.wales/about-us/new...

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Mae'r dyfodol yn edrych yn llewyrchus i wyfyn prin yng nghanolbarth Cymru

raised bogs, LIFE, bogs, Cors Fochno, Dyfi Ynyslas National Nature Reserve, rosy marsh moth, survey

naturalresources.wales

@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · Aug 19

Am gyffro yn y cyfarfod tîm wrth i Andrea adrodd ar weld Gwrid y Gors ddoe - a bachu llun sydyn ohono. Mae goroesiad y gwyfyn yn arwydd o lwyddiant y gwaith adfer ar gorsydd Fochno a Caron gan ei fod yn dibynnu ar ffyniant Helygen Fair a dyf ar mawndir gwlyb.
@natreswales.bsky.social

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · Aug 15

Worried by the heat?
The worry for bog folk is for creatures that thrive in wetness… like this leech!
Leeches are hermaphrodites, with both male & female reproductive organs. Predatory or parasitic carnivores, only 1 of UK’s 17 species, is known to feed on human blood: the medicinal leech.
#wetland

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · Aug 15

Gofidio am y gwres?
Gofid ar y gors yw am greaduriaid sy’n ffynnu ar wlypni…megis gelen!
Mae gelen yn ddeuryw, gydag organau atgenhedlu gwrywaidd a benywaidd. Yn gigysydd ysglyfaethus neu barasitig, dim ond 1 o 17 rhywogaeth y DG sy'n bwydo ar waed dynol, sef yr elen feddyginiaethol.

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · Aug 11

Good days…
Thanks to all who engaged with peatland @eisteddfod.cymru. Special thanks to Elinor Gwynn for a fascinating presentation on peatlands: stories, verse, and art work. In due course, we hope to share her winning article on Tywi peatlands.
@natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social

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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yn doedden nhw’n ddyddiau da…
Diolch i bawb fu’n sgwrsio am fawndir #Eisteddfod2025, yn enwedig i Elinor Gwynn am ei chyflwyniad hynod ddiddorol a chreadigol am fawndiroedd, hanesion, tribannau a gwaith celf. Gobeithiwn rannu ei herthygl fuddugol ar fawndir maes o law.
@natreswales.bsky.social

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