🌾 Grazing in the uplands

🐏 Sheep nibble at vegetation low to the ground to create a short, generally uniform, sward (area of grass)

🍃🔥 Grazing is also vital for wildfire prevention, reducing fuel loads, modifying vegetation, and aiding ecosystem recovery

#manxpeatpartnership #peatlandrestoration

🌍Today is World Curlew Day!

❗️Curlews are a red-listed species which has undergone significant population & range decline on the Island. 2024 saw 25 pairs recorded in the Isle of Man.

The Southern Hills are a strong
hold for curlews. #manxpeatpartnership #curlews

📸 Credit: Pawel Garczynski

🪺🎼 Arrival of the Cuckoo in Spring…

📉 Cuckoo is a red listed species meaning they are globally threatened with big declines in breeding populations & ranges.

⛰️ The cuckoo can often be found in woodland, upland, heathland and wetland.

📹 Credit: Russell Savory

#manxpeatpartnership #cuckoo

📣🐾Calling all dog walkers

🐶We can play our part in helping wildlife, by keeping our dogs on short leads in wild places.

🪺Keeping your dogs on a lead is essential to prevent dogs harming ground-nesting birds and protect livestock.

#manxnature #groundnestingbirds #manxpeatpartnership

🌿Damaged peatlands contribute an estimated 10% of global greenhouse gases.

💧Lowland peatlands like the Ballaugh Curraghs can form when a shallow lake fills in with partially decomposed vegetation over thousands of years.

#peat #nature #manxpeatpartnership

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Lovely day for some #sphagnum ID 🌱😍. Plenty of mossy hummocks, and the potential for even more with a bit of ditch blocking 😊 #ManxPeatPartnership