It's #InsectWeek, so let's hear it for all our bog-loving species. Peatlands support very specialised biodiversity, and restoring our peatlands helps provide a brighter future for species such as Large Heath butterflies bit.ly/4loL0sD #Peatlands #Biodiversity 📷 Stephen Barlow and Nick Littlewood

#BogDay is fast approaching bringing the opportunity to celebrate bogs, fens, swamps & marshes. The annual event is held this year on 27th July bogday.org Send details of your events/celebrations to info@iucn.org.uk - we'd love to share your ideas. #BogDay #CelebratePeatlands #PeatSky

Happy #WorldPeatlandsDay! How are you celebrating? Let's see your pictures. Find out just some of the many benefits of this amazing habitat in our leaflet, "What's so special about Peatlands". tinyurl.com/tahhvdha #Peatsky Photo: Laurie Campbell, NatureScot

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@PeatlandCymru@peatlandcymru.bsky.social · last yr.

#WorldPeatlandsDay …and a new video with infographics here: youtu.be/YGYCm5Rw5WE Also, enjoy the mesmerising Wales Peatland Story animation here: youtu.be/DwnbMxPvNBk @natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @peatlands.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social @ramsar.org

Thanks so much, Alice, for contributing to the session, and making it such an excellent event. The recording c an be watched back here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzel... #Peatsky #Webinar

IUCN UK Peatland Programme/ Environment Agency Water Research Seminars - Water Quality.

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Alice Milner@alicemmilner.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social and Environment Agency for inviting me to speak at their water research seminar series - focussing on nature-based solutions of peat-forming #wetwoodlands, including some of the evidence gaps & research happening on these ecosystems @wetwoodlands.bsky.social

Any help from the #PeatSky hive mind?

Joey Pickard@bootlegbryos.bsky.social · last yr.

Question for the #peatlands community, and carbon dating community as well. When looking at dating basal peat samples are most people looking at the humic fraction or the humin fraction? Or both? Read around it and have just ended up confusing myself. Thanks in advance!

ICYMI, the recording from our #SphagnumPlanting webinar is now available to view on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvxJ... Many thanks to all our speakers, who made this a really informative and interesting event. #PeatSky

Incredible images from @fdraper.bsky.social's drone flying. Here's a lovely view of Sphagnum recolonising the recently rewetted "Mini Moss" raised bog site.

Mike Peacock@peatymike.bsky.social · last yr.

At Risley Moss today watching @fdraper.bsky.social do some drone flights for @laurabaugh94.bsky.social's PhD research. Hoping the images collected will allow us to calculate how much of the bog is comprised of pools and allow us to upscale GHG emissions. @livunigeog.bsky.social

Happy #WildWednesday! We often use these photos from Gaick we took during the @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social conference to show #peatland restoration. Ending peat sales would mean the #nature and #climate benefits afforded by these efforts wouldn't be undermined by extraction elsewhere.

🌿 Peatlands are among the most powerful natural allies in tackling the global climate, biodiversity, and water crises. Parties to the Convention on Wetlands have long recognized their importance. www.ramsar.org/news/scaling...

Three #Peatland roles available with @peatlandcymru.bsky.social. Applications close 26th May National Peatland Action Programme Team Leader bit.ly/4daaUgG Peatland Data Support Team Leader bit.ly/4kiSUmU Survey and Monitoring Team Leader bit.ly/4kdTMsN #NationalPeatlandAction #PeatSky

👇Listen to Deputy FIrst Minister, @huwirrancadaviesms.bsky.social inspiring message to peatland practitioners in Wales. 30 practitioners from 14 projects/ organisations spent two great days learning and collaborating. @natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @discoverelan.bsky.social

📣Call for Conference 2025 #Posters. If you would like to present a peatland-themed poster, please send the title of the poster and a short abstract (max. 150 words) to info@iucn.org.uk. Deadline for abstracts - 1st September. Posters should be portrait in format and A0 in size if possible. #PeatSky

📣We're delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for our 2025 Conference! This year, the annual event takes us to the Ebrington Hotel in the old walled city of Derry~Londonderry in Northern Ireland where we’ll be exploring the theme, ‘Water Connections: from Source to Sea’ bit.ly/4kuPvST

Fantastic day of insightful discussions and ideas on #peatland #resilience at the @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social workshop yesterday. Excited to collaborate on the next steps with such a great group! @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

Dr Scott J. Davidson@wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · last yr.

Our #Peatland Resilience workshop was a success! We managed to have 70 participants across in person + on Zoom take part in all components of the workshop! Big thank you to all speakers + participants! @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

While a ban on using #Peat in horticulture has not yet been implemented, consumers have the choice to use a wide range of #PeatFree media for growing. Check out the snaps from the IUCN UK PP team of their plants, trees, herbs and vegetables living their best peat-free lives. #BankHoliday #PeatFree

Some colourful #MondayMotivation brought today from Jane, IUCN UK Peatland Programme Manager. Jane loves the creativity used to bring our stunning #Peatlands to life, from craft to film, to the written word. Our #PeatlandCinema from #PeatConf24 brought together many of these elements bit.ly/3Z2VR2B

Do you receive our newsletter? Our free online bulletins will be dropping into inboxes every two months. Sign up here bit.ly/3HlQlP9 If you would like to include your #Peatland news in our bulletin contact info@iucn.org.uk. Deadline for May edition is 8th May. #ENews #Updates #Peatlands

The IUCN UK Peatland Programme-led motion to develop a unified definition of peatlands has successfully passed through its first stage, and is now headed to the World Conservation Congress for debate. Find out more about why this is an important development bit.ly/4jsMOA6 #Peatlands #Definition

Some #MondayMotivation from Director, Emma. Emma will be speaking at the upcoming @britishecologicalsociety.org workshop on peatland resilience. The event is fully booked for in-person attendees, but you can still book a place online bit.ly/4327Hwi #Peatlands #Resilience #Climate

Climate change is expected to increase wildfire devastation. It was good to see that recent peatland restoration by rewetting, at Llyn Gorast, Tywi, proved to be a firebreak. @natreswales.bsky.social #WelshGovernment #HighNatureLowCarbon #WalesPeatlandAction naturalresources.wales/about-us/new...

#Peatland restoration is growing. Will it be part of your future? To learn more about NRW’s new supply framework and how Business Wales can support you, register for free: ymgynghori.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/national-pea... #WalesPeatlandAction #HighNatureLowCarbon #WelshGovernment #BusinessWales

TWO new opportunities available for working in #Peatlands. #PeatlandResearcher at Kew, deadline 20/04/2025 bit.ly/43UYlDC #CommunicationsOfficer - Peatlands with Lancashire Wildlife Trust, deadline 05/05/2025 bit.ly/3Ec6Hwd

Peatlands International 1.2025 was sent to all IPS members today. Join us still today to read our magazine four times a year! 😊 www.peatlands.org/join-us #peatlands #peat #unfccc #cop30 #gysinge Cover picture by Scott Webb

Communications and Engagement Lead, Rose, has volunteered as reserve convenor on a lowland raised bog for over 15 years. Each year brings new discoveries, and sharing those discoveries, particularly with young people, is hugely motivating. What's your #MondayMotivation? #Peatlands #Engagement

Here's a little teaser for some of the amazing art you can see (and also hear) at our ACE Bogs exhibition, opening on 12th April at Ilkley Manor House. www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-... There'll be an online version going live this weekend too! #GreatNorthBog #PreciousPeatlands

Would you like your #Peatland stories and resources featured at #COP15Zimbabwe? #PeatlandPavilion will be stopping off at #RamsarCOP as part of its world tour. Submit your content by the end of May - see video (sound up!) tinyurl.com/56ezjv56, or submit here tinyurl.com/3dfzbak2 🎬Richard Lindsay

Virtual Peatlands Pavilion World Tour 2025 promotional video

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Researchers from the UKRI Greenhouse Gas Peat project are running a series of FREE workshops in May discussing #Peatland management decisions across different landscales. 14th May, Aberystwyth bit.ly/3Ek82kt 20th May, Ely bit.ly/4jsKCIK 21st May, Glossop bit.ly/3G2VzCm 📷 Shutterstock

Have you registered for our free #webinar yet? Sphagnum planting in peatland restoration: Science and practice perspectives, 30th April, 2025 - 10:30 - 12:00 GMT. Find out more and register tinyurl.com/mr2982yx #Peatland #Science #Policy #Practice

Last July, the #FlowCountry achieved @unesco.org World Heritage status. To celebrate, and raise funds for the Flow Country Partnership, #Peatland scientist, Roxanne Anderson, is undertaking an incredible 110km run on April 18th, World Heritage Site Day.🏃‍♀️‍➡️ 👉 bit.ly/3G367RS 📷 Roxanne Anderson