https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/clouds-of-dragonflies-on-restoration-sites monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/19ef8dd6-485e-4bfe-9406-c7cf7bc0dc0e/9..7.25+-+3.jpg News - 'Clouds of dragonflies’ on restoration sites - Make it stand out Staff, volunteers carrying out dragonfly surveys in summer 2025 out on Dartmoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/00d0edb8-a11f-40d4-9360-76978977d840/WhatsApp+Image+2025-11-17+at+10.42.38.jpg News - 'Clouds of dragonflies’ on restoration sites - “We were delighted to see blanket bog species everywhere we looked, indicating a rapid response following peatland restoration. This is great news for upland dragonflies threatened by habitat degradation and climate warming.” - Dave Smallshire, County Dragonfly Recorder for Devon https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/the-living-layer-film monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/photos-from-the-team-in-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/781081c7-4e64-44a9-bdb5-571035f0d7ea/2.png News - Our top takeaway moments from 2025 - George, Senior Restoration Officer Working closely with our contractors to restore Tor Royal Bog. We used innovative methods to achieve hydrological restoration due to the scale of the challenge and drainage features; a highlight was returning in the spring to hear snipe drumming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/4b752de6-ef39-44e2-b7c2-c30824f488a9/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2025-01-31%2Bat%2B09.35.43%2B%25284%2529.jpg News - Our top takeaway moments from 2025 - Justine, Communications A cold and sunny day spent on Hangingstone Hill on Dartmoor back in February. We showed the BBC team our impactful work, and helped to highlight research that brings a renewed urgency to making our peatlands as climate resilient as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/fb027e64-5533-49c5-97b9-633b0626a474/SamplingMeiler.jpg News - Our top takeaway moments from 2025 - Martin, Historic Environment Officer Meiler excavation on Langcombe Head, Dartmoor: a type of site never excavated before. This was part of mitigation works allowing peatland restoration on a landscape with a very high level of historic environment protection. Proving again that protecting the natural and cultural environments is not mutually exclusive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/f114ac2c-6ae6-4f20-b454-27ba1b6817ea/Untitled+design+%281%29.png News - Our top takeaway moments from 2025 - Conrad, Restoration Manager Back in May, soon after restoration work finished going out to Cranmere on Dartmoor. Snipe were drumming continuously, all day. I've never in my life heard that anywhere. It was like the snipe were celebrating the change in the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/19ef8dd6-485e-4bfe-9406-c7cf7bc0dc0e/9..7.25+-+3.jpg News - Our top takeaway moments from 2025 - Rachael, Education & Engagement Our volunteer day with DNPA Youth Rangers back in September. One of the youth rangers, who also did a week of work experience with us in the summer, asked if he could do the introductory talk to the other young people all about what SWPP does and why it is important. All of the group got stuck in, with 2 large peat bunds repaired by hand at the end of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/309978bb-f3de-4918-a6a9-160ef1331727/IMG_0766.JPG News - Our top takeaway moments from 2025 - Eddie, Monitoring Manager Definitely discovering evidence of a beaver at an area of upcoming peatland restoration. It was super exciting! Walking up to what looked like a felled willow thinking ‘hmm, that’s odd that someone has chopped down a tree all the way out here’. Then realising it was in fact a beaver! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/55ab956f-84b9-4262-9e9f-1556a7aa41a4/Untitled+design+%2810%29.png News - Our top takeaway moments from 2025 - Jonny, Project Officer For me acquiring a set of drones and getting a different perspective of our sites has been a real highlight. The drones are going to help to revolutionise not only how we communicate our work, but also, using photogrammetry, how we plan work and quantify our impact. It’s our next stage in the evolution of peatland restoration! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/811dfe86-88fb-4f72-8200-a564ec97377f/15.07.25+-2.jpg News - Our top takeaway moments from 2025 - Morag, SWPP Manager Going out on site with the work experience students and hearing them explain to me about peatlands was so memorable. It really showed the clarity that SWPP staff present to the young people, giving them the opportunities to really understand the work being done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/0e0c8146-1df3-4a46-9140-035c8a623786/WhatsApp+Image+2025-12-02+at+10.08.47.jpeg News - Our top takeaway moments from 2025 - Becky, Project Manager Gathering partner organisations together for a review day this autumn, sharing challenges, successes and exciting opportunities for the next 5 years of peatland restoration. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/0dn9xz1cldk0d7f5uidpctrfnvd3k8 monthly 0.5 2025-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1764262077545-FPJ39C5NMDMSQNAFZVNM/SWPP+Trees_1.jpeg News - Trees on Dartmoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1764262077113-DTHUXB7WM1FCD46PV302/SWPP+Trees_2.jpeg News - Trees on Dartmoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1764262080324-WXSX25JAS9P6EFB13D74/WhatsApp+Image+2025-10-23+at+15.46.42.jpeg News - Trees on Dartmoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1764262080773-H166HM9CJZZLDRWIMQ16/WhatsApp+Image+2025-10-23+at+15.46.55.jpeg News - Trees on Dartmoor https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/a-busy-day-for-dragonflies-on-dartmoor monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/93734bd4-5f4f-45cb-aa16-e5718026567d/Black+Darter+Sympetrum+danae+m+P1090618.jpg News - A busy day for dragonflies on Dartmoor - Make it stand out Image: Black Darter, credit: Dave Smallshire https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/new-season-of-peatland-work-begins-on-dartmoor monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/bodmins-brilliant-bogs-amp-archaeology-afternoon monthly 0.5 2025-08-07 https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/protecting-reptiles-during-restoration monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/6ae436ec-e16b-495b-8fae-fbf23517bfda/WhatsApp+Image+2025-03-26+at+16.35.39.jpg News - Protecting reptiles during restoration - Make it stand out An adder spotted out in the late spring sunshine, taken by one of the team https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/tor-royal-restoration-from-space monthly 0.5 2025-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/cce95770-0324-43fd-985b-8b94086db406/A4+Tor+royal+printouts.png News - Tor Royal restoration from above - Make it stand out Two Google Earth screenshots, showing before restoration (left) and after blocking had been created (right.) The blocks and associated pools of water can be seen along where the large channel used to run, with eroding peat cuttings blocked perpendicular to this large channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/e9305e1c-1b42-498c-b59b-b12bc0d66c6d/1.png News - Tor Royal restoration from above - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/625b0cc9-9848-48de-bc57-23e86d118d30/3.png News - Tor Royal restoration from above - Make it stand out Aerial images taken soon after restoration interventions were completed in spring this year. The large erosion channel running through the site, and eroding peat cutting features, required large amounts of logs and wood to block and ensure water could be held back. This can be seen by the areas of water formed behind the blocks, which will help to raise and stabilise the water table in the degrading peat. The small, shallow, circular pools were made by the process of creating the large blocks, with peat taken from these pools to help create a seal around the wood and ensure effective hydrological restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/40e6fdb6-8989-443e-a457-5968099a11fd/Tor+Royal+March+25.jpeg News - Tor Royal restoration from above - Make it stand out Contractors working on Tor Royal peatland restoration works towards the end of the season, Spring 2025. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/cranmere-photo-update monthly 0.5 2025-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/22af4154-bee8-4932-98da-42429725b3d1/Cranmere+wooden+bunds+%281%29.png News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out Before and after: Wooden blocks being created in an erosion gulley at Cranmere by contractors, before being covered in peat and topped with vegetation. Very quickly small pools of water form behind the blocks, with water being held back and helping to raise and stabilise the water table in the peat. This reduces the erosion of the carbon-rich peat, creates habitat for wildlife and encourages the hydrological conditions needed for peat-forming sphagnum mosses to colonise and thrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/55a9efe7-6579-4d79-a5f5-7931e5a91db7/WhatsApp+Image+2025-04-17+at+22.21.27+%281%29.jpeg News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out All restoration vehicles and machinery have tracks and are low ground pressure, exerting less pressure per square inch than a human does on the ground. These excavators are what enables us to do what we need to do. They enable us to work effectively at scale through the winter, providing the capability to move and shape the peat and turfs of vegetation to restore the peatland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1f05e565-c5a5-49a7-adeb-17b868088745/CranmerePool_16Oct23_0885.JPG News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out Before: An aerial image captured before restoration works began showing just a small area of the extensive degradation and erosion channels forming through the peat. Healthy functioning peat bogs should not look like this. Without action, these gullies continue to grow, and funnel water with dissolved organic carbon, and the peat itself, away. Our work helps to reduce erosion, block up these channels and keep the carbon in the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/ce83a017-00bc-45e3-b12a-d85889225171/Untitled+design+%2851%29.png News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out The newly constructed large block of wood, peat and vegetation filling the gap at the northern end of Cranmere Pool with a SWPP officer standing behind the block. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/b5d2ec91-b945-46dc-bf69-3cc86fd11a07/20250212_144623.jpg News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out Construction of the peat and wood block underway Having removed the top vegetation, the team excavated the peat to a depth of approx 1.2m below the surface of the floor. This was done to allow peat pipes and/or archaeological features of interest to be identified and recorded. The peat was then returned to the trench, and compacted with the back of the excavator bucket to disrupt the peat pipes found. Wooden posts were then inserted into the peat down to the bedrock surface along the length of the proposed timber block. Planks were then inserted into the peat below and sides of the “exit point” and attached to the posts. Joins between planks occur on different posts, to increase the strength of the block. Additional planks were then stacked on top, inserted into the peat on the sides, and nailed to the posts, using the tongue and groove on said planks to seal them together. On completion of the timber structure, the block was then finished by covering in a dome of peat taken from nearby borrow pits and re-topped with the turf removed initially. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/b4c2ae41-c6d7-4c9b-8351-8916c62b40cf/20250212_111619.jpg News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out SWPP Historic Environment Officer documenting the peat profile within the 1.2m deep trench during the construction process. Pools of water can be seen leaking out of erosive peat pipes within the peat column. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/828dc7a1-b031-460e-8163-cc35c506c515/WhatsApp+Image+2025-02-24+at+18.47.39.jpg News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out Water being temporarily held back in Cranmere Pool after very heavy rainfall before drawing down and emptying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/9eca7c30-f45a-4f0c-aebf-822c4d6801e2/WhatsApp+Image+2025-03-28+at+11.27.37.jpg News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out The current Cranmere Letterbox in the foreground of the image, with a temporary box in the background, to allow visitors to leave their stamp should the pool temporarily fill again after heavy rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/86c4cb9d-3a49-4493-b7bc-bbe342beb720/WhatsApp+Image+2025-03-28+at+11.27.36.jpeg News - Cranmere Photo Update If you're hiking out to the area this spring and into summer, you'll see the large block recently created and also some monitoring equipment. Please help us to monitor the bund and any fluctuations in the level of the water in the pool by leaving these in situ. Timelapse cameras are in place to monitor the fluctuation of any water in the pool, dipwells are monitoring the height and stability of the local water table every 15 minutes and a range of surveys are being carried out by our team and group of volunteers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/07cc4d96-ed2a-4038-8a5f-22d9eb1d5081/WhatsApp+Image+2025-03-03+at+13.38.26.jpg News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out Newly-added wool situated around the edge of a large pool at Cranmere. Dried willow has been used to help fix it into place. More wool has been placed at the predominantly down wind end of the pool, to help counteract the wave action seen on large pools on windy days. Such wave action makes it harder for Sphagnum species to colonise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/98d2166a-9f5a-4fa5-91a1-18c750d1c12f/WhatsApp+Image+2025-02-24+at+17.43.31+%281%29.jpeg News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out The SWPP team using the newly created blocks to walk across the Cranmere area. Restoration works are extensive and have to be to have a real impact on the ongoing degradation, however are designed to enable livestock and people to move through the landscape and can provide easier access than when hiking through dense Molinia, erosion gullies and peat pipes. Un-rewetted routes can be accessed to the left or right of this area easily if preferred. Hikers can avoid pools by navigating around uphill or downhill of the pools seen here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/55e1487d-ed42-4860-9f5b-85d170af422a/Behind+the+scenes+filming+countryfile+December+2024.jpeg News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out Joe Crowley and SWPP’s Jonny being filmed helping contractors construct a wooden block in an erosion gulley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/f07682ba-42e0-4905-87fd-03b3f6879e58/Untitled+design+%2852%29.png News - Cranmere Photo Update The nearest block in this photo was created on BBC’s Countryfile on 19th December. This photo was taken on 7th February 2025, showcasing how well it is holding back water and working. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1ded6a32-3568-4d91-87e8-e85362360b45/WhatsApp+Image+2024-12-23+at+13.38.11.jpg News - Cranmere Photo Update - Make it stand out Some of the milled wood sourced from local Woodland Trust restoration projects. Some of these piles will stay in the Cranmere area over the summer, ready for us to pick up and carry on works nearby come the end of the bird-nesting season. Follow along with us on social media to see more images from the teams out in the moorlands of the South West, all year round. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/an-urgency-to-peatland-restoration-on-dartmoor monthly 0.5 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/df390061-e08b-4767-a1ec-cc66f11baa72/WhatsApp+Image+2025-01-31+at+09.35.43+%284%29.jpg News - Research shows importance of Dartmoor peat restoration - Make it stand out Filming with the BBC at an area of peatland restoration works in late January 2025, with Angela Gallego-Sala, Dan Bebber (2 authors of the research), and SWPP’s George and Morag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/4f2541e8-8632-4e27-a45a-eaecf0a3bbc4/Dartmoor+Hangingstone+Restored+and+Control+Drought+18082022+3+%281%29.jpg News - Research shows importance of Dartmoor peat restoration - Make it stand out An area of peatland restoration works at Hangingstone Hill during the drought of Summer 2022. Water can clearly be seen being held back in the landscape even in this very dry spell, contrasted to the left of the image where works have not been done, and is degrading with gullies and erosion channels. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/work-experience-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/tavyheadimages monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/97312a01-bf93-406c-ae1c-b0567c74a707/ColourDigger-6696-small.jpg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out Two of the SWPP team assessing a large erosion gulley at Tavy Head. Credit: Jakob Pegler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/702cd80a-7b0a-4e4d-a118-36ed4a94be64/WhatsApp+Image+2024-08-05+at+16.41.14.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out Machinery heading out to Tavy Head for the restoration season, August 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/48afd11c-fd7a-4d15-bbfe-9cab7ab4b3a6/WhatsApp+Image+2023-11-15+at+12.11.04.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out Image shows an ArgoCat, a low ground-pressure people transporter used to travel up to 45 minutes across the moor out to Tavy Head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/5ff609dd-6518-4f5e-8264-95343cf02060/Low-ground+pressure+machinery+in+the+fog+carrying+out+peatland+restoration+at+Tavy+Head%2C+Dartmoor%2C+March+2024.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out Low-ground pressure diggers out in the fog at Tavy Head, March 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/c0075b63-66ea-4993-8d63-f7264f85a464/Eve+looking+at+an+area+of+peatland+restoration+on+Dartmoor.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out The past few months have seen works continue in this area, following on from restoration over the winter of 23/24. The above image shows shallow pools of water created by restoration interventions last season, bedding in to the landscape with peat-forming sphagnum mosses beginning to colonise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1738581610802-XOM9MAIBC108P93AGG06/WhatsApp+Image+2024-11-14+at+11.47.25.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1738581610947-BGMQWS9MY3ML8VYLX93C/WhatsApp+Image+2024-11-14+at+11.47.24.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1738581613264-X8PDP8HMY8I0W31CJ4A4/WhatsApp+Image+2024-11-14+at+11.47.23.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1738581613442-LMRXJVBDJ5SNJOK7LIIZ/WhatsApp+Image+2024-11-14+at+11.47.22+%281%29.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/23f07085-dd66-499b-97ac-5f779f07338f/WhatsApp+Image+2024-12-10+at+17.21.26.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out A cross section of peat showing why our work is important. If a healthy area of bog, we would expect to see thick yellow brown layers (waterlogged, little decayed peat) at the surface gradually transitioning to highly compressed ancient black peat deeper down. Instead, we can see a black 30cm layer at the surface indicating that the bog surface is no longer hydrologically active and has oxidised (rotted) and therefore released it's CO2. The ‘peat pipe’ – channel that has formed below the peat - has let air in, rotting the waterlogged peat around it and creating the black ring around the pipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/b24dd0e7-fc9b-4b72-815b-80d093a3d98e/WhatsApp+Image+2024-11-14+at+11.47.16+%281%29.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/933b2e08-e44d-4e2e-997d-a847d02add2f/WhatsApp+Image+2024-11-14+at+11.47.09.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out Image shows bunds made using peat taken from ‘borrow pits’, and the water pooling behind them, with Fur Tor in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/d40d749d-0ce8-43ea-b966-59ce90384e36/WhatsApp+Image+2025-01-08+at+12.36.51.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out The scale of the works can be seen in these aerial images, of the area where works have taken place (left) and unrestored areas (right) taken in August 2024 Credit: Quantock & Exmoor Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/a9a8cd4a-8eae-4873-9b36-ea2284a44bad/WhatsApp+Image+2024-11-14+at+11.47.09+%282%29.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out This image, taken from eye level, shows routes for crossing the area of restoration via the wide peat bunds, providing access for hikers and livestock alike. November 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/9551a499-f398-4a55-baae-023ef9706203/WhatsApp+Image+2025-01-06+at+10.26.09+%283%29.jpg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out Wooden blocks, covered in peat and vegetation, doing a brilliant job spreading water out from an erosion gully and across a slope. In time, these should fill with sphagnum mosses, as seen elsewhere on Dartmoor peatland restoration sites. January 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/207534e8-89ec-4e02-b68b-112cda2257b1/Dartmoor+Black+Hill+Restoration++Site+Visit+18082024+%282%29.jpg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/f1df0079-5dc9-49c3-8749-8d304f0ad202/Dartmoor+Black+Hill+Restoration++Site+Visit+18082024+%289%29.jpg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out An area of previous peatland restoration works, nearby to Tavy Head, holding back water and filling with a huge amount of sphagnum mosses, and diversifying surrounding plant life. This is what areas of Tavy Head could look like as a result of our work in just a few years. August 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1718025892526-ACNSEUCN5CX3IPA0VOXJ/Bog-6412.jpg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out Image of SWPP Historic Environment Officer conducting a walkover survey out to a restoration site Credit: Jakob Pegler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/663f58f5-9f5a-46d0-a86b-7887f70541dd/whetstone.jpg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out The whetstone found at Tavy Head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/82561aa1-fb8d-4279-9078-0f094f28b362/Untitled+design+%2850%29.png News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out Image shows a dipwell, installed and used to determine water table depth pre-restoration and track any changes in water levels after works. Data is collected every 15 minutes automatically, helping to build up the picture of how the interventions are helping to hold water In the landscape. Credit: Jakob Pegler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/4c49173b-63b7-448e-a75e-ecc26ed01aa2/WhatsApp+Image+2025-01-31+at+10.59.29+%282%29.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out One of the contractors that we work with, Quantock and Exmoor Ltd, carrying out peatland restoration interventions at Tavy Head. Credit: Quantock and Exmoor Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/2e874430-9e84-4f1a-af75-d05b41dbbaaf/WhatsApp+Image+2025-01-31+at+10.59.30+%283%29.jpeg News - Tavy Head photo update - Make it stand out “Tavy Head presented an exciting and challenging project; a vast and isolated site with huge restoration potential. Utilising low-ground pressure machinery; our team worked closely with SWPP to employ a myriad of techniques to work towards acheiving hydrological restoration with all consideration to the historic Dartmoor environment. Dartmoor is a beautiful place to work; whether visibility is 100s of miles on a clear day or 5 metres in the thick fog. However exposure to the elements creates unique challenges. Through two winters of freezing conditions and record rainfall, the commitment and dedication of SWPP officers and our team have been vital to delivering this landmark restoration project.” - Quantock and Exmoor Ltd https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/countryfile monthly 0.5 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/96385c52-2b44-454c-bec1-b6f34f66eed6/WhatsApp+Image+2024-12-23+at+13.38.11.jpg News - Behind the scenes with Countryfile - Make it stand out Wood stacked up on site ready to be used by local contractors that day. This wood was milled and produced by the Woodland Trust’s restoration programme at Fingle Woods nearby, where the team are gradually removing conifer trees planted in the 1950s and creating a more resilient and thriving habitat for many more woodland species to withstand the changing climate and biodiversity crises. Working in partnership with the Woodland Trust to source this wood, SWPP then uses these planks to create blocks which are then covered in peat to create an impermeable barrier, helping to raise and stabilise the local water table within dried and degrading peat bogs. Jonny, SWPP Restoration Officer, and contractors on site took presenter Joe Crowley through the process of creating a wooden block in an erosion gulley, with water soon pooling behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/23980071-445c-4e83-bc9d-969ed6f37bd1/Behind+the+scenes+filming+countryfile+December+2024.jpeg News - Behind the scenes with Countryfile “Peatlands are fantastic at holding carbon, but the peatland up here is eroding. So what we’re doing is trying to re-wet that peat, and lock that carbon in as part of mitigation against climate change.” - Jonny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/6ada49a9-9598-4dc8-83a1-e2c7e6ae9d6d/WhatsApp+Image+2024-12-23+at+13.38.14+%281%29.jpg News - Behind the scenes with Countryfile “It is incredibly exciting to have our work featured on a reputable TV programme like Countryfile. It highlights the gravitas of our work, and allows us to contribute to a wider message of hope around efforts to conserve and enhance our natural habitats.” - Jonny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/0ab9d6fb-43a8-4e93-8d54-7b7bcc7fa6ee/WhatsApp+Image+2024-12-23+at+13.38.12.jpg News - Behind the scenes with Countryfile - Make it stand out In the afternoon, the sun came out and the low winter light caught the contractors and diggers at work nearby blocking erosion channels that channel water away off the peat. SWPP works with several local contractor firms to carry out the peatland restoration work, which takes place between August and April to avoid the ground-nesting bird season. These machines are adapted to work efficiently and effectively on these upland landscapes in nearly all weathers, with tilt-rotator buckets to reduce digger movement, and wide tracks resulting in a ground pressure on the peat that is less than a human exerts per square inch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/d481013b-5de2-4b1b-8fee-731ff0c4c808/Joe+C+and+Morag+A+walking+across+peatland+restoration+site+December+2024.jpeg News - Behind the scenes with Countryfile - Make it stand out Through the -5 wind chill and a few lively hailstorms, Joe and Morag, SWPP Manager walked across an area of previous impressive peatland restoration nearby where water is being held back in the landscape. Morag, who has worked in peatland restoration in the South West for nearly 15 years, explained to Joe about the both immediate and longer-term benefits of peatland restoration from water quality and quantity regulation to diversifying plantlife and providing habitats for insects, birdlife and amphibians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/c4955827-b785-4aa6-a7a5-bcebeb32fd6e/WhatsApp+Image+2024-12-23+at+13.38.27.jpg News - Behind the scenes with Countryfile “For me personally to see all these changes happening, it’s so rewarding, and it really gives me hope in terms of what we as humans can do. We can make that positive change for the future.” - Morag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/bd246e4e-4f24-4324-b03e-132fa0f2347d/WhatsApp+Image+2024-12-23+at+13.38.26.jpg News - Behind the scenes with Countryfile “It’s great for biodiversity, all these little pools. If you come back here in spring and summer, you’ll see them alive with dragonflies and frogs and little water beetles.” - Morag https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/summer-24-with-swpps-education-amp-engagement-officer monthly 0.5 2024-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/35f97945-d0a1-415e-929e-aa76d4fd7361/IMG_1972.JPG News - Summer ‘24 with SWPP’s Education & Engagement Officer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/60ec3541-6028-4ab6-b254-a641cb7694f5/Group+veg+ID+training.jpg News - Summer ‘24 with SWPP’s Education & Engagement Officer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/6ca76ae6-316c-4f8b-ab13-15498bac7822/IMG_2059.JPG News - Summer ‘24 with SWPP’s Education & Engagement Officer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/chjysrtf700bckdf183xd85hrt3v2u monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/67274b2f-cd85-408a-b362-f0aec09e0e9b/Global+vision+CSA+Awards+2024+Pre+Ceremony+%281%29.jpg News - Big Win for Cornwall’s Peatlands - Make it stand out CSA Awards lined up ready to be presented to winners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/a09e8407-35ea-45fd-85a0-fca80c867ac0/WhatsApp+Image+2023-04-14+at+12.55.56.jpeg News - Big Win for Cornwall’s Peatlands - Make it stand out Lanyon Quoit, West Penwith, near an area of SWPP peatland restoration work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/decb59de-b77c-421f-b9a1-0272ee22d113/Bodmin+Moor+peatland+restoration+site+showing+sphagnated+pools+and+Bronn+Wennilli+in+the+background.jpeg News - Big Win for Cornwall’s Peatlands - Make it stand out An area of peatland restoration on Bodmin Moor, with peat-forming sphagnum mosses colonising a pool https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/october-with-swpps-farm-officer monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/5bd29284-7232-4313-a181-b2b24f2b2f19/Eve+looking+at+an+area+of+peatland+restoration+on+Dartmoor.jpeg News - October with SWPP’s Farm Officer - Make it stand out Visiting an area of previous peatland restoration interventions, Dartmoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1ecd021a-53a8-4ab6-8c1c-d405142cf591/Eve+Grayson%2C+Farm+OFficer+on+Bodmin+Moor.jpg News - October with SWPP’s Farm Officer I love being part of an incredibly inspirational and supportive team of people who, despite the often wet and dismal weather, never lose sight of the bigger ecological picture and long-term positive impact of our work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/3a6edd66-9993-41c9-bdff-6eee3237dab9/walk+2.jpg News - October with SWPP’s Farm Officer - Make it stand out Out with Soil Association Certification volunteers at an active peatland restoration site, Exmoor https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/3k2su0s7xj7koxbpnswj40vdi0qodu monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/935465be-9f94-47d5-a6db-da0b4ebdac9e/Picture2.jpg News - SWPP @ the IUCN Peatland Conference - Make it stand out Invereshie and Inshriach National Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/f7dfe0ba-e609-49a5-bdbc-6a72ca2c3025/Picture5.png News - SWPP @ the IUCN Peatland Conference - Make it stand out Creag Meagaidh - one of the sites which is managing deer populations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1a95e45b-cb8f-407a-9e79-57b53d3b8dd9/Picture6.jpg News - SWPP @ the IUCN Peatland Conference - Make it stand out Muir of Dinnet: hydrological restoration is key to peatland restoration, but even on a single site there can be variation in success from initial interventions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/22893ebd-c762-468b-b394-5c44382cf1da/Picture7.jpg News - SWPP @ the IUCN Peatland Conference - Make it stand out Muir of Dinnet: the central area of this site is raised and methods are being tried to raise the water table into this higher ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/c1d74e20-e2e3-427a-ba71-df5ffb4b5f21/Picture8.jpg News - SWPP @ the IUCN Peatland Conference - Make it stand out SWPP (and friends) on tour! 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Kept informed by signage of why they were seeing our low-ground pressure machinery out so remotely, it was great to chat to members of the public about our work who stopped to chat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/4450783e-a338-4a60-b68b-1c7808f409e1/3.jpg News - Great Gnats Head in photos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/35a28d80-9a14-44e6-9201-c219f218330a/1+%281%29.JPG News - Great Gnats Head in photos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/7078661f-e651-4148-8d33-72b4f90a3dd1/5.JPG News - Great Gnats Head in photos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1718893821026-R0IEQY9L4YNS0KW394BL/6.JPG News - Great Gnats Head in photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1718893819473-EOCDP478TTVTFI7C2DLN/7.jpg News - Great Gnats Head in photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/db2d1ca6-032a-4c48-a6eb-befadae60cc8/2+%281%29.jpg News - Great Gnats Head in photos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/wmb4ka086djru88nrtpsz6ltk0gyi9 monthly 0.5 2024-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/ac6c8303-a40c-4056-87d8-0fb1db4f1d86/Bog-6412.jpg News - May: This month in peatland restoration - Make it stand out Martin walking across an area of Dartmoor. Image: Jakob Pegler https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/cif4lho42z8kj8byybhv9k6j67hsi7 monthly 0.5 2024-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/6a5fef74-6c99-4b40-857a-f53f1d7601fe/WhatsApp+Image+2024-05-15+at+15.56.34.jpg News - Chatting all things peat with Ten Tors Teams - Make it stand out Jonny, Holly and Eve on the SWPP stand at the Ten Tors event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/79ae0c32-8651-4a9f-bee0-706e07eda8f8/WhatsApp+Image+2024-05-15+at+15.56.35.jpg News - Chatting all things peat with Ten Tors Teams - Make it stand out A bog in the box, illustrative maps and ‘pin the beak on the snipe’ on the SWPP stand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/74d65fea-13e4-4523-9e8d-2539447d8a68/WhatsApp+Image+2024-05-15+at+15.56.36+%282%29.jpg News - Chatting all things peat with Ten Tors Teams - Make it stand out A box of sphagnum demonstrating how the plant slows down water and improves water quality, and is a vital part of healthy, hydrologically functioning, peatlands. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/behind-the-scenes-wood-and-insect-findings-on-exmoor monthly 0.5 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/a43b8488-c16a-44e5-85ae-cb0821b31080/1.png News - Behind the scenes: wood and insect findings on Exmoor - Make it stand out Early Neolithic wood found in December 2022 (3940-3650 Cal BC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/d4e086d8-baf9-4d16-9e1a-f2e6d1c8a8a9/3.png News - Behind the scenes: wood and insect findings on Exmoor - Make it stand out The Neolithic and Bronze Age ’forest floor’ layer, encountered at the base of a sequence of peat between 1.5m and 2m deep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/137c5034-caba-40c0-97c0-2d8527d921ec/2.png News - Behind the scenes: wood and insect findings on Exmoor - Make it stand out The Neolithic and Bronze Age ’forest floor’ layer, encountered at the base of a sequence of peat between 1.5m and 2m deep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/54117c87-f140-4d46-9614-346f58bcfe75/4.png News - Behind the scenes: wood and insect findings on Exmoor - Make it stand out Close-up of the Neolithic and Bronze Age ’forest floor’ layer in a digger bucket https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/peatland-time-capsule-reveals-prehistoric-woodland-habitat-amp-insects monthly 0.5 2024-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/902b63fb-b8bb-41f6-843a-7667b0f1647c/DSC_3777.jpg News - Peatland ‘time capsule’ reveals prehistoric woodland habitat & insects - Make it stand out Bronze Age willow found in peatland at Alderman’s Barrow Allotment Credit National Trust Steve Haywood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/513e3813-efc8-4526-9d90-79352f4a5f09/Perfectly+preserved+Bronze+Age+remains+of+wood+being+removed+at+Aldermans+Barrow+Allotment+Credit+SWPP.jpg News - Peatland ‘time capsule’ reveals prehistoric woodland habitat & insects - Make it stand out Perfectly preserved Bronze Age remains of wood being removed at Alderman’s Barrow Allotment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/370ce8d3-790f-43eb-adf3-97bdce9de647/Ed+Treasure+from+Wessex+Archaeology+inspects+archaeological+samples+found+in+peatland+at+Alderman%27s+Barrow+Allotment+Credit+National+Trust+Steve+Haywood.jpg News - Peatland ‘time capsule’ reveals prehistoric woodland habitat & insects - Make it stand out Ed Treasure inspects archaeological samples found in the peat, Credit National Trust, Steve Haywood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/327294c7-c8d1-409c-8a1c-bd16d2af0d07/Microscope+view+of+images+of+beetle+wings+%28Hydraeana+riparia%29+found+at+Alderman%27s+Barrow+Allotment+on+Exmoor+Credit+Sander+Aerts%2C+Wessex+Archaeology+%281%29.jpg News - Peatland ‘time capsule’ reveals prehistoric woodland habitat & insects - Make it stand out Microscope view of beetle wings (hydraeana riparia) found in the peat Credit: Sanders Aerts, Wessex Archaeology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/f05ecb0d-ba61-4e93-b844-7dc7be3fa359/thumbnail+%281%29.jfif News - Peatland ‘time capsule’ reveals prehistoric woodland habitat & insects - Make it stand out An area of peatland restoration works one year after creation at Alderman’s Barrow Allotment https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/exmoors-past-from-above monthly 0.5 2023-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/6ca66cec-508f-4b1e-af99-20160570c761/Drone_Photo.jpg News - Exmoor’s past from above - Make it stand out Drone used to capture aerial imagery and historic features on the site from above before restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/e757b01e-f212-4686-a00d-783cb4b6d21c/SR_Comms_3.JPG News - Exmoor’s past from above - Make it stand out A series of drainage ditches surrounding historic turf cutting remains. This was an important part of the historic practice of peat cutting for fuel, as turf was cut in the late spring and left in stacks to dry before being carted back to moorland edge farms and villages later in the summer after haymaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/587b8b10-e60a-431a-87c4-24119688ea4f/SR_Comms_2.JPG News - Exmoor’s past from above - Make it stand out Historic drainage ditches near Challacombe. These originally formed part of catchwater meadow system. This system used parallel channels to distribute water evenly over the surface of pasture fields close to farms to prevent freezing of the ground in winter and encourage the early growth of grass in the spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/c093aa10-2bd5-4d99-8485-5ab5eb392ff5/SR_Comms_4.JPG News - Exmoor’s past from above - Make it stand out A well-preserved peat platform surrounded by ditches, where peat would have been stacked out to dry after cutting. Features like these are marked out and avoided by vehicles during nearby peatland restoration work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/61b8e48f-da53-4a09-bdda-8a320502502b/SR_Comms_1.jpg News - Exmoor’s past from above - Make it stand out Low peat bunds being created to slow the flow of water away from an area of historic turf cutting at the edge of the moor. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/peatland-restoration-transforming-the-hydrological-landscape monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/edd98183-aa38-487d-a8bb-fd86c0e77558/2013_2022_FTP.png News - Results from peatland restoration - Make it stand out Restoration works have set the peatland on a path to recovery, with positive vegetation change (i.e. more Bog Cotton and Sphagnum) becoming more obvious as time since restoration increases. (June 2013 - left; September 2022 - right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/426162f0-4e68-4c17-bdc4-27894a41cb84/IMG_9237.jpeg News - Results from peatland restoration - Make it stand out Signs of hope from elsewhere on Dartmoor: pools created less than 4 years ago are filling with Sphagnum, with research planned to monitor methane fluxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/c135901c-6d53-4b05-b02b-fba642e60237/Before_After.png News - Results from peatland restoration - Make it stand out Monitoring equipment was installed throughout the pan and hagg complex typical of dendritic erosion before restoration (left) and remained in-situ following restoration (right) where blocks created visible pools of water. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/october-environmental-news-roundup monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/ef7f6348-18f4-4be9-93eb-8b897038b910/WhatsApp+Image+2023-10-31+at+15.56.55+%282%29.jpg News - October: News Roundup - Make it stand out Martin, SWPP Historic Environment Officer, speaking on all things archaeology and preserving the past, Ely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/6ecbf1cd-149b-430c-9162-a4ee59b0de32/WhatsApp+Image+2023-10-06+at+14.37.12.jpg News - October: News Roundup - Make it stand out Part of one of SWPP’s posters presented at the conference on the topic of woollen bund trials on Dartmoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/6c126f2d-44f2-4e87-b620-c55d879f1e2a/WhatsApp+Image+2023-10-13+at+12.48.18+%282%29.jpeg News - October: News Roundup - Make it stand out Contactors and machinery heading out to Tavy Head in October, where the diggers will remain until March 2024, working throughout the winter to raise and stabilise the local water table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/8ea87d20-dc8a-4974-bf85-97be99f62f75/WhatsApp+Image+2023-10-30+at+10.47.01.jpeg News - October: News Roundup - Make it stand out Peat blocks constructed in our first week at Tavy Head, with an instant effect on raising the water table https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/successful-workshop-for-local-businesses-run-with-dartmoor-headwaters-project monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/234c2eb5-8c25-4421-adb0-1d62a7ad81ac/20230928_DNPA_AM+Peatland+Restoration+peat+block+%282%29.jpg News - Workshop for local businesses run on Dartmoor - Make it stand out Restoration Officer Jonny explaining peatland restoration. Credit: Angelique McBride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/e97495eb-2e05-4536-85a7-f78fd3a96871/20230928_DNPA_AM+Peatland+Restoration+archaeology+%2818%29.jpg News - Workshop for local businesses run on Dartmoor - Make it stand out The workshop team out on NW Dartmoor Credit: Angelique McBride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/e60d6883-0b77-4836-b23a-df8860827185/20230928_DNPA_AM+Peatland+Restoration+digger+supervision+%282%29.jpg News - Workshop for local businesses run on Dartmoor - Make it stand out Participants trialling newly-learned techniques out on Dartmoor. Credit: Angelique McBride https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/works-begin-at-tavy-head-dartmoor monthly 0.5 2023-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/73bc9062-e1d3-40d1-a25a-52e718786c91/WhatsApp+Image+2023-10-13+at+12.48.18+%282%29.jpeg News - Works begin at Tavy Head, Dartmoor - Make it stand out Low ground pressure machinery heading out to Tavy Head last week. The all terrain vehicle at the front of the image is how contractors and SWPP staff will travel to the site and back each day until March 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/1eeb3de5-9cbb-41ac-aabb-1706c95c303e/20220500_Tavy_Head_Dendritic_Erosion.JPG News - Works begin at Tavy Head, Dartmoor - Make it stand out Current erosion at Tavy Head. Our work will block these areas, raising and stabilising the water table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/ce44a5d9-f236-48f2-9ede-b5b1af3b43fb/20220500_Tavy_Head_Gully_B.JPG News - Works begin at Tavy Head, Dartmoor - Make it stand out Erosion gully. Carbon, peat and palaeoecological record will continue to wash away without our interventions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/c4a3360e-ba3b-45c4-87c3-fb9405694cd5/1.png News - Works begin at Tavy Head, Dartmoor - Tavy Head Restoration Summary Click the image to the left to find out more about works taking place at Tavy Head including FAQs, techniques we’re using and information on monitoring. Please get in touch should you have any further questions about our works on this ambitious site. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/trialling-dartmoor-wool-in-peatland-restoration monthly 0.5 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/e362b45b-ceb6-4223-a540-60f30eae42be/WhatsApp+Image+2023-07-03+at+15.16.40.jpg News - Trialling Dartmoor wool in peatland restoration - Make it stand out The wool tubes soon after installation on NW Dartmoor, with shallow pools of water forming behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/bb994002-a675-4692-9bd1-04f744576c93/Fse9SfTXsC4_OCQ.jpg News - Trialling Dartmoor wool in peatland restoration - Make it stand out Dartmoor wool ready to be packed into the long felt tubes for use in restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/3edfde50-ebdb-4d02-87ca-453e49a21536/Fse9SgoXsBMUUNo.jpg News - Trialling Dartmoor wool in peatland restoration - Make it stand out The woollen bunds ready for transport up to Ockerton Court, NW Dartmoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/7d641256-d087-4705-8a79-146d1f46e36f/Fse9SgGXwAAj-di.jpg News - Trialling Dartmoor wool in peatland restoration - Make it stand out Some of the woollen bunds being installed in the shallow peat as part of restoration works on this area https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/free-workshop-contractors monthly 0.5 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/ddc38104-de24-4bba-beed-d4db8cd9888b/20210122_150821.jpg News - Free workshop for contractors available - Make it stand out Contractor installing log dams on Bodmin Moor as part of peatland restoration works https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/peatland-restoration-cranmere-pool monthly 0.5 2023-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/bff1e23f-d3dc-48f2-bfee-8da02c0b0633/W_z-CSD_1946_4080.jpg News - Peatland restoration works at Cranmere Pool - Make it stand out Part of Cranmere Pool c) Mike Rego https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/b4b0a436-4823-4e5d-ba6a-48f1cee47d8f/W_z-CSD_1834_4090.jpg News - Peatland restoration works at Cranmere Pool - Make it stand out Eroding peatland near Cranmere Pool C) Mike Rego https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/august-news monthly 0.5 2023-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/ef87449c-d8c5-4b86-a9f9-65352d6b34cf/Group+on+Ockerton.jpg News - August: Environmental news roundup - Make it stand out Out on Ockerton Court, NW Dartmoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/6024b854-b604-4959-9e03-e9b7079ab2ca/Meldon+WF+stalls.jpg News - August: Environmental news roundup - Make it stand out Stalls at Meldon Wildife Festival https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/new-volunteer-roles-available monthly 0.5 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/02a364e1-0170-42e4-9190-d43afb4dca83/People+traversing+areas+of+peatland+restoration+on+Bodmin+Moor.jpeg News - New volunteer roles available with SWPP - Make it stand out People walking across an area of peatland restoration on Bodmin Moor https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/reconstructing-the-past-using-peat monthly 0.5 2023-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/14836753-ee47-4521-aeb3-536904c92273/P1090031.JPG News - Reconstructing the past using peat - Make it stand out A core of peat taken in late July on Dartmoor at Prison Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/abd2c1f8-deb3-412b-81ca-0b8d91fe1048/P1090026.JPG News - Reconstructing the past using peat - Make it stand out Laura Scoble & Professor Ralph Fyfe, University of Plymouth holding a peat corer out on Dartmoor https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/july-environmental-news-roundup monthly 0.5 2023-09-13 https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/swpp-wins-national-award-for-nature-protection monthly 0.5 2023-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/cc89838f-5955-48ba-aeee-9ed98b6eac91/CNPNationalParkProtectorAwards_MoragAngus_NickSanderson_SameedAsghar_MattStaniek_%C2%A9DawnBrown_CNP.jpg News - SWPP wins national award for nature protection - Make it stand out Morag Angus, Sameed Asghar, Nick Sanderson, Matt Staniek, winners at CNP Awards. Credit: Dawn Brown CNP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/6f72a444-98b5-4367-bff8-24ff67dc4324/CNPLogo_EnglishWelshLockUp_White_RBG_Small_96ppi.png News - SWPP wins national award for nature protection - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/voices-from-the-peat monthly 0.5 2023-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/ec3e37a2-8704-4236-a7c8-71822776634d/Devon+peatland+-+vital+spaces+for+climate+resilience%2C+biodiversity+and+flood+prevention+-+addressed+in+the+new+STACKS+creative+commission+c%29+Rose+Ferraby.jpg News - Voices from the peat - Make it stand out Devon’s peatland, vital spaces for climate resilience, biodiversity and flood prevention - addressed in the new STACKS creative commission. Credit: Rose Ferraby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/d39315ec-4a7a-44d9-82dd-32c42bb2fc07/STACKS+press+photo+%28Rose+Ferraby%2C+Tommy+Perman%2C+Rob+St+John%29+2023.jpg News - Voices from the peat - Make it stand out The team behind STACKS - Rose Ferraby, Tommy Perman & Rob St John https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/farm2city monthly 0.5 2023-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/40ad0515-c9e1-4064-9a26-b853b06024bc/20230609-DNPA-KKS-Farm2City+%2880%29.jpg News - Taking Dartmoor’s peatlands to London - Make it stand out Jonny, Project Officer, explaining how healthy functioning peatlands help to slow the flow of water, with sphagnum mosses acting as a water-retaining sponge. Image: Katherine Koster-Shadbolt, DNPA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/28ddc37e-9f2e-4d5c-bf51-95ad95c417be/20230609-DNPA-KKS-Farm2City+%2856%29.jpg News - Taking Dartmoor’s peatlands to London - Make it stand out Schoolchildren learning about peatlands with a bog in the box, complete with sphagnum, sundews and cotton grasses. Image: Katherine Koster-Shadbolt, DNPA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/fbaacbee-6fcf-4985-bcb7-2febc716dcc0/20230609-DNPA-KKS-Farm2City+%2862%29.jpg News - Taking Dartmoor’s peatlands to London - Make it stand out Children at the event getting stuck in squeezing out water from the sphagnum mosses with help from Chloe, Project Assistant. Image: Katherine Koster-Shadbolt, DNPA https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/films-from-the-peat monthly 0.5 2023-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/3e73fc42-2fb1-4769-8b50-0960ad9084c2/The+STACKS+artistic+trio+made+film%2C+images+and+sound+recordings+across+UK+peatlands+c%29+Rose+Ferraby.jpg News - Films from the peat - Make it stand out The STACKS artistic trio made film, audio and sound recordings across UK peatlands credit: Rose Ferraby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/ce13b6f9-7a5b-45a9-ab7b-1b09eaf56720/35mm+film+buried+in+peatland+before+animating+in+STACKS+c%29+Rob+St+John.jpg News - Films from the peat - Make it stand out 35mm film buried in peatland before animated in STACKS credit: Rob St John https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/day-in-the-life-historic-environment-officer monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/e81c508c-647b-4677-914a-62b19299acdf/MJG_Photos+%285%29.JPG News - A day in the life of a SWPP Historic Environment Officer - Make it stand out Lone hawthorn amongst the remains of Ringleshutes Tin Mine on Holne Moor, Dartmoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/7e5043d6-55b6-45af-b051-6623eec48e71/MJG_Photos+%2812%29.jpg News - A day in the life of a SWPP Historic Environment Officer - Make it stand out Phil, Historic Environment Officer, out on Dartmoor by a Bronze Age boundary and scheduled monument. Peatland restoration would aim to lessen further damage to this feature’s historic fabric caused by the erosive power of water channels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/9427e21c-e067-4057-8028-126fab8e2067/MJG_Photos+%287%29.jpg News - A day in the life of a SWPP Historic Environment Officer - Make it stand out Sometimes, crossing archaeological features is unavoidable such as this prehistoric boundary (reave) on Buckfastleigh Moor. Heavy-duty mats, the careful manoeuvring of low ground-pressure vehicles, frequent changing of routes and regular monitoring all ensure that any impact was kept to an absolute minimum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/10334aeb-ce9a-4d2b-aa1c-d08fd7c224d1/MJG_Photos+%2815%29.JPG News - A day in the life of a SWPP Historic Environment Officer - Make it stand out Taking samples of prehistoric peat, Bodmin Moor. The base of this core dated back to the end of the last glacial period (starting c. 12,600 years ago). An unbroken sequence of this date is of regional, if not national importance. https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/sheep-collar-monitoring-dartmoor monthly 0.5 2023-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/00f44a8d-2584-4c37-befb-1faf8cae9815/IMG_20220924_115946+%281%29.jpg News - Why we’re counting sheep to help restore peat. - Make it stand out Sheep out on Dartmoor wearing tracking collars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/3fa4a91e-0d5a-457b-8d47-cb6607aa79dd/Digitanimal+screen+shots_Page_1.jpg News - Why we’re counting sheep to help restore peat. - Make it stand out Data from Digitanimal collars showing sheep in designated areas https://southwestpeatlandpartnership.co.uk/news/aldermans-barrow-allotment-works-begin monthly 0.5 2023-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/47c66a83-25d2-464f-b623-763e9d92b5a0/0d30dbb1-1033-4fc9-8bf3-2f53d51dd272.jpg News - Peatland restoration works begin at Alderman’s Barrow Allotment - Make it stand out Snowfall at Alderman’s Barrow Allotment in December 2022, covering unfinished leaky wooden dams. 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Globally, peatlands store more carbon than all of the world’s forests combined. However, once they are disturbed and dry out, this valuable store begins to release carbon and other warming greenhouse gases. At least 75% of peat in the UK is damaged and releasing emissions. That’s why we’re one of several peatland partnerships across the UK working to find the best ways to restore peatlands, keep carbon stored, support people, benefit wildlife and champion these vital ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bf058c740cce52e2f9623d/50cd378c-f812-4e0f-b041-f7a4f1bfddf7/Hanginstone+Sunset.jpg Home - Working together to find the best ways to make a lasting difference. The South West Peatland Partnership is a collaboration between local and regional government agencies, non-governmental organisations, businesses, landowners, commoners and farmers. 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