The end of the line, Bord Na Mona are currently lifting all the old industrial railway tracks they used to take peat or turf sods off the bog. This is mainly because they are unused but also to prepare for the construction of the massive Balleydermot wind farm which is currently in the planning stages. They will leave behind some great infrastructure which hopefully will be used for long distance off road cycling/walking tracks, the road crossings are all there. #cycling #bogs #railways

Folks, folks folks! Tomorrow! Tomorrow is BOG DAY!!!!

https://bogday.org

#BogDay #Bogs

In this multi-part podcast series, we explore audio field recordings made at Rainbow Gatherings around the world. In this episode, Part X, we’ll be featuring recordings made at the 2023 New Hampshire Annual Rainbow Gathering. Enjoy~

https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/27500940?fbclid=IwAR0FkVkeioC0Nr02GoAUAd9MV7FJ3umOylc1mV8YyFL9UrSakeKH8Y-JZZ4 #rainbowgathering #bogs #folk #rain #poetry #mud #storytelling #fieldrecording

@friesen5000 @ClimateJenny

This is growing in one of my bog planters. I don't have a bog!

This one is *S. purpurea*, or mostly so. I used to some horticultural hybrids with Southeastern species, but they've died out.

I made these up in 2012 in a workshop at a nursery that, at the time, at least, specialized in bog plants, among other native plants. I've added to them over the years.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskWRQHZC

#Bogs #NativePlants #Gardening

@darwin

#Bogs of Hecate Island. Liverworts that produce cannabinoids, #inaturalist, and more! https://hakaimagazine.com/features/weird-rare-and-everywhere/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

BLOOMING IN ONE OF MY BOG PLANTERS THIS AFTERNOON.HTTPS://FLIC.KR/P/2OCUFSO#FLOWERS #URBANGARDENING #ECOLOGY #WETLANDS #WETLANDPLANTS #BOGS #BOGPLANTS #PITCHERPLANT #SARRACENIA #CARNIVOROUSPLANTS #SARRACENIACEAE #PHOTOGRAPHY @darwin

Blooming in one of my bog planters this afternoon.

https://flic.kr/p/2oCuFso

#Flowers #UrbanGardening #Ecology #Wetlands #WetlandPlants #Bogs #BogPlants #PitcherPlant #Sarracenia #CarnivorousPlants #Sarraceniaceae #Photography

@darwin

It's a good day knowing I've wrangled the SEO market for the phrase: "Sphagnum growth". #bogs #ireland

#Peatlands are also #important for #culture & #heritage , #preserving sites & #artefacts #threatened by #ClimateChange if these #wetlands continue to dry out & degrade.

These #scientific developments & renewed focus have brought #bogs into closer contact with other disciplines & in particular, #artistic endeavour, from #poetry & #prose to #music & #film .

https://theconversation.com/amp/how-art-inspired-by-peatlands-can-help-us-confront-the-climate-crisis-199752

#Art #activism #awareness #environmental #Artist #Inspiration #ProtectWetlands

On a calm Sunday morning, a reducing wetland is shared by Whoopers, Widgeons, Lapwings and others.

These #bogs can do so much for #biodiversity if given the chance.

The South West Peatland Project

"Through funding from DEFRA, the South West #Peatland Partnership will restore 1599 ha of degraded peatland on the South West’s iconic moors #BodminMoor, #Dartmoor & #Exmoor . Around 300Ha of this #restoration will take place here on Dartmoor.

Ecologist & Peatland Restoration Project Officer David Leach tells us all about the weird & wonderful wildlife of Dartmoor’s #bogs & what they contribute to all our lives.

#Mosstodon

https://youtu.be/kMYjHpr7BTE

Refilling the Carbon Sink
Sharon Levy

#Scotland’s #bogs are now the scene of an intense restoration effort ... Beneath the #moss & the heather & the sedge lies one of the planet’s largest surviving expanses of #peat—a nutrient-poor, carbon-dense mass of partly decayed organic matter. Andersen has been working to document the #peatland’s hidden strength: It has a prodigious ability to lock away #carbon, making it an important resource in the fight against #ClimateChange

https://www.biographic.com/refilling-the-carbon-sink/

The @scotgov
would like to hear your views on ending the sale of #peat
🕷️
Find out more & share your views on proposals
👇
www.gov.scot/publications/ending-sale-peat-scotland-consultation/

🤔 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭?

👀 Here's a quick read from Buglife Conservation Director, Craig, & some of the amazing #invertebrates that call #bogs home.

Find out more, then have your say
👇
www.buglife.org.uk/blog/dont-get-bogged-down-with-peat/

You had me at "Bog Bodies"

A new look at more than 1,000 "bog bodies" — human remains preserved in low-oxygen places with wet and spongy soils — reveals that the tradition of leaving bodies in European mires spans millennia, from the Stone Age to modern times, and that these individuals often met violent ends.

https://www.limfic.com/2023/02/16/writer-fuel-what-are-bog-bodies/

#History #Anthropology #Bogs #BogBodies #Europe #WriterFuel

You had me at "Bog Bodies"

A new look at more than 1,000 "bog bodies" — human remains preserved in low-oxygen places with wet and spongy soils — reveals that the tradition of leaving bodies in European mires spans millennia, from the Stone Age to modern times, and that these individuals often met violent ends.

https://www.limfic.com/2023/02/16/writer-fuel-what-are-bog-bodies/

#History #Anthropology #Bogs #BogBodies #Europe #WriterFuel

"Using a first-of-its-kind approach that entailed drones and infrared imagery, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst investigated a series of former commercial cranberry #bogs in eastern Massachusetts that are being restored. The team not only demonstrated how to best restore #freshwater #wetlands, but also showed that these wetlands are operating as self-sustaining ecosystems." #groundwater https://phys.org/news/2023-02-re-wild-wetland-focus-groundwater.html

"Using a first-of-its-kind approach that entailed drones and infrared imagery, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst investigated a series of former commercial cranberry #bogs in eastern Massachusetts that are being restored. The team not only demonstrated how to best restore #freshwater #wetlands, but also showed that these wetlands are operating as self-sustaining ecosystems." #groundwater https://phys.org/news/2023-02-re-wild-wetland-focus-groundwater.html

https://open.substack.com/pub/greendispatch/p/fen-bog-and-swamp-a-short-history?r=gpuek&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web A book review from The Green Dispatch #wetlands #swamps #fens #bogs #books #climatechange #climatecrisis

@Rarosd @madlings60
@MrsB1505

Hello fellow Mastodonians! 😊
Free article from NYT about...:

What the Ancient Bog Bodies Knew
#History #Prehistory #Bronzeage #Ironage #Bogs
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/30/science/archaeology-bogs-mummies.html?unlocked_article_code=poLyKr2OoFAfiAIZCN-OEQAWIzr6uod_8zsjst2q-dkUpyGkZ_aVVG5go2YeCHBe_bKOAQfOr6saxfCoDwXrLEPdjGn0tKje8pexJMKK61cj1bSWedYOw4hueOdXj6vBJsHRDIM6JvZy1RiYpqhkJJXHmoL_xYtEajQzJUTPx7YEqFJLetA9r-YSAD3gB59LDusL-U3nvjfByn4cdqoPfN_nDuwJ6_SX8fwzWC2AgdZFyOsOAIuEC0ujC5RFQdl6cMpOhmm8Bq3o2FjiBgnusuOr32gf_y5nFxRJ_6dXY8oEcCWuw6nisMlznNJFgNvVHFiOYsvt52B1I3cL3kRnsvqE
>The first comprehensive survey of a 7,000-year-old burial tradition reveals an often violent final ritual.

@Rarosd @MrsB1505 @madlings60 "Bogs, bones and bodies".
New study of people buried in bogs during 10 000 years .
New knowledge of "The Bocksten Man" among others.
#History #Bogs
Article below in Swedish, pls use translate.
Link to study here:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/bogs-bones-and-bodies-the-deposition-of-human-remains-in-northern-european-mires-9000-bcad-1900/B90A16A211894CB87906A7BCFC0B2FC7

Oväntad upptäckt ger ny bild av Bockstensmannen

Europeiska forskare har upptäckt att sedbruket att begrava människor i våtmarker pågått i 10 000 år. Ny teknik ger liv åt kranierna: ”Många är hängda”

https://www.dn.se/sverige/ovantad-upptackt-ger-ny-bild-av-bockstensmannen/