The multi-million pound Marches Mosses BogLife project, which is a partnership between Natural England, Natural Resources Wales and Shropshire Wildlife Trust, is one year into a five-year scheme.
Dr Joan Daniels, Marches Mosses BogLife officer, said there has already been great progress in restoring Britain’s third largest lowland raised bog in Whixall, near Whitchurch, with species not sighted since the 1930s recorded.
She said: “Some of the wildlife on site has become so diminished there are populations we do not know about because they are so small.
“As we have been re-wetting the site, some species, which have not been recorded since the 1930s, have been discovered as well as species not recorded before.
“Some really rare bog species have already spread.
“It is exciting as we do more bunding, species will be able to multiply.”
In addition the project also aims to restore swamp, fen, willow and alder carr wet woodland, and the habitats missing from the edge of the bog. These areas will provide homes for willow and marsh tit and rare bog wildlife such as elongated sedge and the beautiful purple bordered gold moth.
The funding will pay for the acquisition of a further 63 hectares of peatland, and enable water levels to be raised over 600 hectares to improve the raised bog
Read more at https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/north-shropshire/whitchurch/2017/10/14/species-not-seen-in-90-years-spotted-in-shropshire-nature-reserve-project/#6xqqitPEKJqwzpII.99
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