Sal Hunter
@boggysal.bsky.social
Conservation volunteer for a number of Peak District organisations. Own my own bit of soggy bog. Peatlands and wetlands.
Saving strands of sphagnum moss from the used paper around the plugs. The #peatlovers equivalent of panning for gold 😁
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Saving strands of sphagnum moss from the used paper around the plugs. The #peatlovers equivalent of panning for gold 😁
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Another new Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands site at Clough Moor, Goyt Valley, UK
#PeatColours
@boggysal.bsky.social
#PeatColours
@boggysal.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Another new Tracking the Colour of #Peatlands site at Clough Moor, Goyt Valley, UK
#PeatColours
@boggysal.bsky.social
#PeatColours
@boggysal.bsky.social
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Saddening to hear, but not surprising.
Vast areas of peatland destroyed since peat ban announced exactly 3 years ago | The Wildlife Trusts
It has been three years since the UK Government announced that it would ban the sale of peat for use in the amateur gardening sector, yet there is still no sign of legislation to enact the ban.
www.wildlifetrusts.org
August 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Saddening to hear, but not surprising.
Common Twayblade by the side of a busy road #wildflowerhour
June 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Common Twayblade by the side of a busy road #wildflowerhour
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Clouds, curlew and cottongrass @curlewaction.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Clouds, curlew and cottongrass @curlewaction.bsky.social
@curlewaction.bsky.social sadly the fire ignored the sign 😥 Goyt Valley
May 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
@curlewaction.bsky.social sadly the fire ignored the sign 😥 Goyt Valley
A sad #FingerpostFriday from the Goyt Valley 😥 #moorlandfires
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A sad #FingerpostFriday from the Goyt Valley 😥 #moorlandfires
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What a brilliant thing to do 😁#worldcurlewday
What a brilliant thing to do 😁#worldcurlewday
Man sets off on Nidderdale walk dressed as a curlew
Matt Trevelyan made the Eurasian curlew costume out of polystyrene and bamboo.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What a brilliant thing to do 😁#worldcurlewday
What a brilliant thing to do 😁#worldcurlewday
Great to be able to watch a snipe, usually I just see it flying off in a hurry
April 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Great to be able to watch a snipe, usually I just see it flying off in a hurry
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social beautiful bog rosemary just starting to flower, #wildflowerhour challenge tiny flowers
April 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social beautiful bog rosemary just starting to flower, #wildflowerhour challenge tiny flowers
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Given the unequivocal need for a ban on the use of peat in the horticulture industry, it is very disappointing to see this news released yesterday by the Royal Horticultural Society www.rhs.org.uk/advice/peat/...
#PeatFree #Horticulture
📷 Charles Warner
#PeatFree #Horticulture
📷 Charles Warner
April 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Given the unequivocal need for a ban on the use of peat in the horticulture industry, it is very disappointing to see this news released yesterday by the Royal Horticultural Society www.rhs.org.uk/advice/peat/...
#PeatFree #Horticulture
📷 Charles Warner
#PeatFree #Horticulture
📷 Charles Warner
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We're excited to unveil our new mural by ATM Street Art on World Curlew Day, April 21, at Lansdown Hall in Stroud from 4pm.
Join us for a series of talks, interactive activities, and stands with Curlew Action, WWT, ATM Street Art, and Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society.
Get your tickets now:
Join us for a series of talks, interactive activities, and stands with Curlew Action, WWT, ATM Street Art, and Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society.
Get your tickets now:
World Curlew Day Celebration
Join us to celebrate World Curlew Day with a series of talks and the unveiling of our new mural in Stroud!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We're excited to unveil our new mural by ATM Street Art on World Curlew Day, April 21, at Lansdown Hall in Stroud from 4pm.
Join us for a series of talks, interactive activities, and stands with Curlew Action, WWT, ATM Street Art, and Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society.
Get your tickets now:
Join us for a series of talks, interactive activities, and stands with Curlew Action, WWT, ATM Street Art, and Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society.
Get your tickets now:
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Wonderful news.
Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health
Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE
Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Wonderful news.
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Join us for a workshop: #Peatland Resilience Under a Changing Climate: Place, Policy and Practice!
🗓️: May 6 2025 10:00-17:00
📍: @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ in London
💻: online attendance available
More details and tickets here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/peat...
Please RT!
🗓️: May 6 2025 10:00-17:00
📍: @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ in London
💻: online attendance available
More details and tickets here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/peat...
Please RT!
March 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Join us for a workshop: #Peatland Resilience Under a Changing Climate: Place, Policy and Practice!
🗓️: May 6 2025 10:00-17:00
📍: @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ in London
💻: online attendance available
More details and tickets here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/peat...
Please RT!
🗓️: May 6 2025 10:00-17:00
📍: @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ in London
💻: online attendance available
More details and tickets here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/peat...
Please RT!
A pair of confused Egyptian geese on my walk back from the Soil exhibition at Somerset House
March 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A pair of confused Egyptian geese on my walk back from the Soil exhibition at Somerset House
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Have you signed up for our free #WaterResearch webinar on 26 March? Hosted by the IUCN UK Peatland Programme and the Environment Agency, this two-hour webinar will focus on the importance of peatland #Hydrological function.
More info tinyurl.com/ctdy6bzs
#Peat #KnowledgeExchange #Webinar
More info tinyurl.com/ctdy6bzs
#Peat #KnowledgeExchange #Webinar
March 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Have you signed up for our free #WaterResearch webinar on 26 March? Hosted by the IUCN UK Peatland Programme and the Environment Agency, this two-hour webinar will focus on the importance of peatland #Hydrological function.
More info tinyurl.com/ctdy6bzs
#Peat #KnowledgeExchange #Webinar
More info tinyurl.com/ctdy6bzs
#Peat #KnowledgeExchange #Webinar
A nugget of the purest green. 5,000 sphagnum plugs now planted on my bog with a little help from my friends 😁
March 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A nugget of the purest green. 5,000 sphagnum plugs now planted on my bog with a little help from my friends 😁
Creating scrapes for the wading birds who visit the moors to breed in the summer. Also helps break up the dominant purple moor grass. #PeatlandsandWetlands
February 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Creating scrapes for the wading birds who visit the moors to breed in the summer. Also helps break up the dominant purple moor grass. #PeatlandsandWetlands
Brilliant 😊
Lovin' the story from #Czechia
"The #beavers beat [us] to it, saving us CZK 30 million”
“They built the dams without any project documentation and for free."
www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/g...
"The #beavers beat [us] to it, saving us CZK 30 million”
“They built the dams without any project documentation and for free."
www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/g...
Government Scraps Construction Project After Beavers Finish The Job Themselves
“The beavers beat [us] to it ..."
www.thedodo.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Brilliant 😊
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#peatlandsandwetlands
#peatlandsandwetlands
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#peatlandsandwetlands
#peatlandsandwetlands
A distant rushup edge and mam tor #FingerPostFriday
February 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A distant rushup edge and mam tor #FingerPostFriday
Footpath to Roosdych, ancient earthworks, #fingerpostfriday
January 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Footpath to Roosdych, ancient earthworks, #fingerpostfriday
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More nurseries are joining us & we're getting close to the new growing season, so here's a Bluesky #PeatFree #Nurseries List: shorturl.at/dIgYz
So far includes 15 of 127 growers from ⬇️ list. Do let me know if I've missed anyone. Pls pin & share so these fantastic eco-friendly growers feel the 💚🌳💚.
So far includes 15 of 127 growers from ⬇️ list. Do let me know if I've missed anyone. Pls pin & share so these fantastic eco-friendly growers feel the 💚🌳💚.
Peat Free Nurseries List
The response to the Peat Free Nurseries List has been incredible. It’s fantastic to see such interest in sourcing peat-free plants. Thousands of people have accessed the list which now includ…
nicwilson.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
More nurseries are joining us & we're getting close to the new growing season, so here's a Bluesky #PeatFree #Nurseries List: shorturl.at/dIgYz
So far includes 15 of 127 growers from ⬇️ list. Do let me know if I've missed anyone. Pls pin & share so these fantastic eco-friendly growers feel the 💚🌳💚.
So far includes 15 of 127 growers from ⬇️ list. Do let me know if I've missed anyone. Pls pin & share so these fantastic eco-friendly growers feel the 💚🌳💚.
This has to happen, we need future generations to be much more aware of the natural world ,the extent to which it is threatened and how we can support it
Today is the International Day of Education!
Sadly, it looks like the GCSE in Natural History may be on hold.
"We are ramping up the campaign again to say ‘just do it’. Nature can’t afford to be a political football. We need future generations to understand or care for the natural world."
Sadly, it looks like the GCSE in Natural History may be on hold.
"We are ramping up the campaign again to say ‘just do it’. Nature can’t afford to be a political football. We need future generations to understand or care for the natural world."
Natural history GCSE on hold as qualification seen as ‘Tory initiative’, claims campaigner
New GCSE was announced under previous government in 2022 but now ‘sitting in limbo’, says Mary Colwell, one of its architects
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This has to happen, we need future generations to be much more aware of the natural world ,the extent to which it is threatened and how we can support it