With this dry weather set to continue, please remember to take extra care when visiting moorland landscapes as the vegetation is very dry and can burn easily – don’t smoke or light campfires or barbecues.

The only positive sight in the aftermath of these fires, is spotting oases of sphagnum, which hold up to 20 times their weight in water, and therefore have survived where drier vegetation has burned.

Thank you for all your help and tireless planting skills in all weathers!

They also received some training and practice of how to help each other when a fire happens. It’s been a fairly wet winter, but it doesn’t take much dry weather to make our moorlands vulnerable to wildfire. Make sure you do your bit to keep - leave your barbecue at home. #peatlandsmatter