Orton Moss
A quiet and peaceful nature reserve with wet meadow and woodland habitat. Flowers are abundant in the wet areas and woodcock and willow warblers can be seen.
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Conservation day at Orton Moss Nature Reserve
Come and help us make a difference to this important Site of Special Scientific Interest, Orton Moss.
Ordinary moss
Ordinary moss is very common in gardens and woodlands. moss provides shelter for many minibeasts, so encourage it to grow in your garden by providing logs, stone piles and untidy areas.
Marsh hair moss
The marsh hair moss is the largest moss in the UK. Look out for it in damp woodland and on boggy heathlands where it forms large, green and spikey 'cushions'.
Foulshaw Moss
Ospreys use Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve as a nesting site. Visit for free.
Osprey pair Blue 35 and White YW offspring- update 2025
Here's an updated summary of the Foulshaw Moss osprey pair's offspring since 2014.
Drumburgh Moss
Drumburgh Moss National Nature Reserve is a site of international importance, dominated by an expanse of lowland raised mire, one of Western Europe's most threatened habitats.
Sphagnum…
Nichols Moss
Colourful sphagnum moss, sundew and other plants create a carpet on the surface of this raised mire. Large heath butterflies, dragonflies and bog bush-cricket can be found.
Sphagnum moss
Sphagnum mosses carpet the ground with colour on our marshes, heaths and moors. They play a vital role in the creation of peat bogs: by storing water in their spongy forms, they prevent the decay…
Nichols Moss Peatland Restoration
Nichols Moss is a part of the Witherslack mosses, located just North of Grange-over-Sands in the South East Lakes.
Borrowdale Moss Peatland Restoration
Blanket bog at Borrowdale Moss, between Kendal and Shap, is scattered across 8 km2, at altitudes ranging from 400 to 650m.
Dubbs Moss
Diverse range of habitats supports a good number of species of plants, mosses, ferns as well as butterflies, beetles, spiders and moths. This makes an excellent reserve for birds throughout the…