| Country |
England
+ Wales |
| Natura
2000 site location |
Shropshire
/ Wrexham |
| Nearest
urban settlement |
Wrexham
and Whitchurch |
| Natura
2000 site name |
Fenn's,
Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses NNR |
| Size
of site (hectares) |
948
ha |
| Site
description / classification |
Active
and degraded raised bog SSSI / SAC / Ramsar site |
| Key
species |
13
spp of Sphagna including S magellanicum and S pulchrum, Lesser bladderwort
Utricularia minor, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, large heath butterfly,
white-faced darter dragonfly, bog bush-cricket, argent and sable moth, curlew,
hobby, Hagenella clathrata caddisfly. |
| Key
habitats |
Lowland
raised bog |
| wet
grassland |
| wet
woodland |
| Raised
bog |
| Key
management issues |
Restoration
of the raised bog after near destruction by commercial peat cutting to save
all of the above species, whilst maintaining rare marginal bog species such
as Hagenella. Using the site to promote using alternatives to peat, to save
international bogs. |
| Organising
at least one Green Days event per year |
12
events in 2005 |
| Promoting
Natura 2000 at the local level |
Local
permit system with annual mailout re. news and important happenings. Press
promotions of other success stories stressing the international value of
the site. Nature 2000 promotion on all school and college visits. Meetings
with local stakeholders such as parish councils and promotion of the international
value of the site by holding regular events such as declarations which involve
representatives of many local stakeholder groups. |
| Involving
local stakeholders in the management planning process - creating a local
area partnership |
Yes.
Although our NNR plan is primarily aimed at the restoration of the centre
of the Moss, the outer parts of the site are in other private ownerships
where owners have different management objectives. The plan recognises the
importance of not only using the restoration of the site to promote the
value of bogs and why alternatives to peat should be used in gardening to
the public, but also of using this growing groundswell of support for peatlands
not only to provide a boost to the local tourist economy, but also to influence
the additional land owners to be more sympathetic to mire managment. |
| Site
twinning and networking |
Thorn
Moors and Hatfield Chase NNR, Glassons Moss and Wedholme Flow NNR, Tregaron
Bog and Borth Bog NNRs, Ynys Hir RSPB reserve. (also demonstrations held
for eastern europaean bog managers) |
| Branding
Natura 2000 |
Yes
the 17 NNR entrance signs all have a special reference to Natura 2000 and
the logo and the Mosses Trail leaflet also refers to the SAC |
| Agreeing
to become an NNi ambassador |
Joan
Daniels (English Nature) joan.daniels(a)english-nature.org.uk
is an NNi Ambassador. |