Bodmin Moor Re-wetting Project & Source of River Fowey

Led by Jane Richards

Date: Sunday 29 June

Time: 10:00 am

Meet: SX183828 near Bowithick

Note: Parking Polruan Hill Car Park.

Bring a picnic. Wear sensible footwear – moderate grade walk

Bodmin Moor holds significant deposits of peat in the form of blanket bogs and valley mires. These wetland habitats are complex ecosystems that support diverse and unique ecology of national and international importance. Over centuries, human interventions have changed in the moorland ecology, including the loss of iconic species such as dunlin, golden plover, and Sphagnum mosses.

To date the project has successfully re-wetted 35 hectares of moor at Park Pitt and Blackadon with another 90 hectares due to be improved. The re-wetted areas are already already supporting mosses, with ponding water encouraging new wader, dragonfly and frog habitats.

Image © Cornwall National Landscape