blanket bog

British

noun

a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates

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At Kingsdale Head, two thirds of the 610-hectare site is blanket bog and farm manager Jamie McEwan says they are beginning to see "really nice results" from the restoration.

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"If a fire hits a blanket bog, it doesn't burn. If you've got lots of sphagnum up there, if your bog's made up of 80-90% sphagnum, then when a fire gets there it's pretty much going to stop it," says Downson.

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But attracting the number of insects required to populate the third largest blanket bog in Northern Ireland could take as long as six years.

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It moved slowly and burned deeply into the blanket bog.

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The majority of the UK's peatlands are in Scotland's upland regions, which is home to the Flow Country, the most intact and extensive blanket bog system in the world.

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