Everyone is invited to come and explore the amazing floating peat bog of Chartley Moss National Nature Reserve located between Stafford and Uttoxeter on Saturday 16th August 2008 between 2pm and 4:30pm.
Hosted by Natural England the event is aimed at family groups and will comprise a guided walk around the nature reserve with an opportunity to meet the insects that live there by joining in with a bug hunt and taking part in pond dipping.
Tim Coleshaw, Senior Reserve Manager for the Staffordshire National Nature Reserves said “Chartley Moss is a unique site and this is an excellent time of year to find and observe some of the Moss’s most spectacular insects at first hand”.
Admission is free. To book your place and for further information about this event & future walks and events on Staffordshire NNRs contact Caroline Dahn, Natural England, tel 01743 282000 or e-mail caroline.dahn@naturalengland.org.uk
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Chartley Moss National Nature Reserve (NNR)
Chartley Moss NNR is the largest example of a floating peat bog, or schwingmoor in Britain. The sphagnum lawn supports important botanical communities adapted to grow in this hostile
environment which in turn support a rich invertebrate fauna.
For further information contact: Caroline Evans
Telephone: 01743 282000
Email: caroline.evans@naturalengland.org.uk
For further information about Natural England please visit: www.naturalengland.org.uk