Summer is finally here and so are the butterflies. Their return means it’s time for the Lancashire Wildlife Trust peatlands team to head out and survey the rare large heath butterfly on our…

The plants that live on our peatlands aren’t just any plants, they are all wonderfully unique and have adapted in incredible ways to survive and thrive on the harsh bog environment. But it turns…

Our precious peatlands face a barrage of threats; drainage for agriculture, burning for grouse moor management, and peat extraction for everything from filling bags of compost to growing that…

Nearly a year ago, we took a positive step forward as Defra announced that they would ban the sale of compost containing peat by 2024. However, with that date slowly creeping up, there is no…