Friends of Ardee Bog

Friends of Ardee Bog is a community group dedicated to protecting & preserving Ardee Bog, Ireland’s most easterly raised bog, about 10,000 years old. 💚

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

Hello! 👋 we're Friends of Ardee Bog, a community group dedicated to protecting & preserving Ardee Bog, Ireland's most easterly raised bog. We love sharing the beauty of our bog and learning from other bog lovers. #peatlandsmatter #rightsofnature 💚

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

@hegarty_ellen @IMMAIreland @CurlewEIP @CurlewAction @LouthBWI @BirdWatchIE @LouthBirder @AAEX_IE @louth_network @LovinDublin @Irishwildlife Deadly! Look forward to meeting ye there and learning all about your mighty work. 💚

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

Next Saturday we're bringing the beauty of Ardee Bog to @IMMAIreland for the EARTH RISING eco art festival. Special guests joining us include @AAEX_IE, @Ecojustice_Ire & @JamesAOrr of @EJNI_Online. We can't wait! #rightsofnature #peatlandsmatter https://t.co/UonuTpSALG

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

@JamieRohu @IrishRainforest @CitizAssembly Yes! Loved this bit. Eoghan speaking the truth. 💚

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

@CitizAssembly Solutions! @IrishRainforest suggests that we need to replace the word "Loss" with "Hemorrhage". We're hemorrhaging biodiversity. Our wild natural habitats have been obliterated and we need to talk about bringing them back. #rewilding

[The Citizens' Assembly @CitizAssembly]

Citizens Assembly Live Stream 15/10/2022 https://t.co/99aHQH7e2K

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

@CitizAssembly We were trying to get our submission to you today so it could be considered tomorrow, but we're still working on it! Are we too late if we submit it now?

[The Citizens' Assembly @CitizAssembly]

Busy preparing for our members of #CABioLoss tomorrow! Looking forward to a weekend of great discussions and presentations!
The #Biodiversity Assembly begins at 9am. You can watch live here: https://t.co/DzIhYqTAi8

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

Bogs are a rich and unique range of habitats teeming with life. We're submitting our comments to the @CitizAssembly on Biodiversity Loss. It's wonderful to see (and read!) all the other submissions already received. https://t.co/T8vC2plt6W #peatlandsmatter #rightsofnature 💚

[Dr. Merritt Turetsky @queenofpeat]

There is more carbon stored in Sphagnum moss than any other plant genus on the planet. It's also beautiful.

[Connecting Communities with Peatlands @CCWPeatlands]

If you missed our Know Your Bog webinar yesterday evening you can watch it back here 👇
https://t.co/aGnRQqFYGd

#KnowYourBog #JustTranstion #peatlands #bogs

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

@TransitionWilms @forum_wetlands @PeatlandConserv @ArdeeSnapper @louth_network @LouthLocalDev @BOMaoileoin @b_r_y_o_n_y_ @dean_mcsound @katieholten @LindowMoss This is wonderful! Great work. 💚

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

Hello! 👋 we're Friends of Ardee Bog, a community group dedicated to protecting & preserving Ardee Bog, Ireland's most easterly raised bog. We love sharing the beauty of our bog and learning from other bog lovers. #peatlandsmatter #rightsofnature 💚

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

@Ecojustice_Ire @JamesAOrr @EJNI_Online @IMMAIreland @katieholten We're looking forward to it!

[Ecojustice Ireland @Ecojustice_Ire]

We're looking forward to advocating with @JamesAOrr of @EJNI_Online for the #RightsOfNature at the @IMMAIreland 'Earth Rising' event with the Friends of Ardee Bog: https://t.co/QtaeiZbzWF
3.30 – 5.30pm / Location: Studio 5, IMMA Ireland, Saturday 22 October. @katieholten

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

@eolann @ArdeeSnapper @jimidemonet @b_r_y_o_n_y_ Thanks for all your help Eolann and for MC'ing. 🥰

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

"It's a magical living landscape."

A Co Offaly photographer is revealing the hidden beauty of the raised bogs of the Midlands. Tina Claffey uses a macro lens to capture bog flora and fauna in extraordinary detail, describing her work as "a tool for conservation" #ClimateHeroes

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

@ShamrockSpring @IMMAIreland @nikicollierDes @ZBuncrana @ICSAIreland Looks fabulous! Most of our group can only be @IMMAIreland on the Saturday so sadly we might miss it. (we're sharing on Saturday, 3.30-5.30pm in Studio 5 so please come say hello if you can!) 💚

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

"All wildlife habitats are valuable but some are rarer than others, some are home to more life than others and some are irreplaceable." @DanesMoss

Here's a handy video by Richard Lindsay, University of East London, explaining how #RaisedBogs are formed. https://t.co/dCrVWOf6Ov

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

Like all raised bogs in Ireland, Ardee Bog is about 10,000 years old. As the Ice Age glaciers melted ice scratched the land creating depressions which formed lakes filled with glacial melt water. The lakes were lined with a chalk marl formed from shells. #peat

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

Shells helped create waterlogged, low oxygen conditions. Any plants which fell into the lake did not decompose as there were no worms, bacteria or fungi. Over a looooong time the lake fills with plant material. Trapped under water the plant material slooowly becomes #peat.

[Friends of Ardee Bog @ArdeeBog]

@DanesMoss @repeatearth @forum_wetlands @PeatlandConserv @ArdeeSnapper @louth_network @LouthLocalDev @BOMaoileoin @b_r_y_o_n_y_ @dean_mcsound @katieholten Thanks! We love our wee bog. Just sent your lovely website to an old friend from Macclesfield. Hope you're campaign is successful. Thanks for sharing the Danes Moss story. 💚