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Store Mosse is a national park in Smaland, southern Sweden, centered on an extensive raised-bog landscape. Established in 1982, it protects peatlands, wet forests, lakes, and sandy areas that support specialized plants and a variety of birdlife. Boardwalks and marked trails allow visitors to cross o...
Cors Fochno is a raised peat bog near Borth in Ceredigion, Wales, within the Dyfi estuary landscape and the Dyfi UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. It forms part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve and preserves an extensive dome of peat built from partially decomposed bog vegetation. Its waterlogged, nutrie...
The Wurzacher Ried is an extensive wetland and raised-bog complex near Bad Wurzach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It contains peatlands, fen, wet meadows, woodland, and areas altered by earlier peat extraction, alongside substantial near-natural habitat. Protected as a nature reserve and recognized...
Flanders Moss is an extensive lowland raised bog in the Carse of Stirling in central Scotland. Formed through the long accumulation of peat, it preserves habitats dominated by bog mosses and supports specialized plants, insects, and birds adapted to wet, nutrient-poor conditions. Much of the survivi...
Clara Bog is a raised peat bog near Clara in County Offaly, Ireland, and is among the most extensively studied surviving examples of Ireland's midland raised bogs. Its peatland habitats support specialized plants, birds, and invertebrates adapted to acidic, waterlogged conditions. Parts of the bog a...
Cors Caron is an extensive raised-bog complex and National Nature Reserve in the upper Teifi valley near Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales. Also known as Tregaron Bog, it contains peatland, wet grassland, pools, riverside habitats, and surviving domes of raised mire formed through centuries of plant accum...
Bargerveen is a protected raised-bog landscape in the Dutch province of Drenthe, close to the border with Germany. It preserves part of the once extensive Bourtanger Moor, much of which was altered by peat extraction and drainage. Conservation work focuses on retaining water and restoring peat-formi...
Wildseemoor is a raised-bog landscape surrounding the Wildsee, a small lake in the northern Black Forest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its waterlogged, nutrient-poor environment supports peat-forming vegetation and other species adapted to acidic mire conditions. The area is protected for its relat...
Fochteloërveen is a protected peatland on the border of the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Drenthe. It preserves and restores raised bog habitat, a once widespread but now uncommon landscape formed by peat accumulating under waterlogged, nutrient-poor conditions. Managed as a nature reserve, it su...
De Groote Peel is a peatland nature reserve and national park on the boundary between the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg. Its landscape of bog remnants, heath, pools, and open water developed in an area extensively altered by historical peat extraction. Protected within the European Na...
The Schwarzes Moor is a raised bog in the Rhön Mountains of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Hesse. It preserves peat-forming vegetation, including sphagnum mosses, and supports plants and animals adapted to nutrient-poor, waterlogged conditions. A circular boardwalk and observation facilities...
The Bog of Allen is an extensive area of raised bog in the Irish Midlands, spanning parts of counties including Kildare, Offaly, Laois, and Westmeath. Its peatlands developed over thousands of years as partially decomposed plant material accumulated in waterlogged, acidic conditions. The region has...
Komosse is an extensive raised-bog complex in southern Sweden, principally within Västra Götaland County and extending toward Jönköping County. Its open peatlands, pools, wet hollows, and surrounding forest form a habitat for plants and birds adapted to nutrient-poor, waterlogged conditions. The are...
A raised bog in County Laois, Ireland, notable for a successful community-led conservation campaign in the early 2000s that prevented its industrial drainage and destruction.
A large raised bog near Grassau in the Bavarian Alpine foothills, Germany, recognized as one of the best-preserved and most species-rich mires in Bavaria.
A raised bog in County Offaly, Ireland, designated a National Nature Reserve and Special Area of Conservation, representing a relatively intact example of Irish midland raised bog.
A raised bog in the Rhön mountains of central Germany, protected within the UNESCO Rhön Biosphere Reserve and notable for its distinctive red-tinged sphagnum vegetation.
A raised bog in County Offaly, Ireland, near the medieval monastic site of Clonmacnoise, managed by the Irish Wildlife Trust as one of the few remaining intact midland raised bogs.
A raised bog in Cumbria, England, forming part of the Solway Mosses National Nature Reserve and considered one of the best-preserved lowland raised bogs in England.
A highland raised bog in the Erzgebirge of Saxony, Germany, near the Czech border, notable as one of the largest high moors in the Ore Mountains region.
A lowland raised bog in Cumbria, England, within the Solway Mosses complex, designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its intact peat structure and bog flora.
A country park and nature reserve in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, established to conserve and interpret peatland habitats including raised bog and cutover bog ecosystems.
A well-preserved raised bog in Småland, southern Sweden, protected as a nature reserve and representing a characteristic example of the region's ancient mire landscape.
A nature-reserve raised bog in Lower Saxony, Germany, near Bremervörde, preserved as one of the region's remnant mire landscapes after widespread regional drainage.
