Landford Bog Nature Reserve

Who

New Forest National Park Authority, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and National Grid’s Landscape Enhancement Initiative.

Where

Landford, Wiltshire

What

Funding awarded to the New Forest National Park Authority and Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is helping to improve Landford Bog to help rare wildlife and provide better public access. 

So far the funding has helped to deliver measures to prevent the bog from drying out, secure the reserve for cattle which help to manage the site for wildlife through their grazing, and to improve visitor access with new kissing gates and a boardwalk.

Why

The nature reserve is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is an internationally rare wet heath and bog. Nearly 30 nationally-scarce invertebrates have been recorded at Landford Bog, along with protected reptiles. The reserve is also a refuge for rare plants including heather and cross-leaved heath, bog asphodel, purple moor grass, sphagnum mosses, and carnivorous plants sundew and pale butterwort.

How

Funding of nearly £28,000 from National Grid’s Landscape Enhancement Initiative (LEI) has allowed for improvements to be made for both nature and people.

When

The five-year project will be complete by 2025.

More information

Find out more about Landford Bog here.

Quotes of note

“We’re now almost half-way through our five-year project to help improve Landford Bog for people and nature, and already we’re making great strides with more to come by 2025.

We know that peat bogs are fantastic at capturing and storing carbon – keeping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere – so it’s really important that we protect Landford Bog.”

Sarah Kelly

New Forest National Park Authority Landscape Officer