Friends of Ardee Bog

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 💚

@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. 💚

@ArdeeBog @IMMAIreland @CurlewEIP @CurlewAction @LouthBWI @BirdWatchIE @LouthBirder @AAEX_IE @louth_network @LovinDublin @Irishwildlife We'll see ye there! we are sharing the pavillion with ye on the Saturday Looking forward to seeing your amazing creations!!!! #DóthainCollective

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 ardeebog.org/events/earth-r…

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

Truth bombs by @IrishRainforest brings the absolute house down at the @CitizAssembly #CABioLoss 🌳🌱PART 1/2

@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

Citizens Assembly Live Stream 15/10/2022 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@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?

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: citizensassembly.ie/en/

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. citizensassembly.ie/en/assembly-on… #peatlandsmatter #rightsofnature 💚

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

If you missed our Know Your Bog webinar yesterday evening you can watch it back here 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=K59p_K… #KnowYourBog #JustTranstion #peatlands #bogs

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

@ArdeeBog @forum_wetlands @PeatlandConserv @ArdeeSnapper @louth_network @LouthLocalDev @BOMaoileoin @b_r_y_o_n_y_ @dean_mcsound @katieholten A very fine bog! And here’s ours, our fingers crossed for restoration but it’s already wetter than it was now the main drain has a sluice gate in it to prevent the water pouring out. We should keep the bog talk going! @LindowMoss #saveourbogs

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 💚

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

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: ardeebog.org/events/earth-r… 3.30 – 5.30pm / Location: Studio 5, IMMA Ireland, Saturday 22 October. @katieholten

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

"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

@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!) 💚

What a privilege to bring these amazing pioneers to ⁦@IMMAIreland⁩ for #earthrising ⁦@nikicollierDes⁩ ⁦@ZBuncrana⁩ ⁦ @ICSAIreland⁩ organic farmer Fergal Byrne Percy Podger, Curragh Sheep farmer Newbridge to Newfoundland #wool news imma.ie/whats-on/earth…

"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. youtu.be/_CCMngoQdos

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.

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

@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. 💚

@ArdeeBog @repeatearth @forum_wetlands @PeatlandConserv @ArdeeSnapper @louth_network @LouthLocalDev @BOMaoileoin @b_r_y_o_n_y_ @dean_mcsound @katieholten You have a nice bog there, we are feeling a bit of #boglove for it 😀 we are currently fighting development on our local lowland raised bog, #restoration is our target, would love more of it to look a bit more like yours!