Whixall Moss

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lowland raised bog nature reserve peat bog wetland habitat

Whixall Moss is a large lowland raised peat bog and nature reserve on the England–Wales border, renowned for its rare wildlife and important wetland habitats.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bettisfield Moss	1
Whixall Moss canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lowland raised bog ⓘ nature reserve ⓘ peat bog ⓘ wetland habitat ⓘ
contributesTo	biodiversity conservation ⓘ carbon storage ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
habitatFor	bog-mosses (Sphagnum spp.) ⓘ damselflies ⓘ dragonflies ⓘ rare wildlife ⓘ specialist peatland plants ⓘ wading birds ⓘ
hasConservationStatus	National Nature Reserve ⓘ Site of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	bog ⓘ peatland ⓘ
hasFeature	heath and mire vegetation ⓘ peat deposits ⓘ wet bog pools ⓘ
hasInternationalDesignation	Ramsar site (as part of Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses) NERFINISHED ⓘ Special Area of Conservation (as part of Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPublicAccess	yes ⓘ
hasTrails	waymarked paths ⓘ
knownFor	important wetland habitats ⓘ lowland raised peat bog habitat ⓘ rare wildlife ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Shropshire ⓘ Wales ⓘ
locatedNear	Ellesmere NERFINISHED ⓘ Whixall NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrexham NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	England–Wales border NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Natural England NERFINISHED ⓘ Natural Resources Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearFeature	Llangollen Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ Prees Branch of the Llangollen Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses NERFINISHED ⓘ Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	habitat restoration projects ⓘ
threatenedBy	drainage ⓘ historical peat extraction ⓘ
usedFor	nature conservation ⓘ recreation ⓘ scientific research ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses → hasPart → Whixall Moss ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bettisfield Moss