Videos
How to monitor a moor...
How a Community Science monitoring site is set up.
MoorLIFE - bringing life back to the moors
How the MoorLIFE has worked to protect 2,500 hectares of Peak District and South Pennine Moorland.
Bumblebee sculpture - time lapse
A Community Science video showing the creation of a bumblebee sculpture in Chesterfield.
Conservation techniques - geotextiles
A MoorLIFE video showing why we cover steep sided slopes of bare peat with geotextile.
Conservation techniques - sphagnum moss
A MoorLIFE video showing why we spread Sphagnum moss on our sites across the Peak District and South Pennines.
Conservation techniques - gully blocking
A MoorLIFE video showing why we block erosion gullies and the types of dam we use across our programme of work.
Timelapse - coir logs
Coir logs are collected by helicopter and flown onto site for conservation work on the National Trust land on the Marsden Moor Estate.
Timelapse - heather bales
Heather bales are collected by helicopter and flown onto site for conservation work on the National Trust land on the Marsden Moor Estate
Conservation techniques - plug plants
A MoorLIFE video showing how and why we reintroduce native dwarf shrubs as part of our conservation works.
Timelapse - Hurricane Bertha
A time lapse camera on Bleaklow captured the rising water levels after the remains of hurricane Bertha passed over
Black Hill flyover
A flight over Black Hill in 2010 - in the first year of the MoorLIFE project
Bleaklow flyover
A flight over Bleaklow in 2010 - in the first year of the MoorLIFE project
Turley Holes flyover
A flight over Turley Holes in 2010 - in the first year of the MoorLIFE project
Rishworth common north flyover
A flight over Rishworth Common North in 2010 - in the first year of the MoorLIFE project
Rishworth & Blackstone Edge flyover
A flight over Rishworth Common South and Blackstone Edge in 2010 - in the first year of the MoorLIFE project
An introduction to the MoorLIFE Project
How we are bringing life back to 2,000 acres of Peak District and South Pennine moorland
Storm time lapse
Water levels rising on Bleaklow after a storm
Gully blocking time lapse
A day airlifting stone onto Kinder Scout to build dams
Earthrise on Bleaklow
Earthrise - Britain's bog rescue, broadcast on Al Jazeera English
Salter's Brook gully blocking
Flying over Salter's Brook to view the gully blocking works, part of the Natural England Conservation Plans Project. (Winter 2011)
Airlifting at Salter's Brook
Helicopters used to transport materials used to block eroded gullies at Salters Brook on Bleaklow, winter 2011.
Gullies are blocked to prevent further erosion and provide conditions for vegetation to grow back. This work is part of the Natural England Conservation Plans Project.
Airlifting heather cuttings onto Bleaklow
Airlifting heather cuttings from Glossop Low for spreading on eroded peat on Bleaklow, winter 2011. Part of the MoorLIFE project.
What is Moors for the Future?
Christopher Dean, Moors for the Future Project Manager answers the question 'What is the Moors for the Future project?'
Moorland restoration in progress
Spreading heather brash to encourage the regrowth of vegetation on bare peat to help restore areas of degraded moorland in the Peak District.
MoorLIFE Monitoring video
We are undertaking a monitoring programme to determine the success of the conservation works. As well as looking at how well vegetation establishes on the bare peat, we have started to monitor the hydrology and peat erosion / accumulation rates to see how these change following the works.
Dog owners
The Paws on the Moors website is here to help you find out how you and your dog can enjoy and protect the Peak District moorland landscape, its wildlife and livestock.
Moors for the Future?
