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A 12,000-year-old peat habitat is being cleared of spruce trees in the fight against climate change.

A vertical mulcher machine is used to clear trees during the restoration of an ancient bog near Kielder Water in Northumberland. The ancient habitat, known as the Border Mires, is under threat from encroaching trees which are being removed as part of a A TIMBER harvester that chips a tree from top to bottom in just a few seconds is being used by Forestry England to speed up restoration of one of the UK’s most important peat habitats. The Border Mires is a network of 55 sphagnum bogs covering 2,800 hectares of Kielder Forest and now, cutting edge technology is playing its part in the for...

Machines that munch through trees in seconds are being used to speed up the restoration process in one of the UK’s most important peat habitats. Demand for timber in the post-war era saw spruce planted in the unique Border Mires network near Kielder Water in Northumberland, with drainage put in to help them grow. That dried out the nationally important sphagnum bog and the tree cover blocked out light in an environment where rare plant species should thrive. The mires, formed 12,000 years ago as the Ice Age ended, were also a useful hideout in the 17th century for Scottish cattle rustlers w...

Nine-tonne mulcher clearing spruce to restore 12,000-year-old Northumberland peat bog

MACHINES that munch through trees in seconds are being used to speed up the restoration process in one of the UK’s most important peat habitats.