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SITE NOTES
WYBUNBURY MOSS // SOUTH CHESHIRE
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This year, I will be Wybunbry
A floating peatbog. Glacial. Time floats on a swinging platform, hosting life.
Wybunbury Moss is a National Nature Reserve managed by Natural England and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, rich in natural life and a reminder of the glacial pace of time. It is a Schwingmoor – a German word for ‘swinging bog’ – as the peat bog floats on a basin of water. It is one of four sites that comprise the West Midlands Mosses Special Area of Conservation (SAC).
Captured during a guided tour by Jenni Tibbetts of Natural England, this film is inspired by the Environmental Storytelling project at Keele University, led by Dr Pawas Bisht with Prof Ceri Morgan.
The poetry is led by the terminology I learned on this visit. Naming nature gives us a focus – specificity of the ecology we need to preserve and care for.
RESPONSE
MERES & MOSSES #1: Wybunbury Moss