What better way to end a week than to be visited by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and Natural England.
The company was wonderful, the sun was shining and we spent the afternoon exchanging knowledge and taking a tour around BeadaMoss HQ.
Thank you Joe Carter, Sarah Pullein, Daniel Lines and Dave Blackham for coming and we look forward to seeing you again at the IUCN UK Peatland Programme conference in June!
Known for their long, down-curved bills, long legs and haunting ‘cur-lee’ call, we’re talking about Curlews as today is hashtag#WorldCurlewDay!
Unfortunately, due to a decline in the breeding population, Curlews are on the Red List on the UK Conservation Status Report, making them vulnerable, endangered waders in Britain. This is further exacerbated by drained and damaged peatlands, one of the main habitats in which Curlew breeding sites occur.
Focusing on peatland restoration will promote biodiversity and support the habitat that Curlew’s rely on from February to July. Planting Sphagnum stabilises peat surface and is a great way to produce the optimal environment for the development of native peatland communities.
For further information on peatland restoration and the work we’re doing at BeadaMoss, click the link below: https://lnkd.in/ePQxxWE2
We’ve been developing something exciting at BeadaMoss – a modified planting machine designed specifically for Sphagnum moss restoration.
Built from a vegetable planting system and adapted for peatland conditions, this machinery has the potential to:
Significantly increase planting speed
Operate without PTO or electricity
Free up skilled teams to focus on more complex terrain
Early upland trials have successfully handled tougher ground, including heather debris.
Now, we’re looking to take the next step.
We’re inviting partners to trial the machine in real-world restoration settings.
We’re particularly interested in:
Upland testing (including the three-row setup)
Higher-density planting approaches
Combined planting (e.g. Sphagnum + cotton grass)
This is a chance to:
Get early access to new restoration technology
Help shape the next iteration of the machine
Contribute to scaling peatland restoration in a meaningful way
If you’re working in restoration and would like to be involved, let’s talk.
Coming Autumn 2026 – BeadaMoss CPD training in the role of Sphagnum moss in Peatland Restoration.
Peatlands are one of the UK’s most important natural assets for carbon storage, water regulation, and biodiversity – yet many remain degraded and underperforming.
This Autumn, BeadaMoss will be launching a series of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 5hr in-person group sessions focused on the role of Sphagnum moss in peatland restoration projects.
Designed for policymakers, environmental consultancies, and restoration practitioners, these sessions will offer a practical, science-led insight into:
▪️Sphagnum biology and its role in peat formation
▪️Peatlands as integrated, functioning ecosystems
▪️The critical re-vegetation stage in restoration
▪️Environmental benefits including carbon sequestration, water management, and biodiversity
▪️Real-world project delivery, funding models, and emerging carbon markets
Delivered at our East Leake facility, the programme combines:
▪️Classroom learning
▪️Field-based observation
▪️Laboratory identification
As peatland restoration scales to meet net zero and biodiversity targets, understanding the role of vegetation – particularly Sphagnum – has never been more important.
If you’re interested in receiving further information, please send us a direct message or get in touch. (Sorry, we can’t offer places to individuals, Government bodies, academia, eNGO & corporates only)
We are pleased to share our new case study with our partners Region Hannover for their peatland restoration project on Totes Moor, Germany using our BeadaHumok® Sphagnum moss plugs.
The full case study can be found below and also on our Resources & Research page:
We’re celebrating World Wetlands Day today by shining the spotlight on our favourite type of wetland – peatlands. They provide crucial ecoservices such as promoting biodiversity, carbon storing and sequestration, flood and wildfire control, and water filtration to name a few.
Sphagnum moss, the dominant peat former, can store huge quantities of water in its cells, and can hold up to 20x its own weight in water. Re-wetting damaged peatlands and reintroducing Sphagnum is key to preventing further CO2 emissions being lost from exposed peat and to help restore peatlands to carbon-sequestering sinks.
BeadaMoss have just supplied their 25 millionth BeadaHumok® for peatland restoration across the UK and Northern Europe! 🎉
A huge thank you to all of our partners for enabling us to contribute and support the restoration of one of the world’s most important ecosystems, from upland bogs to lowland peatlands.
Please follow our LinkedIn page for further updates on the world of Sphagnum, including news of incredible peatland restoration projects, the latest academic studies and more.
For further information regarding our Sphagnum restoration work, click the link below: https://beadamoss.com/peatland-restoration-our-work/
On Monday, we swapped our desks for the bog and visited our partners, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and the Natural England Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve team, on Hatfield Moor. A big thank you to Joe Carter for giving us a fun and educational tour and to Julian Small, Natural England, for providing an insight into different approaches required for lowland bogs in comparison to blanket bogs. It helped to put what we do into perspective.
We wanted to highlight this recently published video from LIFE Moor Site, showcasing the peatland restoration in action across the Humberhead Peatlands, carried out by Natural England staff and dedicated volunteers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6iKE1-zKWU
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Our last day in the office will be Tuesday 23rd December before breaking up for the holidays. We’ll return on Monday 5th January 2026, ready to continue delivering our BeadaHumok® and moorland plug plants for more peatland restoration projects!
Kinder Scout was first planted with Sphagnum over a decade ago. Thanks to the hard work of Moors for the Future Partnership, the National Trust and many dedicated volunteers, Kinder has become a valuable demonstrator site for the benefits of upland peatland restoration. Before these interventions, the site was a net emitter of CO₂e.
Today, with millions of our BeadaHumok® Sphagnum moss plugs planted on Kinder Scout to accelerate Sphagnum establishment, it is sequestering carbon, supporting richer biodiversity, and delivering improved water management across the landscape.
We’re proud to play a part in such a transformational project: