Looking for the blanket bog on Heather Hill

Went for a walk to Heather Hill on Widdop Moor/Walshaw Moor to find out what  blanket bog looks like, since I’ve been hearing quite a lot about it recently.

We couldn’t find very much, because most of it was very degraded. And what there we did find was very species poor. But the photo below shows a small patch we came across.

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