Take a closer look and you'll find a wealth of tiny jewel-like plants and animals that thrive on our Mosses.
Much of the valley of the Forth used to be peatland. Although we have now lost most of it, there are still vestiges of this rare and important habitat in the Inner Forth, at Wester Moss, near Fallin. The Moss supports a small but precious range of plants and animals that can only survive on a healthy bog, including sundews, cotton grass, large heath butterflies and argent and sable moths.
Much of the valley of the Forth used to be peatland. Although we have now lost most of it, there are still vestiges of this rare and important habitat in the Inner Forth, at Wester Moss, near Fallin. The Moss supports a small but precious range of plants and animals that can only survive on a healthy bog, including sundews, cotton grass, large heath butterflies and argent and sable moths.
Hare's Tail Cottongrass
When: Year round, flowering in spring and summer
Sphagnum Moss
When: Year round
Heather
When: Year round, flowers in summer and autumn
Hieroglyphic ladybird
When: Mainly summer
Common Hawker Dragonfly
When: June - September
Large heath butterfly
When: June - August
Round-leaved Sundew
When: June - August