Hatfield Moors
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Hatfield Moors (
notified in 1954. The site is managed by Natural England
.
In The Gentleman's Magazine 31 August 1727, George Stovin made reference to Hatfield Moor: "Here is great plenty of furze buſhes, and variety of game, ſuch as hares, foxes, kites, eagles, curlews, ducks and geeſe; there is no houſe or cottage near it, and but a few old oaks, fallows, and birch; the ſouse is a little ſtud-bound one, and ſeems ready to fall".[1]
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Hatfield Moors is the remaining part of a once more extensive raised bog in the
pine, a reflection on the local availability of the tree at the time it was built.[3]
On drier patches plants include the dwarf shrubs
nightingale, nightjars and three species of owl. The running water in the drainage ditches provides habitat for twelve species of pondweed, greater bladderwort, arrowhead and the nationally uncommon short-leaved water starwort.[4]
See also
References
- ^ The gentleman's magazine. 1747. p. 23.
- ^ "Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration". JNCC. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Hatfield Trackway and Platform, Hatfield Moors, South Yorkshire". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Hatfield Moors citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 March 2020.