Blawhorn Moss National Nature Reserve boardwalk, Blackridge, 31 March 2022
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Blawhorn Moss National Nature Reserve boardwalk, Blawhorn Moss, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom 31 March 2022: New boardwalk extension officially opened by NatureScot board member Dr Heather Reid and pupils from Blackridge Primary School. Blawhorn NNR manager Amee Hood, voluntary warden Billy Craig, Rob Forest CEO GreenPower and local councillors are present for the opening. Dr Heather Reid is a science education consultant and former weather forecaster with the Met Office and BBC Scotland.
Drumdruff Wind Farm (GreenPower & Thrive Renewables) provided 70% of funding to extend the boardwalk. Volunteers and Oatridge Rural College students laid over a thousand anti-slip strips. Blawhorn Moss wilderness is a rare survivor of the raised and blanket peat bogs which once covered much of Central Scotland.
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