Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve

About

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve is a forest in north. Established 1953. (Nature reserve in England and Wales.) According to Wikipedia: "Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve (NNR) which straddles the border between England and Wales, near Whixall and Ellesmere in Shropshire, England and Bettisfield in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It comprises three peat bogs, Bettisfield Moss, Fenn's Moss and Whixall Moss. With Wem Moss and Cadney Moss, they are collectively a Site of Special Scientific Interest called The Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem & Cadney Moss Complex and form Britain's third-largest lowland raised bog, covering 2,388 acres (966 ha). The reserve is part of the Midland Meres and Mosses, an Important Plant Area which was declared a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention in 1997. It is also a European Special Area of Conservation."

Coordinates

52.9220, -2.7646

Established

1953

Sources

• osm: r17708223 (ODbL)
• wikipedia: Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• commons: Lake on Whixall Moss - geograph.org.uk - 762733.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)