On a day like today with lots of bright sunshine and fluffy clouds, the black peat peppered with white cotton grass makes the whole place look even more spectacular.
In the distance, you can see Winter Hill and Rivington but the vista is flat in between so the 114 hectares is all that your eye can take in. Then, there is the sky.
The mosses between Salford, Liverpool, Wigan and Warrington, are known locally as Big Sky Country.
Willow Warbler: Lancashire Wildlife trust, local groups and the Lancashire Peatlands Initiative intends have done a fantastic job bringing this place back to life by covering ditches, planting vegetation, and creating bog pools.
In recent days ring ouzel, whinchat, hobby and marsh harrier have all been observed. Today I had a gropper which gave me the runaround, never fully showed itself and five yellow wags in the fields to the west of the site.
