Raised bog (Ecosystems 🏞️)

Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens, are exclusively fed by precipitation and from mineral salts introduced from the air. They thus represent a special type of bog, hydrologically, ecologically and in terms of their development hist...

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The never-ending grey drizzle continued during the weekend but I managed to get out and catch the few rays of light that were available.
Hønning Mose was a new spot that I have been meaning to visit, and I think it will be a new favorurite haunt for next years insect hunts.

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