We're shooting a new project with SilverShark Media.

Jason Evans at SilverShark has brought Fleur and Carney in on an exciting new climate related science show.  This weekend we've been shooting at the stunning Whixall Moss in Shropshire.  The crew, including the talented Rob Marish, trekked out across the moorland to study The Marches Mosses. 

Working with Natural England and researchers from the University of Birmingham, Jason's team are digging deep in the marshes to unearth the truth about the impacts of life on earth.

With permission from Natural England (and clearance from the RAF) Carney scrambled the DJI drones to capture stunning aerial footage of the beautiful and important site straddling England and Wales. 

2021 marks thirty years since Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses (collectively “The Marches Mosses”) were designated as a National Nature Reserve. Prior to 1991, the peatlands located south west of Whitchurch, were drained, reduced in size and damaged by commercial peat cutting. Their remote location and relative inaccessibility made them an ideal place for practice shooting ranges in the First World War and a decoy site for German bombers to target during the Second World War.

But, the Mosses (which also include Cadney Moss and the Shropshire Wildife Trust owned Wem Moss) are a dramatically disappearing habitat and by the end of the 1980s, it was becoming clear that their protection was of national importance. For thirty years, the NNR has been cared for by Natural England (previously English Nature), who, under the guidance of Reserve Manager Dr Joan Daniels have worked to restore the peatland to its former condition.