The Meres and Mosses are a natural area of England defined by Natural England and its predecessor bodies as statutory regulators for the natural environment of England. This region in the northwest part of the English Midlands coincides broadly with the Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire National Character Area (NCA) 61.[1]
A Ramsar site was designated in May 1994 covering 16 sites across this region, with a total area of 510.88 hectares, and known as the 'Midland Meres and Mosses Phase 1'. Over 60 individual water bodies or meres are recognised within the designation alongside a lesser number of peatland sites.[2] Phase 2 of the Ramsar designation included Rostherne Mere on the northern margin of this area. A handful of similar meres and mosses are located close by in eastern Wales, notably in Welsh Maelor, within the modern borough of Wrexham.
^"NCA Profile: 61 Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain (NE556)". Natural England. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^"Information sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS)" (PDF). JNCC. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
total area of 510.88 hectares, and known as the 'Midland MeresandMosses Phase 1'. Over 60 individual water bodies or meres are recognised within the designation...
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the SSSIs fall within the MeresandMosses natural area, which covers the bulk of the county, extending into Shropshire and Staffordshire to the south...
sundew and the locally rare white sedge are present. The site is managed by Cheshire Wildlife Trust and forms part of the Midland MeresandMosses Ramsar...
ago, filled with water, forming the meresandmosses characteristic of the area today. In some cases, like Risley Moss, peat accumulation filled the depression...
hectares (30 acres) of grassland and woodland on the banks of the River Severn. It lies within easy reach of the meresandmosses landscape of north Shropshire...
Martin Mere 1.2 28 November 1985 Medway Estuary and Marshes Kent 46.97 15 December 1993 Mersey Estuary 50.33 20 December 1995 Midland MeresandMosses (Phase 1)...
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conservation and sustainable use of wetlands, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific, and recreational...
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retrieved 4 July 2013. MeresandMosses. "Brown Moss". Date retrieved 8 July 2013. BBC News Shropshire.(Unknown)."Nature Features Brown Moss". Date retrieved...
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result of the retreat of the last ice age. It differs from other ponds andmeres in the region because it sits on the route of the River Sow, the flow...
Sound Heath (accessed 9 April 2010) English Nature: Natural Areas 27: MeresandMosses (27 February 1998) Archived 6 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine...
Nature: SSSI units for Bickerton Hill English Nature: Natural Areas 27: MeresandMosses (27 February 1998). Retrieved 10 April 2010 Cheshire Region Biodiversity...
Scientific Interest, due to its internationally important series of meresandmosses, and "the last remaining site in Cheshire for the small pearl-bordered...
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Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants". Appalachian Journal. 46: 276–277. Moore, Kathleen Dean (2013). "Review: Rooted in Mosses". The Bryologist...
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