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Britain including Scotland, England, Wales and the Isle of Man has an estimated area of 48,619 km² of peatland. No single study has summarised the peatland area according to a single classification however the following peatland types occur; blanket bogs, nutrient rich fens, nutrient poor fen and raised bog.

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	Blanket bog landscape of Dartmoor near Princetown in Devon. Copyright Peter Foss 1999.
	Fox's Thor in the blanket bog landscape of Dartmoor in Devon. Copyright Peter Foss 1999.
	Raised bog pool with Sphagnum lawn in Scotland. Copyright Peter Foss 1999.
	Raised bog vegetation being invaded by birch on Flanders Moss, Scotland. Copyright Peter Foss 1999.
	Schoenus nigricans sloping fen on Aylesbeare Common, Devon. Copyright Peter Foss 1999.
	Interior view of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland over an intact stretch of Blanket Bog. Scotland is the world headquarters for blanket bog. The bog also supports internationally important numbers of Golden Plover, Greenshank and Dunlin. Photo: O. Duggan.

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