Royal approval for rare bog work
The Duke of Edinburgh watched with interest as volunteers restored a rare bog on the Queen’s Sandringham estate.
Philip, who appeared to have recovered from exploratory abdominal surgery, chatted with the conservationists at Dersingham Bog, the most intact example of an acid valley mire or bog in East Anglia, and one of the last remaining fragments of lowland heathland in south-east England. The workers were from The Conservation Volunteers, a national charity which encourages people and communities to transform their health, prospects and outdoor places by getting involved with projects.
Philip is the organisation’s patron and watched as the volunteers worked at coppicing, rhododendron clearing and restoration work on the mire.