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Abbey Polymers were pleased to give their support to the preservation of Gun Moor a nature reserve, by making a financial contribution. 

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has until 26th March 2021 to raise the remaining funds which will protect the conservation & ecology of Gun Moor.

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Gun Moor is probably Staffordshire’s most important site for bog asphodel and cranberry. Gun Moor also contains a really good number of red-listed bird species of conservation priority in the UK including, cuckoo, lesser redpoll (a particularly rare breeder in Staffordshire now), skylark, woodcock, linnet, grasshopper warbler, spotted flycatcher and tree pipit. In fact, it contains the majority of key upland species in just the one site as species like red grouse, stonechat, redstart, whitethroat, willow warbler & meadow pipit are also present.

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Snipe have been recorded previously; to encourage them to breed, the habitat needs a bit of recovery through an appropriate grazing regime, something the Wildlife Trust intends to address. Mammals such as Red deer & brown hare can be seen sharing Gun Moor with all the other flora and fauna native to this area.