On the 5th of April the WETSCAPES consortium spent an animated field day visiting the first five of the future study areas (drained and rewetted coastal inundation peatland, drained and rewetted alder carr, rewetted percolation mire) and settling the final location of the sampling sites.

A few days later a slightly smaller group also finalized the sampling location for the drained percolation mire site. Since these locations represent the main investigation objects for the next four years, it was important to choose sites that suited the purposes of all Wetscapes groups. The sites were especially checked for their peat properties by coring the uppermost soil layers, since processes in the peat are the main focus of the Wetscapes project. After this very satisfying field site scouting, the next step is to get the first field installations out in the end of April.

Dr. Anke Günther

(23-04-17)