The Skiddaw Forest scheme is funded by a £520,000 grant Work has started on a project to restore 435 hectares (1,077 acres) of damaged peatland.♪

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Cumbria Wildlife Trust will carry out the work in Skiddaw Forest where it will also repair a 6km (3.7-mile) boundary fence.♪

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The forest is home to one of the largest continuous areas of blanket bog in the Lake District and acts as a huge carbon store.♪

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Peatland team manager for the trust Susie Webb said: "Once improved, the peatlands will also slow the flow of water off the fells, which will help protect local communities downstream from flooding and will benefit a huge variety of wildlife."♪

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The project is expected to take between three and four months but public access to Skiddaw Forest won't be affected.♪

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Webb said: "We expect to see an increase in specialist plants such as sundews and sphagnum mosses and greater numbers of dragonflies.♪

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"Birds such as snipe, which live on wet grassland, marshes and moorlands, will benefit from the rewetted ground."♪

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