RSPB Peatland Restoration: Waun Fraith, Y Migneint

Description

RSPB Cymru is looking to appoint a contractor to deliver works on Y Migneint to the South West of Llyn Conwy. The contractor will be using excavators on bog boards to raise water tables across blanket bog by blocking drainage ditches, gullies and peat pipes with peat and reprofiling peat hags . The site has areas of severely degraded blanket bog. Pressures from historical management and climate change have produced conditions in which much of the peatland within the site is not currently functioning at its peak ecological, economic or social capital. Located within the Y Migneint SSSI, the site has fantastic potential to return to contributing to a landscape that supports rare and priority species. The site has historically been extensively drained and burned and the deeply eroded channels and none bog communities of plants on deep peat indicates this. Works planned to block draining features will support aims to not only ensure that the habitat is in favourable condition and not emitting carbon, but to ensure it underpins a healthy and resilient peatland ecosystem. This resilience includes water provision and storage, resilience to stochastic events such as wildfire, in combination with its cultural and visual value and support for biodiverse ecosystems. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=168542. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.