Volunteer WeekendHelp Us Restore Hatfield Moors

6th – 8th March 2026

Join us — Everyone is welcome

Join us for a friendly, conservation-focused volunteer weekend at the beautiful 180-acre Lindholme Hall Estate and help restore the Hatfield Moor — one of the UK’s most biodiverse and ecologically important landscapes.

Together, we’ll be supporting the regeneration of a landscape that is home to over 5,500 species of plants, animals and insects, and one of the planet’s most powerful natural carbon stores.

Event Details

Friday 6th – Sunday 8th March 2026
Friday & Saturday: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Sunday: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
📍 Gomde UK Lindholme Hall Estate Hatfield Woodhouse Doncaster DN7 6DT

Hot drinks provided.

If staying for a full session, please bring a packed lunch.

You are very welcome to come for a single session or all three days. No experience is needed — full practical guidance will be offered throughout.

For directions and travel information, please visit:
How to find Gomde

What Will Happen on the Day?

Over the past year, sphagnum moss — a tiny but mighty peat-forming plant — has been carefully grown from small native samples in our on-site moss nursery, known as the Mossery.

Now it’s ready to harvest.

During the weekend, volunteers will:
- Harvest sphagnum moss grown in the Mossery
- Sort and prepare mixed-species moss bundles
- Help ready the moss for replanting onto Hatfield Moor

You’ll receive a simple introduction to Hatfield Moor and the restoration work taking place here, along with guidance throughout the session. The tasks are practical and hands-on, and there will of course be time for a cup of tea, a chat, and the opportunity to enjoy the fresh air and beautiful surroundings.

The moss prepared during this weekend will be replanted onto the wider moors in spring by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust volunteers as part of wider restoration work to help regenerate damaged areas of the peatlands.

Why This Work Matters

Although peatlands cover only a small percentage of UK land, they store four times more carbon than all of the UK’s forests combined.

When healthy, they:
- Lock away carbon
- Reduce flood risk
- Support rare plants, birds and insects

When damaged, they release carbon back into the atmosphere.

Hatfield Moor was heavily impacted by decades of industrial peat extraction. While much progress has been made, key peat-forming mosses have struggled to re-establish naturally.

Your support can help reverse long-term damage and protect this unique landscape for future generations, helping to tackle climate change while restoring habitats for hundreds of species.

What Is the Mire Emergency Project?

The Mire Emergency Project is a volunteer-led effort to restore the peatlands of Hatfield Moor.

Led by the Lindholme Old Moor Management Group (LOMM) — a dedicated collaboration of volunteer ecologists and naturalists who have worked on the Humberhead Levels for nearly 40 years — the project propagates sphagnum moss in a purpose-built nursery on the Lindholme Estate.

With hundreds of volunteer hours already contributed, the Mossery is now producing healthy and established moss colonies ready to replant back onto the moors — helping to rebuild healthy peat-forming systems from the ground up.

It is practical, hopeful climate action — rooted in collaboration and care for the land and nature.


This project has been made possible thanks to the support of Natural England, Nature for Climate Fund, and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.

To learn more about our wider environmental work, please visit:
Environmental Action

How to Register

Please let us know if you would like to join us by sending an email to:
Louise Hill
Email: louise.a.hill@gmail.com
Subject Line: Mossery Volunteer Weekend

Whether you join for an hour or the whole weekend, your support will help protect biodiversity, restore peatlands, and help safeguard the future of the Moors for this and future generations.

We would be delighted if you could join us!