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🌿 The Flow Country

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🌿 The Flow Country
Europe's largest continuous blanket bog and UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Scotland


🕐 4 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 08:00

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Covers approximately 4,000 square kilometres of blanket bog in Caithness and Sutherland, northern Scotland
  • One of the largest continuous peatland areas in the world, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018
  • Stores more carbon per hectare than forests and functions as a critical global carbon sink
  • Supports internationally important bird populations including golden plovers, hen harriers, and red-throated divers

The Flow Country is a vast expanse of blanket bog in northern Scotland, representing one of the world's ...

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