Danes Moss Nature Reserve
Danes Moss Nature Reserve is a nature reserve south of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. A Site of Special Scientific Interest, it is managed by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust.
Danes Moss is a lowland raised bog, a rare and threatened habitat in the United Kingdom. The SSSI citation describes it as "the largest example in Cheshire of a cut-over raised mire...a valuable example of a habitat now rare in lowland England", noting that the peat is up to deep, a substantial thickness. Seven species of Sphagnum moss are found here. Locally uncommon plants include round-leaved sundew, marsh cinquefoil, bottle sedge, common lousewort and fen bedstraw and the nationally rare Labrador-tea.
The reserve is also known for its insects. Eleven species of dragonflies and damselflies have been recorded, including the black darter and the four-spotted chaser. They are joined by 19 species of butterfly, including the green hairstreak.