Delamere Forest consolidated "schwingmoor" in the process of colonisation by Scots pine. In addition to "Sphagnum" species, common sundew and the locally rare white sedge are present. The site is managed by Cheshire Wildlife Trust and forms part of the Midland Meres and Mosses Ramsar site. Linmer Moss () is unusual within Delamere Forest in having a fen environment which is not dominated by "Sphagnum" species. The vegetation is predominantly tussock sedge and reedmace. Marsh fern and white sedge, which are rare in Cheshire, are found here; other species include cuckooflower, marsh bedstraw, marsh cinquefoil and "Sphagnum squarrosum". The site has experienced
Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere The Rt Hon. Hugh George Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere (; born 18 January 1934), styled The Honourable Hugh George Cholmondeley from birth until 1979, is a British peer. He is a well-known figure in the evolution and development of post-colonial Kenya. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He owns the vast Soysambu Ranch in Kenya. Lord Delamere was the eldest son of The 4th Baron Delamere, whom he succeeded as baron in 1979. His mother was Phyllis Anne Montagu Douglas Scott, granddaughter of both The 6th Duke of Buccleuch and The 7th Duke of