
Great Fen
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The Great Fen project is one of the most exciting habitat restoration projects ever undertaken in Britain. It will create a 3,700 hectare wetland. @wildlifebcn
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http://www.greatfen.org.uk 19-11-2009 16:58:49
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If you missed any of The Wildlife Trusts Groundswell stage sessions #FarmingWithNature - on lowland peat, smart farm data, skills and advice, nutrients, being beaver ready, making the case for regen and more....you can watch them already! 👇👇👇. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Our NorPol Rural Crime Team officers are appealing for information after a sand martin nesting bank was destroyed at at Otter Lake, at the The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants's Nene Wetlands nature reserve in Rushden, on Tuesday, June 24. Please call 101 with any info. More: orlo.uk/ZliwC




This week, we took the Holme Fen Posts to Groundswell! See how far the land level at Holme Fen has fallen since drainage began. #groundswell25 #holmefen #peatland #handmade #soil #soilhealth #SoilScience #peat #peatshrinkage The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants Natural England West Anglia Team The Wildlife Trusts

Another busy week topped with a very full day with HRH The Duke of Gloucester The Royal Family who as patron of the AlmshouseAssociation opened lovely new houses in Great Shelford & met residents. We then went to Fulbourn to celebrate Cheffins Fine Art Cheffins Machinery & Vintage Cheffins Property


Come and see us at Ely Folk Festival this weekend! We'll be bringing all our favourite nature crafts to keep you and the children entertained as you wait for or enjoy the music. The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants


What an incredible sequence! This beautiful furrow orb-weaver had a very successful hunting session at Woodwalton Fen. Photographer Jan Dobson was able to capture not one, but two azure damselflies being hauled up in silk to her curled-leaf retreat! The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants BAS

What a blissful place to be on a hot day! Just imagining being in the shade of the trees and looking over the mere is cooling. That bramble photo is so full of action too. Have you got a favourite spot at Holme Fen? Natural England West Anglia Team The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants

Henry Global Birdfair Osprey Leadership Foundation The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants RSPB Rebecca Speight Bat Conservation Trust National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP) Well done at Global Birdfair Henry. Thanks for your recent help in explaining our #ecological #monitoring at @GreatFen, to His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester; supported by the #GreatCrestedNewts and #KingDivingBeetles. Great opportunities and great experiences for you.

When you're thinking Fen tigers, you're probably imagining the rebels of the reeds, tearing down dykes, ditches and sluices to halt drainage work! Henry Stanier has been tracking tigers and elephants of a different nature... greatfen.org.uk/blog/henry-sta… The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants


