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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If you enjoyed Apple Day, you're going to love what we have on offer this year! Our Apple and Harvest Fair is being held with Ramsey's Rural Museum and Walled Garden. We'll have more food, entertainment, activities - don't miss it! wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-…
Our brand new traineeships are open for applications!! On this paid, 6-month programme, we are looking for two people, age 18-25, to join the Communities and Education Team at the Great Fen as part of our National Lottery-funded project, #PeatlandProgress.
ALT Interns and Young People's Forum members sit with Wildlife Trust staff on the steps of Rothschild Bungalow at Woodwalton Fen
Learn new skills and discover a wide variety of conservation careers by meeting and working with colleagues across the Trust. Are you highly motivated with a desire to learn about the conservation sector and an interest in the natural heritage of the Great Fen? Apply today!
ALT Young woman sits looking surprised at a moth on her finger
ALT Communities staff showing children pictures of wildlife
ALT Young women helping on a newt survey with our Monitoring and Research Officer
Apply for this #conservation #traineeship at wildlifebcn.org/jobs/peatlan…
Closing date 8th September.
#LivingWage #JobOpportunity #ConservationTraining
Glad we didn't lose Henry in there! What a superstar getting stuck in to the surveys so enthusiastically.
Over the last two weeks I’ve been helping with the Water Vole surveys @wildlifebcn @greatfen.
It’s been quite challenging, but lots of fun! I’ll share a serious post about it soon, but you might like these funny videos of my surveys!
A new and exciting free Summer School for 14-18yo interested in furniture design, material science, architecture... Don't miss the last few spaces! @wildlifebcn @storeprojects @HeritageFundUK
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🙌August events are here!
😍There is so much to do across our patch.
Browse & book at wildlifebcn.org/events
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The Marsh Harrier is certainly a beacon of success in our wildlife habitat restoration and protection. Still an amber-list species, it's vital their preferred reedbed habitats are conserved and expanded.
The wildlife of our wonderful wetlands on your way to work? Listen now! #podcast #naturepodcast #inconservation
🌿Join host Sophie as she chats to Monitoring & Research Officer @greatfen Henry Stanier, about the wildlife that can be found colonising, & recolonising, our huge wetland restoration project in Cambs.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts 👇 wildlifebcn.org/podcast
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Dragons abound at the @GreatFen! It's fantastic to record yet another site at the Fen for the newly arrived #SouthernMigrantHawker #dragonfly. This stunning blue male #insect is one of those #colonising the #reedbeds at the #Fen.
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🌍 Don’t Beat Around the Peat!
#Peatlands store more carbon than #forests — but are under threat.
Discover how Europe can protect them via long‑term policy, stakeholder action, and #sustainable practices like #paludiculture 👉 ceeweb.org/article.php?id=83…
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Farming in UK lowland peat areas? Take this survey docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… to help us understand your constraints/opps & drive future research & grower advice #LowlandPeat #Paludiculture #TheFens #FenlandAgriculture
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Tomorrow is #NationalColouringBookDay! (Well, maybe only in the US. But who needs a special day?) Here are our favourite #WildlifeWatch animal masks for you to print out, colour and wear. The more colourful, the better. Share a photo if you make one! #nationalcoloringbookday
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Great Fen joining European ‘wet farming’ trial #paludiculture #fens #peatland
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A section of the Great Fen in Cambridgeshire will be one of only four sites selected across Europe to trial 'wet farming' techniques as part of an innovative project.
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Great example of @HeritageFundUK working with conservation experts @wildlifebcn to fund this paludiculture project to help save habitats, species and soils of The Fens. Supporting great ideas thanks to everyone who plays the National Lottery. @HeritageFundL_S
A section of the Great Fen in Cambridgeshire will be one of only four sites selected across Europe to trial 'wet farming' techniques as part of an innovative project.
birdguides.com/news/great-fe…