Great Fen
@greatfen.org.uk
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. www.greatfen.org.uk
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Great Fen
@greatfen.org.uk
· Jan 7
⚠️There are roadworks ahead that will affect access to Holme Fen and New Decoy. The B660 will be closed for 8 weeks from 26th Jan (note website says 15th but contractors confirm 26th). Please also consider this detour if trying to reach us in Ramsey Heights from that direction. @wildlifebcn.org
The most wonderful day immersed in prehistoric textiles! Sally Pointer guided us through the history of cloth making, local plants to use and how to transform them into #cordage. We began #nalbinding (needle-binding), an endangered #heritagecraft, and made our own needles from antlers and flint!
February 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The most wonderful day immersed in prehistoric textiles! Sally Pointer guided us through the history of cloth making, local plants to use and how to transform them into #cordage. We began #nalbinding (needle-binding), an endangered #heritagecraft, and made our own needles from antlers and flint!
Don't miss the next Fens East Peat Partnership webinar. Monday 23 February: Lowland peat restoration – looking to the future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lowland-pe...
#PeatlandRestoration #lowlandpeat #conservation #FEPP #peatlands #FreeWebinar
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lowland-pe...
#PeatlandRestoration #lowlandpeat #conservation #FEPP #peatlands #FreeWebinar
Lowland peat restoration – looking to the future
This webinar looks at more key challenges to restoration from different perspectives and what next for lowland peat restoration
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Don't miss the next Fens East Peat Partnership webinar. Monday 23 February: Lowland peat restoration – looking to the future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lowland-pe...
#PeatlandRestoration #lowlandpeat #conservation #FEPP #peatlands #FreeWebinar
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lowland-pe...
#PeatlandRestoration #lowlandpeat #conservation #FEPP #peatlands #FreeWebinar
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🌱 How does Typha germinate – and why is this important for paludiculture?
Hydro-ecologist André Jansen explored Typha germination and its role in wet agriculture on rewetted peatlands.
📘 Result: the brochure “The Germination of Typha Species” – now available online.
Hydro-ecologist André Jansen explored Typha germination and its role in wet agriculture on rewetted peatlands.
📘 Result: the brochure “The Germination of Typha Species” – now available online.
February 4, 2026 at 6:52 AM
🌱 How does Typha germinate – and why is this important for paludiculture?
Hydro-ecologist André Jansen explored Typha germination and its role in wet agriculture on rewetted peatlands.
📘 Result: the brochure “The Germination of Typha Species” – now available online.
Hydro-ecologist André Jansen explored Typha germination and its role in wet agriculture on rewetted peatlands.
📘 Result: the brochure “The Germination of Typha Species” – now available online.
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Woodwalton Fen, the 2nd of 9 great places to see an amazing range of flies featured in our guide to #FliesofBritainandIreland due mid-Feb 2026. Pre-pub offer runs until 31 Jan - bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @rdimond.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Woodwalton Fen, the 2nd of 9 great places to see an amazing range of flies featured in our guide to #FliesofBritainandIreland due mid-Feb 2026. Pre-pub offer runs until 31 Jan - bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @rdimond.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Natural England have let us know that some paths are closed due to the wet weather at Woodwalton Fen NNR. Please follow diversions and stay on the paths. Thank you!
@wildlifebcn.org
@wildlifebcn.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Natural England have let us know that some paths are closed due to the wet weather at Woodwalton Fen NNR. Please follow diversions and stay on the paths. Thank you!
@wildlifebcn.org
@wildlifebcn.org
How can your cardboard recycling help you learn about the wildlife of the Great Fen? Come along to the Huntingdon Eco Fair at The Coneygear Centre to find out!
Friday 20th February 1-4pm
@wildlifebcn.org
#HuntingdonEcoFair #activitiesforkids #halftermfun #huntingdon #cardboardart
Friday 20th February 1-4pm
@wildlifebcn.org
#HuntingdonEcoFair #activitiesforkids #halftermfun #huntingdon #cardboardart
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM
How can your cardboard recycling help you learn about the wildlife of the Great Fen? Come along to the Huntingdon Eco Fair at The Coneygear Centre to find out!
Friday 20th February 1-4pm
@wildlifebcn.org
#HuntingdonEcoFair #activitiesforkids #halftermfun #huntingdon #cardboardart
Friday 20th February 1-4pm
@wildlifebcn.org
#HuntingdonEcoFair #activitiesforkids #halftermfun #huntingdon #cardboardart
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Love wildlife? 💚
Join The Wildlife Trust BCN this February and help protect local habitats! First 50 new members* (9th–27th Feb) get a free calendar. 🌿
👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/become-member
*T&Cs apply
Join The Wildlife Trust BCN this February and help protect local habitats! First 50 new members* (9th–27th Feb) get a free calendar. 🌿
👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/become-member
*T&Cs apply
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Love wildlife? 💚
Join The Wildlife Trust BCN this February and help protect local habitats! First 50 new members* (9th–27th Feb) get a free calendar. 🌿
👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/become-member
*T&Cs apply
Join The Wildlife Trust BCN this February and help protect local habitats! First 50 new members* (9th–27th Feb) get a free calendar. 🌿
👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/become-member
*T&Cs apply
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📸 Taken a great wildlife photo on one of our reserves? Yours could be our next header!
🗓 Deadline: 20 Feb
📧 [email protected]
📷 Blue Tit by Thomas Freer
🗓 Deadline: 20 Feb
📧 [email protected]
📷 Blue Tit by Thomas Freer
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
📸 Taken a great wildlife photo on one of our reserves? Yours could be our next header!
🗓 Deadline: 20 Feb
📧 [email protected]
📷 Blue Tit by Thomas Freer
🗓 Deadline: 20 Feb
📧 [email protected]
📷 Blue Tit by Thomas Freer
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💚 Wildlife + skills + fresh air = best day ever?! 🌞🌾
📆 18th February
📍 Lattersey Nature Reserve
🎯 Learn real conservation skills
Skill up, get muddy, make a difference! 🥾🌱✨
Book here 👉
www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
📆 18th February
📍 Lattersey Nature Reserve
🎯 Learn real conservation skills
Skill up, get muddy, make a difference! 🥾🌱✨
Book here 👉
www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
💚 Wildlife + skills + fresh air = best day ever?! 🌞🌾
📆 18th February
📍 Lattersey Nature Reserve
🎯 Learn real conservation skills
Skill up, get muddy, make a difference! 🥾🌱✨
Book here 👉
www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
📆 18th February
📍 Lattersey Nature Reserve
🎯 Learn real conservation skills
Skill up, get muddy, make a difference! 🥾🌱✨
Book here 👉
www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
Exciting opportunity for two keen conservationists to join our team on a six-month #traineeship. Thanks to PaluWise you can learn new skills, assist with monitoring surveys, practical conservation and community engagement. Share it far and wide!
#PeatlandRestoration #ConservationJobs
#PeatlandRestoration #ConservationJobs
📣 Get hands-on with conservation this spring! 🌾
We’re recruiting 2 Great Fen Monitoring Trainees to support exciting peatland restoration projects as part of the EU-funded PaluWise programme.
📆 Apply by Mon 2 March 2026, 9am
🔗 www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/great-f...
🌿🐦
@greatfen.org.uk
We’re recruiting 2 Great Fen Monitoring Trainees to support exciting peatland restoration projects as part of the EU-funded PaluWise programme.
📆 Apply by Mon 2 March 2026, 9am
🔗 www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/great-f...
🌿🐦
@greatfen.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Exciting opportunity for two keen conservationists to join our team on a six-month #traineeship. Thanks to PaluWise you can learn new skills, assist with monitoring surveys, practical conservation and community engagement. Share it far and wide!
#PeatlandRestoration #ConservationJobs
#PeatlandRestoration #ConservationJobs
An incredible start to the year for Youth Rangers: we welcomed four new team members! A great session cutting and transplanting willow whips. Making the most of the winter sunshine we also enjoyed walking the dragonfly trail. Saw stonechats, heard skylarks and found goat moth larvae burrows!
January 26, 2026 at 2:53 PM
An incredible start to the year for Youth Rangers: we welcomed four new team members! A great session cutting and transplanting willow whips. Making the most of the winter sunshine we also enjoyed walking the dragonfly trail. Saw stonechats, heard skylarks and found goat moth larvae burrows!
Attendees to Henry's Introduction to Raptor ID also got to enjoy this beautiful rainbow in the big skies of the Fens. Get Henry's top tips on species to be on the look out for in his latest blog, and see the stunning sunset this workshop also witnessed. www.greatfen.org.uk/blog/henry-s...
January 26, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Attendees to Henry's Introduction to Raptor ID also got to enjoy this beautiful rainbow in the big skies of the Fens. Get Henry's top tips on species to be on the look out for in his latest blog, and see the stunning sunset this workshop also witnessed. www.greatfen.org.uk/blog/henry-s...
Little Bugs is back on Wed 4th February and celebrating #WorldWetlandsDay! Join our first explore of the year. Discover which plants and animals are already waking for spring and live in our wetlands, make fun nature-themed crafts and enjoy story-time in our lovely nature reserve. @wildlifebcn.org
January 23, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Little Bugs is back on Wed 4th February and celebrating #WorldWetlandsDay! Join our first explore of the year. Discover which plants and animals are already waking for spring and live in our wetlands, make fun nature-themed crafts and enjoy story-time in our lovely nature reserve. @wildlifebcn.org
We plan to go ahead with Family #Stargazing tomorrow, though there's warning of cloud cover. Looks clearer earlier so we'll get you outside ASAP and have indoor activities for cloudier spells. Dress very warmly and bring a torch. Look out for our reminder email via Eventbrite. @wildlifebcn.org
January 23, 2026 at 11:08 AM
We plan to go ahead with Family #Stargazing tomorrow, though there's warning of cloud cover. Looks clearer earlier so we'll get you outside ASAP and have indoor activities for cloudier spells. Dress very warmly and bring a torch. Look out for our reminder email via Eventbrite. @wildlifebcn.org
The Huntingdon Eco Fair returns in half-term! Join us at the Coneygear Centre on Friday 20th February, 1-4pm. Have fun making nature-themed crafts with us, book in for the #repaircafe, bring seeds to swap and get loads of great ideas to help our planet! @wildlifebcn.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM
The Huntingdon Eco Fair returns in half-term! Join us at the Coneygear Centre on Friday 20th February, 1-4pm. Have fun making nature-themed crafts with us, book in for the #repaircafe, bring seeds to swap and get loads of great ideas to help our planet! @wildlifebcn.org
We're back for another fantastic Wildlife Week at Skylark Garden Centre this #halfterm! Packed with nature-themed crafts and a fun guided walk with scavenger hunt through the woodland. Free tickets & hot drink voucher for adults. @wildlifebcn.org skylarkgardencentre.digitickets.co.uk/tickets
January 19, 2026 at 11:22 AM
We're back for another fantastic Wildlife Week at Skylark Garden Centre this #halfterm! Packed with nature-themed crafts and a fun guided walk with scavenger hunt through the woodland. Free tickets & hot drink voucher for adults. @wildlifebcn.org skylarkgardencentre.digitickets.co.uk/tickets
🩵Time for a new kind of #BlueMonday! When nature makes blues this beautiful who can care about resolutions anyway? Share your favourite blues to lift everyone’s mood. @wildlifebcn.org #blueskymonday #brightbluemonday
January 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
🩵Time for a new kind of #BlueMonday! When nature makes blues this beautiful who can care about resolutions anyway? Share your favourite blues to lift everyone’s mood. @wildlifebcn.org #blueskymonday #brightbluemonday
🤔What season is it?? This pretty scabious outside our office is a little confused. It’s January not July! Have you seen any other unusual blooms this winter?
@wildlifebcn.org
#winterflowers #mildwinter #scabious #scabiosa
@wildlifebcn.org
#winterflowers #mildwinter #scabious #scabiosa
January 16, 2026 at 11:26 AM
🤔What season is it?? This pretty scabious outside our office is a little confused. It’s January not July! Have you seen any other unusual blooms this winter?
@wildlifebcn.org
#winterflowers #mildwinter #scabious #scabiosa
@wildlifebcn.org
#winterflowers #mildwinter #scabious #scabiosa
Silver birch isn't the ideal cover crop! Time for Tree Popper training with our fabulous Supported Steps volunteers and Peatland Progress trainees. Even the -1c temp didn't stop them smiling! An invaluable help. Thanks team! @wildlifebcn.org
January 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Silver birch isn't the ideal cover crop! Time for Tree Popper training with our fabulous Supported Steps volunteers and Peatland Progress trainees. Even the -1c temp didn't stop them smiling! An invaluable help. Thanks team! @wildlifebcn.org
Booping a snoot is proven to boost dopamine levels! Happy Moo-nday!
#ConservationGrazing #redpollcattle #boop #boopthesnoot #MondayMotivation #dopamine
@wildlifebcn.org
#ConservationGrazing #redpollcattle #boop #boopthesnoot #MondayMotivation #dopamine
@wildlifebcn.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Booping a snoot is proven to boost dopamine levels! Happy Moo-nday!
#ConservationGrazing #redpollcattle #boop #boopthesnoot #MondayMotivation #dopamine
@wildlifebcn.org
#ConservationGrazing #redpollcattle #boop #boopthesnoot #MondayMotivation #dopamine
@wildlifebcn.org
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🌿 Youth Rangers of the Fens 🌿
Free conservation skills workshop for ages 11–17 at The Great Fen, Ramsey.
🪚 Tool use
🌳 Tree management
🦋 Fenland wildlife ID
📅 Sat 24 Jan | 10am–1pm
🔗 wildlifebcn.org/events
Free conservation skills workshop for ages 11–17 at The Great Fen, Ramsey.
🪚 Tool use
🌳 Tree management
🦋 Fenland wildlife ID
📅 Sat 24 Jan | 10am–1pm
🔗 wildlifebcn.org/events
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
🌿 Youth Rangers of the Fens 🌿
Free conservation skills workshop for ages 11–17 at The Great Fen, Ramsey.
🪚 Tool use
🌳 Tree management
🦋 Fenland wildlife ID
📅 Sat 24 Jan | 10am–1pm
🔗 wildlifebcn.org/events
Free conservation skills workshop for ages 11–17 at The Great Fen, Ramsey.
🪚 Tool use
🌳 Tree management
🦋 Fenland wildlife ID
📅 Sat 24 Jan | 10am–1pm
🔗 wildlifebcn.org/events
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🦅 Learn to ID raptors with Henry Stanier online on 14 Jan!
🌤️ Optional Great Fen walk on 17 Jan.
Book here: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
#RaptorID #Birdwatching
🌤️ Optional Great Fen walk on 17 Jan.
Book here: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
#RaptorID #Birdwatching
January 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
🦅 Learn to ID raptors with Henry Stanier online on 14 Jan!
🌤️ Optional Great Fen walk on 17 Jan.
Book here: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
#RaptorID #Birdwatching
🌤️ Optional Great Fen walk on 17 Jan.
Book here: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
#RaptorID #Birdwatching
⚠️There are roadworks ahead that will affect access to Holme Fen and New Decoy. The B660 will be closed for 8 weeks from 26th Jan (note website says 15th but contractors confirm 26th). Please also consider this detour if trying to reach us in Ramsey Heights from that direction. @wildlifebcn.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
⚠️There are roadworks ahead that will affect access to Holme Fen and New Decoy. The B660 will be closed for 8 weeks from 26th Jan (note website says 15th but contractors confirm 26th). Please also consider this detour if trying to reach us in Ramsey Heights from that direction. @wildlifebcn.org
A big THANK YOU for supporting us this year! Whether you became a @wildlifebcn.org member, visited events, volunteered, donated, popped over for chat, litter picked, wrote to your MP, commented on or shared our socials, fundraised…. we are very grateful for the time you have given! See you in 2026!
December 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A big THANK YOU for supporting us this year! Whether you became a @wildlifebcn.org member, visited events, volunteered, donated, popped over for chat, litter picked, wrote to your MP, commented on or shared our socials, fundraised…. we are very grateful for the time you have given! See you in 2026!
What was your first wildlife of the day? This is a male winter moth (Operophtera brumata). One of the few moths active as adults over winter and able to cope with freezing temperatures. Who have you discovered today? @wildlifebcn.org @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What was your first wildlife of the day? This is a male winter moth (Operophtera brumata). One of the few moths active as adults over winter and able to cope with freezing temperatures. Who have you discovered today? @wildlifebcn.org @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social