Loving the Landscape
Landscape Photographer Jamie Overland wants everyone to appreciate the stunning treescape of the silver birch woods at Holme Fen as much as he does. He's been inviting other photographers to…
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A partnership in landscape restoration
Hear from Reserve Manager, Tristan Colaco, how Natural England and Wildlife Trust reserves teams have been working together this spring to further the landscape restoration.
About the Great Fen
Explore more about the Great Fen and the restoration project benefiting nature and people.
Bioacoustics reveals more about the Great Fen soundscape.
A ghostly vision of the silent hunter in the Great Fen. But the barn owl may not be quite as stealthy as you think if you have never ever heard it screech! Bioacoustics is aiding ecological…
My history lesson
Lancashire Wildlife Trust is working with Moorfield Primary school in Irlam to deliver both indoor and outdoor education on the mossland habitat. This includes the history of the area, and the…
Common hawthorn
In May, our hedgerows burst into life as common hawthorn erupts with creamy-white blossom, colouring the landscape and giving this thorny shrub its other name of 'May-tree'.
Common cotton-grass
The fluffy, white heads of common cotton-grass dot our brown, boggy moors and heaths as if a giant bag of cotton wool balls has been thrown across the landscape!
Bracken
Our most familiar fern, bracken can be found growing in dense stands on hillsides, moorland, heathland and in woodlands. It is very large and dies back in winter, turning the landscape orangey-…
How to stop and start time
Sarah Smith, artist and Councillor with Doncaster Council, joined colleagues to tour the Great Fen and learn more about protecting this beautiful landscape.
Brimstone
One of the joys of a spring day is watching a fluttering, lemon-yellow brimstone alight on a flower - an early sign that the seasons are changing. It is commonly spotted in gardens, woodland and…
Great Changes in the Great Fen
Helen Bailey shares some of the changes she has seen during her time at the Great Fen whilst working as a Restoration/Reserves Officer.
Nofence arrives in the Great Fen
Senior Reserves Officer Nicky Hennessy introduces the new technology benefiting our conservation grazers and the landscape.