Climate friendly gardening
There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.
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Change what you eat
Eat more plant-based foods, reduce your food waste and buy local produce to shrink your environmental footprint.
Change your energy use
Energy used in buildings accounted for around 20% of total UK emissions in 2022. Reducing your household energy use by switching to a renewable energy supplier or purchasing a heat pump will help…
Change how you travel
Reduce your travel emissions
Climate-proofing your home and garden
Just as the Great Fen is implementing Nature-based Solutions to combat our changing climate, we can all take action to help our gardens and wildlife adapt. Discover some quick wins to get started…
About the Great Fen
Explore more about the Great Fen and the restoration project benefiting nature and people.
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.
Common crane
As the UK’s tallest bird the common crane is instantly recognisable with the ruffle of tail feathers and very long legs. Their bugling call is also very distinctive.
Meadow crane's-bill
Meadow crane's-bill has striking violet flowers that pepper hay meadows, verges and grasslands with colour in summer. It is also a popular choice for gardeners and attracts a wide variety of…
Bloody crane's-bill
Bloody crane's-bill has striking magenta flowers that pepper our rare limestone pavements, grasslands and sand dunes with summer colour. It is a favourite of all kinds of insects, including…
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 hang out
In their busy lives Robin and David rarely get chance to meet up despite both living in Derbyshire. Cromford Canal is the perfect place for the brothers to spend quality time together.