Talks & Educational Visits
The Project is keen to hold talks and meetings with local residents and also encourage school and other educational activities. To Contact the project click here.
Events
All events are at The Wildlife Trust Countryside Centre at Ramsey Heights (also known as the Countryside Classroom) unless otherwise stated.
To book your place on an event or for more information, including directions and access information, please get in touch with the Great Fen team on 01487 815524, or email info@greatfen.org.uk.
Map and directions to the Wildlife Trust Countryside Centre at Ramsey Heights
Family Events.
The Great Fen team hold family events during school holidays.
Wildlife Watch - a club for children aged 8-11.
Community Events, Walks and Talks
Learning Opportunities for school children, community groups and adults
Family Events
To book your place on an event or for more information, including directions and access information, please get in touch with the Great Fen team on 01487 815524/710240, or email info@greatfen.org.uk .
Cost: Suggested donation £2.50 per person or £6 a family.
Winter Wildlife
Wednesday 15 February , 1.30-4.00pm
Explore the nature reserve in winter and find out how wildlife is surviving the cold.
Signs of Spring
Wednesday 15 February , 1.30-4.00pm
Join us in a quest for new life; find out if the apple and plum trees on the reserve are covered in blossom, watch out for butterflies, look for signs that mammals have woken from their slumbers and listen for bird song.
Summer in the Fens
Wednesday 6 April, 1.30-4.00pm
Find out what is living in the meadow and on other parts of the reserve at this family event for half term.
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Great Fen Wildlife Watch
Meets on the third Saturday of the month.
10am -12noon.
Usually at the Wildlife Trust Countryside Centre
At the Wildlife Watch club, there are a wide range of fun activities, designed for 8-11 year olds.
Cost: Suggested donation£2.00 per person.
For more information contact Helen on 01487 710240 or e-mail helen.moore@wildlifebcnp.org.
Saturday 21 January Winter Wildfowl Walk at Woodwalton Fen. Explore the reserve looking for ducks geese and swans which spend winter at the Fen.
Saturday 18 February Animal Homes
Saturday 17 March Wonderful Worms
Saturday 21 April Woodland Walk at Lady's Wood
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Community Events
This is new Wildlife Trust local group will help increase knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Fen and encourage the involvement of the local community in the future development.
For further details about the group please contact Adrian Kempster panda@kempster1947.fsnet.co.uk
Special Events
"Dine Out with Wetland Birds" by Paul Tinsley-Marshall
Saturday 7 January 10am-1pm.
Join Great Fen Monitoring Officer, Paul Tinsley-Marshall for a fascinating talk about the feeding habits of wetland birds followed by a walk on the Fen to see some of the birds. Walking boots or wellies and waterproofs recommended.
Suggested donation £5 per person or £3.50 concessions. Booking essential.
The talks start at 7.30pm at the Wildlife Trust Countryside Centre at Ramsey Heights. To book your place on an event or for more information, including directions and access information, please get in touch with the Great Fen team on 01487 815524, or email info@greatfen.org.uk.
"Flora on the Fen" by Pete Stroh
Friday 2 March 7.30pm
Cost: Suggested donation £5 per person or £3.50 concessions. Booking recommended.
"Rare moths and butterflies of East Anglia"Sharon Hearle of Butterfly Conservation
Friday 13 April 7.30pm
An illustrated talk on rare butterflies and moths of East Anglia, some of which were once common in the Great Fen area but rarely or never seen here since the Fens were drained.
Cost: Suggested donation £5 per person or £3.50 concessions. Booking recommended.
"The History and Future of Woodwalton Fen" by Alan Bowley
Friday 11 May 7.30pm
Join us for this special talk about the history and future of Woodwalton Fen, the first Rothschild reserve. This talk starts the celebrations for 100 years of the Wildlife Trust movement which started with Charles Rothschild and Woodwalton Fen and also the centenary of the bungalow on Woodwalto Fen.
Cost: Suggested donation £5 per person or £3.50 concessions. Booking recommended.
"Wildlife and Landscape" by Carry Akroyd
Friday 1 June7.30pm
An illustrated talk by wildlife artist Carry Akroyd in Ramsey as part of Ramsey Arts Festival.Venue to be confirmed.
Cost: Suggested donation £5 per person or £3.50 concessions. Booking recommended.
Great Fen Local Group Midweek Rambles
For more information on where to meet or to book please contact Adrian on 01487 815994, mobile 07983 850886 or email panda@kempster1947.fsnet.co.uk.
Monks Wood
Wednesday 18 January 10am start
Explore an ancient woodland on the higher ground just outside the Great Fen area.
Woodwalton Fen
Wednesday 15 February 10am start
Join Adrian for a gentle ramble around Woodwalton Fen looking out for muntjac and chinese water deer and other wildlife active in the winter months.
Aversley Wood, Sawtry
Wednesday 14 March 10am start
Venture a little further afield to explore this ancient woodland. Meet Judiths Lane car park in Sawtry. Grid Ref TL227 170829
Bluebells and Orchids
Wednesday 25 April10am start
Enjoy a walk through Upwood Meadows with green winged orchid and cowslips in amongst the ant hills and visit Lady's Wood for the heady smell of bluebells and the sight of masses of spring flowers.
Bluebells and Orchids
Saturday 28 April10am start
Enjoy a walk through Upwood Meadows with green winged orchid and cowslips in amongst the ant hills and visit Lady's Wood for the heady smell of bluebells and the sight of masses of spring flowers.
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Wildlife Training Workshops
Develop your knowledge and skills on a Wildlife Trust Wildlife Training Workshop. Those listed below are at the Wildlife Trust Countryside Centre Ramsey Heights. For the full programme of workshops in the three counties click here.
For more information and to book on any of the workshops, please contact Juliette Butler on 01604 405285
Warbler Identification Workshop
Saturday 26 May
Beginning with Dragonflies by Henry Stanier
Saturday 1 July
Grasses with Brian Davies
Saturday 7 July
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School Visits to the Great Fen
The Wildlife Trust’s Ramsey Heights Countryside Centre and Nature Reserve is the education centre for the Great Fen and provides an ideal introduction to the Great Fen with reeds, meadows and ponds and pools rich in aquatic life within a short walk.
Great crested newts breed on the site which is also home to the water stick-insect and several rare beetles.
The classroom on the site of a Victorian brick and tile works, this environmental site makes an ideal place to study the crossover between wildlife, people and heritage.
For further details about these and other opportunities click here or download our information guide.
To book a visit and find out more information on our education opportunities please contact the Great Fen Team
If you belong to a club or society and would like an illustrated talk about the Great Fen, please get in touch with the team.
