Rymes Reedbed
Rymes Reedbed lies to the north and northeast of Holme Fen National Nature Reserve.
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Reedbed
Found between water and land, reedbeds are transitional habitats. They can form extensive swamps in lowland floodplains or fringe streams, rivers, ditches, ponds and lakes with a thin feathery…
Holme Fen Spring Restoration
Natural England Reserve Manager, Tristan Colaco, explains how Rhododendron has thrived at Holme Fen NNR but how its removal, alongside birch clearance, will positively impact the exciting…
Holme Fen
Holme Fen National Nature Reserve is one of four remaining fragments of the ancient wild fens.
Habitat Restoration
We are restoring a variety of fenland habitats for people and wildlife
Pumping at Rymes
Water returns to Rymes Reedbed after a very dry summer!
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.
Holme Fen Posts
Holme Fen Posts were erected in 1848 to record the peat shrinkage.
Restoration Project Progress
At the start of the century five organisations came together to create a vision for a new, sustainable future for the Great Fen. Much progress has been made in the last 15 years.
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.
The Great Fen
Welcome to the Great Fen, a project to restore a huge area of wetland in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
Great fen-sedge
A tall and robust species of sedge, the Great fen-sedge has long leaves with sawtooth edges. It forms dense stands in lowland fens and around lakes.