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Work suspended on Water Works project
Due to Covid-19 all work on the wet farming crop trials - part of the two year Water Works project - was halted at the Great Fen in observance with government guidelines
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Keep up to date with the latest stories, research, projects and challenges as we work to tackle the climate and nature crisis.
A new dawn for farming on the Fens
The Great Fen Restoration Manager reviews the pioneering Water Works project nine months in and reflects on its potential impact and timely relevance to the current climate crisis debate
Project investigating sphagnum moss, mist and dew leads to award
A unique research project has led to an award for Martin Parsons, a former Great Fen colleague and Volunteer Officer. His MSc field project evaluated ten species of sphagnum for their ability to…
Monitoring Project Sightings
Species: Butterflies & Dragonflies
Location: Old Decoy Farm
93 butterflies of 8 species / 188 dragonflies of 11 species
Wet Farming
Water Works
Wet farming in a drought
Drought threatens success but teaches valuable lessons for future development.
Summer at Water Works
Project Manager Kate Carver talks us through the exciting leaps forward for the crops, the science and the people of our peatland paludiculture trials.
Water Works Waves Farewell to 2020
The autumn planting period at the Great Fen Water Works project reaches a successful conclusion