Retirement works for wildlife at home and in the Fen
Since retirement, Catherine Weightman has been balancing her time between working for wildlife in the Great Fen and the wildlife at home, in her award-winning garden!
Since retirement, Catherine Weightman has been balancing her time between working for wildlife in the Great Fen and the wildlife at home, in her award-winning garden!
Ethan and Evan from Abbey College, Ramsey, spent a week with the Great Fen team on their year 10 work experience.
The next phase of evolution for the restoration land at New Decoy is complete. From arable farmland to grassland to new wetland habitat. Helen Bailey, Great Fen Project Officer, tells us more.
In 2025, we hosted an exciting new summer school with art school STORE. Students experimented with materials made from wetland plants to design and construct their own furniture.
Young people want to work in conservation, so what's stopping them? Our Peatland Progress trainees reflect on their career journeys so far and what the barriers may be for the new generation…
For young people interested in a career in conservation, there are numerous routes to try. Peatland Progress trainee, Katie, highlights some of the opportunities and advice they encountered at the…
Ellen Blackmore shares the Peatland Progress trainees' latest collaboration, with the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. A behind-the-scenes tour, assisting with research and…
As we move into spring, with some very sunny weather, it is worth looking back at activities over the past few months. In readiness for spring, there has been plenty of work to prepare for a…
Spring has sprung, with birdsong and plenty of wildlife on the move.
Peatland Progress trainees head out into the Great Fen to develop their skills as ecologists and conservation rangers!