New Ways with Moss
The next phase of sphagnum moss farming trials at the Great Fen continue with new planting methods - Restoration Manager Lorna Parker charts the evolution
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Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus grazing on winter wheat on Cambridgeshire Fens winter - David Tipling/2020VISION
November: As we move towards winter, various bird species are arriving, to stay with us for the next few months; whooper swans have been spotted, and firm favourites, the stonechats have also appeared.
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Wet farming in a drought
Drought threatens success but teaches valuable lessons for future development.
A New National Passion - Paludiculture!
Great Fen Project Manager Kate Carver relays what a variety of interest there has been in the paludiculture projects in the Great Fen.
The Great Fen at COP26
The COP26 summit proved an exciting opportunity to bring the Great Fen and the Water Works project to an international audience. We take a look at how we featured over the two weeks.
And then there was moss!
The long-awaited planting of the sphagnum moss, the final wet-farming crop we are trialling in our Water Works project, is now underway.
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 Presented to Global Audience at RRR2021
In March 2021, the Water Works partnership was honoured to be invited to present at the Greifswald Mire Centre virtual conference, RRR2021, focused on renewable resources from wet and rewetted…
My Year as Great Fen Voluntary Officer
The arrival of Christmas 2020 marked the end of Martin Parsons' tenure as Great Fen Voluntary Officer. So what did that involve and what has he been doing?