
Peat loss in my lifetime
Catherine Weightman looks at changing peat depth in the Fens. Do official calculations correlate with the experience of farmers in the fields?
Stonechat at Kester's Docking, October 2020, by Henry Stanier
Catherine Weightman looks at changing peat depth in the Fens. Do official calculations correlate with the experience of farmers in the fields?
Alan Bowley, now retired, moved to the area in the 1990s to be Senior Reserves manager at English Nature (now Natural England) covering Woodwalton Fen and Holme Fen. 25 years on from the original…