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📣LESS THAN 2 WEEKS TO GO📣 The Great Fen Apple and Harvest Fair is fast approaching! 📍Ramsey Rural Museum & Walled Garden ⏱️Sunday 11th October 🍏FREE family event Our wonky veg and children's wildlife costume competitions are back (see details via link)! Find out more by following the link below!

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 8h

Want to learn more about the hidden life of fungi? Join our Fantastic Fungi Walk for 13-25 yrs this half term!🍄 If you'd like more information, follow the link below for Wildlife BCN Events! #fungi #holmefen #youngpeople #greatfen #nature #activities #cambridgeshire #workshop #halfterm

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 10h

Did you know our very own Helen Bailey is in the Great Eastern Run in less that two weeks? And she's raising money, as part of the incredible #TeamBadger, for @wildlifebcn.org. She would dearly love your support! www.justgiving.com/team/run-for... #greateasternrun #fundraising #halfmarathon

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 28/09/2026

Want to learn more about what our local owls have been eating? 🦉 Join our Family Owl Pellet Dissection at Ramsey Heights Nature Reserve this half term! If you'd like more info, follow the link below! #owls #nature #childrensactivities #ramsey #cambridgeshire #workshop #family #greatfen

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 25/09/2026

We're sharing the power of #paludiculture at the Cambridge Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival this Sunday! Free entry. Parker's Piece, Cambridge | Sunday 27th September | 10:30 - 16:00. See you there!

A wildflower meadow with yellow and purple blooms amongst long grass. Text reads Cambridge Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival 27th Sept | 10:30am - 4pm, Parker's Piece Cambridge

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 23/09/2026

Tales from the Fen return to the Apple and Harvest Fair with another fabulous free workshop, this time lino-printing your own tote bag! There are a limited number of places available so we recommend booking yours ASAP. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/apple-and-... @wildlifebcn.org

Image of a cotton bag printed with apple shapes in red and green. Text reads Tales from the Fen - Wild Roots Story and Crafts: Live storytelling to inspire your hand-printed tote bag.

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 21/09/2026

Please offer a massively warm welcome to our new Communities and Education Officer, Alfie! We are delighted to have Alfie on the team and hope you'll all say hello if you see him out and about. @wildlifebcn.org #conservationjobs #newjob #YoungConservationists #CommunityEngagement #youthengagement

Alfie stands on a wooden fenced platform with reeds and trees behind. He wears blue jeans and a black Wildlife Trust branded hoodie.

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British Dragonfly Society @britishdragonflies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🐉 Great Fen – dragonflies on the up? New wetland habitats at the Great Fen are attracting dragonflies, with new species appearing too! Join Henry Stanier at our Annual Meeting to hear what monitoring reveals. 📅 14 Nov | 📍 Milton Keynes 🎟️ Book: british-dragonflies.org.uk/event/bds-an...

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 21/09/2026

Want to learn more about the interesting objects you can see in a clear night sky?💫 Book now to secure your place to join Dr Fred Stevenson's beginner's guide to the night sky! Follow the link below to our events page⭐ www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...

A poster with a night sky and stars as the background, advertising for the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants' A beginner's guide to the night sky with Dr Fred Stevenson event.

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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Read the full piece by Christian Cummins and Lotte Debrauwer on our website: buff.ly/bdngoiB

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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This summer, wildfires tore through two of Europe’s most valuable peatlands: Belgium’s High Fens and England’s Great Fen. Peatlands are major carbon stores, but only while they stay wet.

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 16/09/2026

The next thing to prep for our Apple and Harvest Fair is your fancy dress costume! We'd love to see your youngsters dressed as wonderful wildlife, especially to take part in the Harvest Queen parade. In return they get a free lucky dip prize! @wildlifebcn.org

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 13/09/2026

One Month To Go! It's time for a sneak peek at some of what's on offer at the Apple and Harvest Fair this year! Entertainment, food and drink, games and crafts, beautiful gifts and community building. And there's so much more to come! Have you marked your diary?

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 13/09/2026

We've only one month until our incredible Apple and Harvest Fair in Ramsey, Cambs! We have space for a few more stallholders with their own gazebo, and would love a couple more food vendors. £15 gazebo space. £50 food vendors. Get in touch if you're interested. info@greatfen.org.uk. Thank you!

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 11/09/2026

Please join our community consultation at Ramsey Library on Tuesday 15th September, from 11.30am-2pm. We'd love to hear what you already know about the Great Fen, what you'd like to know, what we could offer you in future and any other ideas or feedback you have!

Screenshot of a black and white poster that reads We’d love to hear what you think Join our community consultation to share your thoughts on the stories we tell about the fens and how we tell them.
15 September 2026, from 11:30 - 14:00 Ramsey Library
25 Great Whyte, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE26 1HA
Your input will help us develop the walking trails around the Great Fen. We are interested in talking to people of all ages, with all levels of interest in nature and with all levels of prior knowledge about the fens and its wildlife.
You can also share your voice by scanning this QR code and completing the five minute survey. The first five people to complete the survey will each receive a £10 gift voucher

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 11/09/2026

Just over one week to go until our Heritage Open Days event at the Bungalow at Woodwalton Fen🏠 Step inside this historic building, learn about the history of the area and explore this beautiful nature reserve! www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...

photo of a brown painted wooden bungalow on concrete stilts with a thatched rood. Set in a lush green nature reserve. Text reads heritage Open Days: Rothschild Bungalow Open Day. Woodwalton Fen NNR PE26 2RS. Sunday 20th September 10am-3pm Free entry wildlifebcn.org/events

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 09/09/2026

Thank you so much to everyone involved in this epic response, we are so grateful!! Please, everyone keep clear of the fire site, the middle section of Holme Fen remains closed. Do not pass barriers for your safety! We will share a map from Natural England ASAP. www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

Screenshot of Cambs Fire and Rescue Facebook post showing a photo of Assistant Chief Fire Officer Stuart Smith with John Torlesse, Deputy Director West Anglia, Natural England. They stand on bare peat, cleared of fallen trees. Text reads Today, after 32 days on site, we have finished at Holme Fen and officially handed the site back over to Natural England.

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 09/09/2026

Absolutely our favourite wildlife video for a very long time!! Thank you Henry!

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 09/09/2026

Wow! Look at these stunning moths!

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 07/09/2026

Little Bugs is back! 🐛 Join us on Wednesday 7th October for a fun and sociable morning of nature exploration and discovery for pre-school children! Follow the link to the Wildlife Trust BCN events page to book your tickets! www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...

A poster showing pre-school children with nature craft masks and playing in the mud kitchen, to advertise for the Great Fen Little Bugs club meet up on Wednesday 7th October at 10:30am - 12pm, at Ramsey Heights Nature Reserve.

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 04/09/2026

We went batty with our Little Bugs on Wednesday, learning all about bats for #InternationalBatNight. We also made use of the massive windfalls in the mud kitchen for fabulously fruity soups and cakes! Wonderful to meet so many new families! @wildlifebcn.org #preschool #outdoorlearning

Collage of three bats made of black paper

Collage of mud kitchen photos and masses of damsons on the ground

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 04/09/2026

Come and visit our new 'Everyday Histories of the Great Fen' photography exhibition at the Rothschild Bungalow for our Heritage Open Day. www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-... @wildlifebcn.org #WoodwaltonFen #HeritageOpenDay #photographyexhibition #fenlandhistory

Sepia tone image of shopfront called Cade & Son, a woman in long skirt and large hat with two small girls in white dresses, three men in rolled sleeve shirts and long aprons over trousers.

Sepia tone image of a man and boy in shirt and waistcoat, and women in long over-dresses with gardening equipment

Black and white photo of Four men in suits in a lumpy field

black and white photo from 1930s of a Large haystack with many men working around and a traction engine

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 02/09/2026

Last couple of places remaining!

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Marcelo Lima @marcelocegonha.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Looking at the Holme Fen NNR/SSSI fire from space What do you do on a sunny(ish) bank holiday? I examined how the Holme Fen National Nature Reserve changed after the August 2026 fire using Sentinel-2 satellite images. I analysed the data using Google Earth Engine.

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 27/08/2026

Due to the forecasted rain and wind this Saturday, we have postponed our International Bat Night guided walk at Woodwalton Fen. The new date is Saturday 5th September, new start time 8pm. So, if you'd been sad to miss out on this sold out event, now's your chance! www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 24/08/2026

Delighted to meet Fiona & Helen after their epic Rothschild's Way walk. They're fundraising for a women's literacy project with Ugandan charity Kanaama www.justgiving.com/page/fiona-b... This 39 mile route Wicken Fen-Woodwalton Fen is impressive any time, let alone in a heatwave. Well done ladies!

Two ladies in walking boots, trousers, tshirts and rucksacks, stand in front of low-roofed building in the sun

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 19/08/2026

There’s an exciting multi-media showcase happening at Peterborough’s Railworld Wildlife Haven this Sunday, 23rd August! Science into Stories is a stunning display of artworks celebrating the Fens created by the local community, young and old. @wildlifebcn.org www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...

Hands working on making nature-inspired prints

A care home resident meets a teenager to discuss fenland wildlife and folklore

A collection of printed artworks showing leaf, tree and invertebrate icons

Young artists work on easels in a nature reserve

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 19/08/2026

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 19/08/2026

📵Unfortunately, our phone line is broken and appears to have been for a little while. If you've sent us a voicemail we cannot listen to it, sorry! Please email info@greatfen.org.uk while we are getting a new phone system arranged. Many thanks for your understanding! @wildlifebcn.org 📸Studio-Anneka

A small cream and brown kitten peers at a vintage phone handset

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Geoff Smith @drgeoffsmith.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Here we can see the duration and extent (20ha) of the ongoing fire at Holme Fen, near Peterborough in this #Copernicus #Sentinel-2 time series. @wildlifebcn.org @greatfen.org.uk @eastangliabylines.co.uk @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @esaearth.esa.int @dundeesat.bsky.social @ukspaceagency.bsky.social

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 17/08/2026

Absolute heroes! Can't thank everyone enough. What a national community effort!

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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Celebrating the #wetlandplants of Woodwalton Fen NNR during a training day this week - from towering Marsh Sow-thistles to low-growing Common Comfrey (subsp. bohemicum), Yellow Loosestrife on the point of flowering and a rather shy Greater Water-parsnip... #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Yellow dandelion-like flowers of Marsh Sow-thistle Sonchus palustris - often reaches 3 metres in height

Creamy-white bell-shaped flowers of Common Comfrey Symphytum officinale subsp. bohemicum - the rare subspecies found mostly in the fens of eastern England

Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) flowers just about to open, showing the orange-rimmed sepals very nicely

A rather distant plant of Greater Water-parsnip Sium latifolium, peeping out from among the reeds at the edge of a fen ditch

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David Bradley @sciencebase.com · 26/07/2026

One of 8 Red Underwing I counted on the Rothschild Bungalow at Woodwalton Fen NNR yesterday. Their camouflage works best against crusty bark rather than slats. And, there's no camo at all when they're in flight, bright flash of red, black, and white, no photo tho' #teamMoth

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 17/08/2026

Are you beginning to harvest what's survived the drought, only to find the weather's sent it squiffy? Discovered unusual shapes fruiting in the garden? Well save them and bring them along to our Wonkiest Veg competition at the Apple and Harvest Fair! Can you top last year's hilarious entries?

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 17/08/2026

It was battle of the rafts at our first Wild in the Woods Day Camp! What a brilliant activity. They worked to design and build their own unique rafts, then gently lowered them into the main pond to see who's would float (or withstand attack!). #summerholidays #schoolholidays #activitiesforkids

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 14/08/2026

(1) Here's a recap of the Intro to Invertebrates for teens workshop from 2025! Attendees learnt why invertebrates are important, used a range of surveying techniques and examined specimens under a microscope which helped to identify the species.🦗 LAST FEW PLACES AVAILABLE for this year's event!

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 14/08/2026

Want to step inside this historic building and learn about about the history of the Fens? Join our Heritage Open Days- Rothschild Bungalow Open day🏠 Find out more and book your FREE ticket via the events link! #heritageopendays #woodwaltonfen #nature #history #freeevent #familyevent #greatfen

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 14/08/2026

Little Bugs is back!🐛 Join us on Wednesday 2nd September to explore our nature reserve and discover more about its wonderful wildlife! Book now via the link below: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-... #preschool #familyevent #nature #outdooradventure #greatfen #activities #ramsey #cambridgeshire

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Wildlife Trust BCN @wildlifebcn.org · 13/08/2026

🌿 Passionate about wildlife? We’re looking for a Volunteer Reserves Officer – West Cambridgeshire! Gain hands-on conservation experience, develop new skills and help protect nature. 🦋🌳 📍 West Cambridgeshire | 3 days/week Find out more: www.wildlifebcn.org/volunteering...

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 12/08/2026

We're very sorry to have cancelled a few events recently. Our apologies to everyone booked for the Adult Owl Pellet Dissection who missed out due to the burst water pipe! Thankfully now repaired...(1)

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Butterfly Conservation Suffolk @bc-suffolk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Suffolk Branch is run entirely by volunteers. If we do not have enough volunteers to fulfil various roles then the Branch will cease to exist after 35 years. We now have vacancies in two key roles Branch Chair & Transect Co-ordinator Please see suffolkbutterflies.org.uk for details

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 12/08/2026

Just the bright sunshine mood lift we all need right now! 😍 @wildlifebcn.org

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 10/08/2026

Please watch this update from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue about the current fire at Holme Fen NNR: www.facebook.com/share/v/1C7R...

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 29/07/2026

Cambs Fire & Rescue Service have shared a plea for visitors to Holme Fen to please not cross the cordoned off sections. The ground may be very unstable, looking safe on the surface but burnt hollow underneath! They’ll keep checking for hotspots over the next few days.

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 29/07/2026

Please take care exploring around our reserves at the moment! The ground is so dry, cracks are becoming cavernous. Who knows where you’ll end up?! @wildlifebcn #drought #heatwave

A large crack opens up on a parched brown path in a nature reserve.

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 29/07/2026

Our thanks to the numerous teams tackling the Holme Fen fire and to everyone who’s shown concern for this special site. Please share how important it is that any ignition source, from the smallest cigarette ember to portable bbqs and campfires are kept well away from our flammable dry peat soils!

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 27/07/2026

Our summer nature trail is all about #MagicalMoths! From tomorrow, we’ll be hiding photos of our favourite Fen species around the Ramsey Heights nature reserve. Grab a free tick sheet from the info hut and go exploring! We’d love to know which real moths you see too! @wildlifebcn.org

A4 moth hunt worksheet laid on a desk top with laminated moth photos laid on top. Photos of a garden tiger moth and elephant hawk moth are seen.

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