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Aidan Matthews and John Kerr (NE) at Woodston Ponds by Justin Tilley

Woodston Ponds Refreshed

A much needed programme of works at Woodston Ponds including willow pollarding, boardwalk replacement and repair, and reedbed restoration have been made possible in the last year thanks to grant…

Daniel Zeichner hedgehog release Trumpington Meadows by Sophie Busch

Trumpington Meadows: hedgehog release centre

Trumpington Meadows has become a hedgehog release centre in collaboration with Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital. MP Daniel Zeichner came along for the first release of rescued Nora

Rotary ditcher Nene Valley by Caroline Fitton

New habitat in the Nene Valley

The country's only rotary ditcher machine has been hard at work in the Nene Valley creating a swathe of ditches and channels - new habitats for breeding and overwintering wading birds

Wansford Pasture new gates by Aidan Matthews

Streamlining Cambridgeshire Pastures

Two Cambridgeshire pastures have been connected by the creation of a culvert, thanks to funding from the Augean Community Fund, which now allows livestock to pass between the two

Mowing a meadow

Farming for wildlife

Sustainable environmental land management is the way forward for wildlife friendly farming - we work with farmers locally advising on habitat creation and management for the benefit of all species…

The Hayfield, Blow's Downs by Esther Clarke

New County Wildlife Sites for Bedfordshire

Three new County Wildlife Sites have been designated at Blow's Downs in areas of superb land restoration in a mitigation scheme for the Luton Dunstable Busway

Swift release by Paul Wyer

Swift response

In Swift Awareness Week an event at Trumpington Meadows celebrated a newly installed swift box, plus the joyful release of a swift recently recovered from injury

Dwarf mouse-ear, Cerastium pumilum by Tony Vials

Rare find in Northamptonshire

Last year at Nene Wetlands a dwarf mouse-ear, thought to be extinct, was discovered - but almost lost again . . .

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