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Waterlogged Trumpington Meadows, Cambs by Becky Green

Waterlogged - the wettest winter on record

After a thoroughly sodden winter some of our nature reserves remain waterlogged in many places. It's hardly surprising - England has seen the highest level of rainfall over any 18 month…

Fire damage Dogsthorpe Star Pit  Eamonn Lawler

Fire at Dogsthorpe Star Pit

A large section of reedbed at Dogsthorpe Star Pit nature reserve, Peterborough, has been destroyed in a fire. As long spells of dry, very hot weather are increasingly regular events, all care and…

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Help to Defend Nature

The UK Government is seriously threatening our wildlife - there's every urgency to defend nature as new policies threaten nature, climate and food security

Great Fen sunset Martin Parsons

Fens Peat East funding

A Fens consortium, the Fens East Peat Partnership, will benefit from funding to further help vital restoration of peatlands

Great Fen Water Works plot, aerial by Henry Stanier

Peatland Progress Heritage Horizon Award

The announcement of a Heritage Horizon award by the National Lottery Heritage Fund means that the Great Fen can continue pioneering work of peatland preservation vital for combatting climate…

Cows at Old Decoy Farm next to a flooded ditch

Tackling climate and nature emergencies together

In a new report published today The Wildlife Trusts demonstrate how a variety of natural landscapes in the UK can store carbon, making the case for addressing the climate and nature emergencies…

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