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Wow, what gorgeous fungi!! And what a treat for our young conservationists, gaining the knowledge and skills to help them protect our peatlands, our future environmental leaders! #PeatlandProgress @wildlifebcn.org
sarahlambert7.bsky.social Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · Oct 30
Great morning leading a 'Fentastic Fungi' walk at Holme Fen NNR with a group of young conservationists. Over 40 species named and lots of discussion on how to identify fungi and their importance in ecosystems. Organised as part of the Peatland Progress project
@greatfen.org.uk #fungifriends
Crimped Gill on a fallen Silver Birch trunk Aniseed Funnel, a greenish toadstool with a definite aniseed fragrance, among birch leaves Fly Agaric with relatively few white spots Bay Bolete
October 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
greatfen.org.uk
For the past 6 months, the Peatland Progress Communities and Education trainees have been busy developing their conservation-related skills at the Great Fen, across @wildlifebcn.org and with our partners. Thank you for all your hard work!
#peatlandprogress #traineeship #ConservationTraining
April 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
greatfen.org.uk
Brand new wetland in the Great Fen! This evolution of New Decoy will attract and support so much wildlife. Thank you to everyone who’s supporting #PeatlandProgress and our landscape restoration work!

#wetlands #wetlandwildlife #peatlandrestoration
wildlifebcn.org Wildlife Trust BCN @wildlifebcn.org · Apr 21
New wetlands, new wildlife 🌿💧

25 hectares of habitat now complete at New Decoy in the @greatfen.org.uk and birds are already moving in.

See the transformation 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAax...

Read more here www.wildlifebcn.org/news/birds-m...
New Decoy Wetland Complete
YouTube video by Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants
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April 24, 2026 at 8:49 AM
greatfen.org.uk
Valuable overview of progress so far across the UK on peatland protections. Pleased we’ll making those important steps forward with #PeatlandProgress to transition #paludiculture trials to delivery at scale at Speechly’s Farm.
iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social IUCN UK Peatland Programme @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social · Feb 27
Yesterday the 7th #CarbonBudget was published. Here is our breakdown of what it says about the role of #Peatlands on the journey to #NetZero and our analysis of what is missing bit.ly/4h3qMC9

UK Peatlands Strategy Progress Report 2024 here tinyurl.com/335kdmwx

📷Natural England, Peter Roworth
Hare's-tail cottongrass on Humberhead Levels
March 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
greatfen.org.uk
New wetland habitats loading.... 🤩

Thank you National Lottery Heritage Fund and Fens East Peat Partnership!
#wetlands #PeatlandProgress #PeatlandRestoration #wetlandconservation #conservation
wildlifebcn.org Wildlife Trust BCN @wildlifebcn.org · Apr 4
🎉We are very excited to be starting work on a new phase of wetland creation at the Great Fen! 💦
👷New Decoy Farm will be transformed in the coming months - 25 years after the Great Fen vision first began.
Read all about it at www.wildlifebcn.org/news/diggers...
April 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
greatfen.org.uk
You can join Henry at these talks this week!
www.rnhs.org.uk/rnhs-events/

northantsbirdclub.blogspot.com/p/programme....

#wildlifeconservation #GreatFen #naturetalks #peatlandprogress #PeatlandRestoration
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
greatfen.org.uk
Please welcome our new interns, Natalie, Lucy and Kaitlyn! For six weeks they'll be immersed in all things conservation and communities, with our #PeatlandProgress project. Delighted to have them on board. Enormous thanks to our colleagues supporting them and the National Lottery Heritage Fund!
Natalie and Lucy stand on a bridge over a pond smiling to camera Kaitlyn stands on a bridge over a pond smiling to camera
June 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Enormous thanks to @luke.fi for the support of our #paludiculture trials! Nature, farming and communities can all benefit from the restoration of #peatlands. Looking forward to showcasing our project progress and sharing experiences at #RoyalNorfolkShow and #Groundswell25 #PaluWise #PeatlandProgress
June 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
greatfen.org.uk
We're excited to get practicing and to start sharing some of these skills on our own community projects! Have you ever tried #cordage or #nalbinding? Any top tips?
Thanks to the The National Lottery Heritage Fund for supporting our #peatlandprogress project, enabling us to learn valuable new skills!
February 18, 2026 at 10:01 AM
greatfen.org.uk
One National Nature Reserve. Three new Peatland Progress trainees. Up to 500 fungi species to find! Read all about their favourite finds...

www.greatfen.org.uk/blog/great-f...

@wildlifebcn.org

#FungiFriday #fungiforay #holmefen #peatlandprogress #fungiphotography #fungiidentification
Deer shield (Pluteus cervinus) with a mirror being used to examine the pinkish gills Ellen Blackmore, Peatland Progress Trainee, holds a fungi ID chart and takes a selfie Kaitlyn, Peatland Progress trainee, smelling the aniseed funnel fungi. (Please note, no fungi were removed and permission was sought before conducting these investigations).
December 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
greatfen.org.uk
The next #traineeship is open for applications!! Know an 18-25 year old keen to work in conservation? Get in touch!

#conservationjobs #conservationtraining #peatlandprogress
wildlifebcn.org Wildlife Trust BCN @wildlifebcn.org · Apr 7
Looking to break into conservation? 🌿

This traineeship is a paid 6-month opportunity for 18–25 year olds to gain hands-on experience @greatfen.org.uk .

Learn, build skills & help tackle climate change + biodiversity loss 🌍

Apply 👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/peatlan...

#conservationtraineeship
April 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM
greatfen.org.uk
New #wetlands loading...
So exciting seeing this development take shape. Which wildlife do you hope to see when it starts filling up?

#PeatlandProgress
August 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
greatfen.org.uk
Since then, this drone has also been used to sow a special grassland mix at our brand new wetland at New Decoy. www.greatfen.org.uk/blog/helen-b...

#peatlands #PeatlandRestoration #drone #paludiculture #peatlandprogress #worldpeatlandsday
New Era for New Decoy | The Great Fen
The next phase of evolution for the restoration land at New Decoy is complete. From arable farmland to grassland to new wetland habitat. Helen Bailey, Great Fen Project Officer, tells us more.
www.greatfen.org.uk
June 2, 2026 at 8:32 AM
greatfen.org.uk
It’s day one of Groundswell Agriculture festival! The team are there with the Mobile Inspiration Hub, our tiny house made of #paludiculture materials. We’re also sharing a stall with Lancashire WT, so come and say hi to us all! Stand E3. @wildlifebcn.org
#peatlandprogress #regenerativeagriculture
Alison and Helen stand beside a giant sign reading Groundswell. The letters stand shoulder-height on grass. In the background are many white pointed tents for trade stands at the event. The sky is blue and sunny. They wear sunglasses and T-shirts. The wooden tiny house stands in a field in front of many white pointed tents, a Land Rover parked to the right. An inflatable sign two stories high for DSV to the left.
July 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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How can we protect #peatlands, raise water levels and provide viable crops that will keep the fenlands farming? Come and learn all about #PeatlandProgress and #paludiculture at #Groundswell! Stall PFC25. And meet Lucy Mitchell, an innovative artist and designer working with paludi crops.
Lorna stands at the side of a large container full of sphagnum moss, the flat fenland fields behind Wet farming test beds drone image Hand holding the seed heads of Typha latifolia Lucy Mitchell, artist and designer with a display of paper and weaving made of paludiculture crops
July 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
greatfen.org.uk
You can listen in to our interview on 'HCR104fm - Local radio for Huntingdon' by heading to player.streamaudio.co/hcr104fm/lis... and scrolling to find the 'Over To You' programme from October 8th. Thanks for having us Norman! @wildlifebcn.org #AppleDay #AppleandHarvestFair #PeatlandProgress
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
greatfen.org.uk
We’re back off to HCR104fm this evening! Listen in to the Over To You programme with Norman Knapper at 7pm. Hope you enjoy our Apple and Harvest Fair-themed music choices. Can you guess what they may be?
@wildlifebcn.org
#AppleDay #peatlandprogress #communityradio #localradio
Danielle and Alison, in black wildlife Trust branded tops and jeans, stand in front of a wall branded with HCR104fm
October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
greatfen.org.uk
Our brand new traineeships are open for applications!! On this paid, 6-month programme, we are looking for two people, age 18-25, to join the Communities and Education Team at the Great Fen as part of our National Lottery-funded project, #PeatlandProgress. www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/peatlan...
Interns and Young People's Forum members sit with Wildlife Trust staff on the steps of Rothschild Bungalow at Woodwalton Fen
August 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
greatfen.org.uk
Apologies that we're a little tardy in our updates, but here's what our #PeatlandProgress interns got up to in their first two weeks. It really was a crash course in everything we do! www.greatfen.org.uk/blog/great-f...
Lucy in tall grass on a grassland survey Natalie holding a boat made from a reed leaf at Forest School Kaitlyn with the attendees of the World Peatlands Day walk
July 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
greatfen.org.uk
It’s Day 2 of #Groundswell25! Can’t make it? Take a look around the stand!
Want to learn more about #farming on wet #peat? Get in touch!
#PeatlandProgress #peatlands #Groundswell
July 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
greatfen.org.uk
Artist and designer Lucy Mitchell has also loaned her beautiful paludi-based paper and woven materials, part of a recently completed Masters in #regenerativedesign: ‘From the Fens, With the Fens, For the Fens’. ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/6286...

#royalnorfolkshow #peatlandprogress
A collection of handmade paper and woven products made of paludi materials. Beer mats, pots, labels, shoes, notebooks.
June 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
greatfen.org.uk
Have you met our #WetFarming Delivery Officer, Adam? Hear what he’s enjoying most, his favourite fenland wildlife and what’s coming next! www.greatfen.org.uk/blog/great-f...
#peatlandprogress #PeatlandRestoration #wetterfarming #SustainableAgriculture #groundswell #royalnorfolkshow #paludiculture
Adam takes a selfie walking in the hills
June 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
greatfen.org.uk
Apply by Wednesday 7 May 2025 to be our next #PeatlandProgress Communities and Education intern! Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/peatlan...

#paidinternship #internshipopportunity #conservationjobs #environmentaljobs #newjob #recruitment
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Peatland Progress Communities and Education Internships | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants
Wildlife Trust BCN are providing a unique opportunity for young people aged between 18-24 yrs old to undertake a paid six-week internship with the Great Fen Communities and Education Team based at the...
www.wildlifebcn.org
April 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
greatfen.org.uk
If you want to try some of this route, download the trail map from www.greatfen.org.uk/explore/walk.... Please take note of the partial closure to the east as habitat creation groundworks are underway as part of the #PeatlandProgress project.
Last of the Meres | The Great Fen
The Last of the Meres trail is a circular walk connecting the northern parts of the Great Fen.
www.greatfen.org.uk
March 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM