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Our 12 Days Wild

12 Days Wild is the Wildlife Trust's festive challenge. We caught up with Great Fen fans, the Fletcher family, to see how they managed to do one wild thing every day!

Pieces of typha leaves and stalk pressed flat and stuck together

Transforming Typha for Sustainable Construction

Starting out on a PhD at University of East London, Georgemma Hunt shares some of her early-stage ambitions for using wetland farming crop - Typha latifolia - to produce a low-carbon…

Nathanael stands in a partially flooded grass meadow with tree surrounding

A Youth Ranger's Survey for the DofE Award

For the last six months, Youth Ranger Nathanael has been diligently working towards the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in the Great Fen. Visiting every two weeks to complete a bird transect, he…

Two men stand inside the classroom at Ramsey Heights, one holding a bundle of reed and one holding an old tool for thatching work

Meeting the Master Thatchers

With 97% of the UK's reed for thatching currently being imported, how can reed grown in the Great Fen contribute to the UK's commercial demand? Graham Carter, President of the East…

A boy in a blue jumper stands in a green field pointing to a tree line in the distance

Daniel's Big Wild Walk

On Sunday 22nd October, Daniel Stoker, a young fan of the Great Fen, joined in with The Wildlife Trust's national fundraising challenge, The Big Wild Walk!

A range of biochar, tea and wood litterbags.

There's charcoal and then there is biochar

Another innovation and another opportunity to work with our partners UKCEH, this time to explore the carbon storage potential of biochar. Our guest blogger, Dr Jenny Rhymes, tells us more.

Girl holding pan and plants by wooden mud kitchen

Every day's a school day

One young Wildlife Watch member, Evie, made the most of an unexpected day off from school and learned about the value of volunteering and the power of ponds!

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