Blog: Henry Stanier

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Marsh harriers at the Great Fen

Stonechat Travels 8: an outstanding year!

2022 will be remembered as a landmark in our conservation work at the Great Fen, for more than one reason; as the wildlife thrives, great opportunities are turned into reality. Now that we can…

April sightings

Southerly winds are bringing the wildlife to us, as more and more species of bird fly in. This week, blackcaps, chiffchaffs, sedge warblers, swallows, whitethroats and willow warblers, have all…

Great crested newt

Stonechat Travels 7: the king and the dragons

Spring has sprung and the wildlife is responding. Birds are on the move; winter visitors are leaving, and the spring migrants are arriving. The Great Fen Monitors, our great team of voluntary…

Female stonechat AH at Trumpington Meadows 10 Fen 2022

Stonechat Travels 6

An unexpected arrival takes us in search of stonechats on another Wildlife Trust reserve.

Whooper swans at the Great Fen by Henry Stanier

Stonechat Travels 5

Restoration work is attracting more wildlife, especially our winter visitors, and our volunteers have been busy preparing the breeding ponds at Ramsey Heights, for some amorous amphibians!

Wheatear by Henry Stanier

Stonechat Travels 4

It's been over a year since we started our study of stonechats and, as this weekend marks World Bird Migration Day, it seems appropriate to highlight the fact that the stonechats are back,…

Privet hawkmoth by Henry Stanier

Great Fen lows and highs

The month of June has brought vandalised viewpoints and mournfully low moth numbers, but the Fen is still 'Great' in more ways than one.

Kester's Docking on 2 February 2021

A memorable World Wetlands Day

It's 50 years since the international designation of important wetlands began, and what a year to highlight their contribution to the quantity and quality of freshwater on our planet!

Middle Farm (foreground) and Woodwalton Fen (background) on 25 December 2020

Stonechat Travels 3

Stonechats were up on the higher ground, relatively speaking, during the Christmas floods, but life goes on during lockdown.

Stonechat in ink & watercolour by Zeena Thompson

Stonechat Travels 2

The story of our research into stonechat movements, within and beyond the Great Fen, continues.

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