East Cambridgeshire was recently named the 'best place to live' in the county. The area also got the silver medal as the ...

Cranes and great white egrets appeared within hours of the water levels being raised at Wicken Fen, as the National Trust ...

A National Trust project at Wicken Fen successfully restored degraded peatlands, leading to the swift return of rare wetland ...

An ancient oak older than Seahenge has been found buried in a bog in the Fens. The 5,000-year-old specimen was unearthed during restoration work at the National Trust's Wicken Fen nature reserve, near ...

The overall scheme spanned 590 acres of lowland peat. Diggers at work on Burwell Fen (National Trust/Mike Selby/PA) Emma Ormond-Bones, general manager at Wicken Fen, said: “Nature is declining ...

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Despite being drained and degraded, Burwell Fen still held deep peat deposits from an ancient river, making it ideal for restoration. This major conservation effort aims to revive 590 acres (238 ...

Part of the project focused on Burwell Fen, which had been reclaimed for agriculture during World War Two and was acquired in 2001. A clay bund was constructed and the fen rewetted at Burwell Fen ...

Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, which has been looked after by the conservation charity since 1899, has undergone six months of various works.

A possible medieval cannon ball and 20th century lemonade bottle were also found during the works at the Wicken Fen nature reserve ...