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!
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).
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...
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#FungiFriday #fungiforay #holmefen #peatlandprogress #fungiphotography #fungiidentification
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
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
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
Danielle and Alison, in black wildlife Trust branded tops and jeans, stand in front of a wall branded with HCR104fm
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?
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#AppleDay #peatlandprogress #communityradio #localradio
Interns and Young People's Forum members sit with Wildlife Trust staff on the steps of Rothschild Bungalow at Woodwalton Fen
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...
New #wetlands loading...
So exciting seeing this development take shape. Which wildlife do you hope to see when it starts filling up?
#PeatlandProgress
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
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...
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
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
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.
A collection of handmade paper and woven products made of paludi materials. Beer mats, pots, labels, shoes, notebooks.
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
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
Adam takes a selfie walking in the hills
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
Natalie and Lucy stand on a bridge over a pond smiling to camera
Kaitlyn stands on a bridge over a pond smiling to camera
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!
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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New wetland habitats loading.... 🤩
Thank you National Lottery Heritage Fund and Fens East Peat Partnership!
#wetlands #PeatlandProgress #PeatlandRestoration #wetlandconservation #conservation
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.
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.
