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When Wicken Fen Stood Still And Everything Came Back

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John Watton
Aug 05, 2025
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Something extraordinary happened in Cambridgeshire last month. After a year-long restoration of Burwell Fen, part of the National Trust’s Wicken Fen Nature Reserve, the land was finally re-wetted. Within just a few hours, something magical occurred - cranes, great egrets, snipe and other rare wetland birds returned.

Nature didn’t hesitate. It knew what t…

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