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The fields of New Decoy Farm are being made wildlife friendly with new ditches and scrapes, and grazing cattle. Rymes Reedbeds is also being restored with new reedbeds on open water. Kesters Docking is being sown as species-poor grassland, and it will also have areas of open water and reedbeds.
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Woodwalton Fen, Holme Fen and Darlows Farm are managed by Natural England, while the WTBCN manages the Countryside Centre for educational and community work, together with Corney's Farm, New Decoy Farm, Old Decoy Farm, Engine Farm, Rymes Reedbeds (which has a bird hide), and Kesters Docking.
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Woodwalton is a key component of the Great Fen Project and features a variety of fen habitats. The result is an attractive reserve with an impressive list of rare plants and animals. Habitats include
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Holme is a key component of the Great Fen Project for it approximately marks the south-western limit of Stage 2 of the Project plan. The reserve is open to the public throughout the year.
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in England. It is one of the largest restoration projects in the country, and aims to create a 3,700 hectare wetland and aims to connect
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NNR and other nature reserves to create a larger site with conservation benefits for wildlife and socio-economic benefits for people.
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Woodwalton Fen is one of Britain's oldest nature reserves and occupies a substantial site of 208 ha north-east of
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meadows, tall fen and scrub communities, woodland, and other assemblages of grasses, sedges, herbs and mosses.
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woodland in lowland Britain. More importantly it contains approximately 5 hectares of rare
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Great Fen, Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
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Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire reserves
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and the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
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This is a long-term project managed in partnership by the
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52°28′N 0°12′W / 52.467°N 0.200°W / 52.467; -0.200
Natural England
http://www.greatfen.org.uk/
habitat restoration
The Fens
Cambridgeshire
Woodwalton Fen
National Nature Reserve
Holme Fen
Environment Agency
Huntingdonshire District Council
Middle Level Commissioners
Natural England
Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
Woodwalton Fen
Huntingdon
Ramsar
Special Area of Conservation

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