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A pair of cranes have successfully reared a chick to fledging in Wicken Fen, in East Anglia ... In 1979, a pair of wild cranes returned to the UK and established themselves in the Norfolk Broads.

Breeding groups of wild horses have been re-introduced to a nature reserve in Cambs after a 4,000 year absence. The last herds roamed the area of Wicken Fen thousands of years ago, wardens said on ...

The National Trust's oldest nature reserve, at Wicken Fen, has also seen cranes, otters and Norfolk hawkers return after an absence of decades. It has been registered as the most species-rich area ...

The National Trust began a £1.8m peat restoration project in the autumn at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, to restore 531 acres (215 hectares) of peat. Ajay Tegala, from its countryside team ...

He is the gangliest of four foals to have born this spring to a herd of wild horses in Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire. It is the first time the horses have bred in the wild since they were brought to ...

The konik foal arrived on Friday at the National Trust's Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve in ... The animals are "semi-wild" and can spar with each other The first konik foal, Harry, was born ...

Wicken Fen Nature Reserve near Ely is not only known for its outstanding beauty and the wildlife that call it home, but it’s also one of the spookiest places in the whole of England. Flickering ...

The fen violet is known to exist at only ... (25-30mm), is known to exist at only three sites in the wild in the UK. One of these is Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, where it had not been seen since ...

A £1.8m peat restoration project began in Wicken Fen in October and within a few months cranes had appeared at the new habitat Cranes have appeared for the first time at a wetland nature reserve ...

The first foal of the season has been born at the Wicken Fen ... born at Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve The ponies have been at the site for about 30 years The wild animals help with ...