After a long gap the Blog returns!
We have been up to loads in the last few months!
I have been trained on the twose mower recently so have been plodding along around most of the trails putting in nicely mowed paths! The twose fits onto the little Kubota tractor which is really good fun to drive using its rocking pedal, ( you use your toes to go forwards and your heel to reverse)
We have also finished putting in loads of perch benches around the boardwalk! and even put out a solid oak "sofa" hand crafted by Wicken's very own carpenter Jamie Cakebread. so there are plenty of spots to sit and enjoy the nature on the Fen.
There has also been lots of wildlife about! there is a Swan's nest amongst the reed in the lode right next to the visitor centre! and there are loads of swallows and cuckoos around the Birds on the Fen certainly are making themselves heard. The flora is also appearing rapidly with plenty or ragged robin, comfrey and creeping buttercup coming into flower there are even some orchids in bloom!
The biggest news is of course the opening of the new windpump! We had the opening ceremony yesterday, and good news the pump works! It offers an interesting and sustainable solution to the potential acidification of the fen due to rainwater, by pumping calcareous water from monks lode onto the fen to act as a buffer to the acidic rainwater. I will be (as I'm sure many people are) following the results of this with great interest.
more news soon!
Jack
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