
← The Wandering Ecologist Podcast20 Mar · 52 min
The Way of Water: bringing water and life back to High Fen
The Way of Water: bringing water and life back to High Fen
I head up to Norfolk to visit my pal Matthew Hay, at High Fen Wildland. This 292 hectare site was originally farmed for arable and daffodil growing but was too wet to farm commercially. So, in 2022 nature restoration company Nattergal purchased the site with a wonderful vision to recreate a mosaic of diverse fenland habitats, akin to how it might have looked before it was drained for farming in the 17th Century. Installing a series of sub-surface bunds to re-wet the site will boost spec...