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🚨 Fly-tipping is costing nature dearly 🌿 Tonnes of waste dumped at Fancott Wood & Meadows in Beds cost us over £13,000 to clear up. Money & time that could have been spent protecting wildlife and restoring habitats. 💚 Help us keep our wild spaces safe! 🔗 www.wildlifebcn.org/news/wildlif...

📣Opportunity: Digital Marketing Officer (Maternity Cover) This role is an opportunity to work alongside a team of marketing and fundraising professionals making a real difference for threatened species and habitats in our three counties. Find out more www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/digital...

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Already planning Christmas family fun? Check out our Children's Christmas Crafts event!🎁 Join us for a variety of festive crafts, including using natural and recycled materials to make eco-friendly decorations for your home🎄 To book your child's spot, follow the events link in the comments below!❄️

🍂 Make this October half term a WILD one! 🦔🍄 From fantastic fungi walks to autumn bushcraft, we’ve picked out some top activities to get you exploring nature! 🌿 These are just a few, discover MORE wild adventures across Beds, Cambs & Northants! 💚 👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/school-holid...

Ewe shall not pass… without stopping for a baaaa-rilliant photo! 🐑🌿 📸Jane Pearman at Woodford Halse Nature Reserve

1/5 📣🎉 Great news! Thanks to our incredibly generous supporters, we’ve raised the funds to buy Pulloxhill Marsh in Bedfordshire! 🙌 We launched an appeal earlier this year to raise nearly £100,000 to protect this special fragment of ancient wetland. It’s been a huge success!

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🌿 The work doesn’t stop here! We have a big job ahead managing Pulloxhill Marsh alongside our 100 other nature reserves across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, while expanding and connecting our network for nature.

wildlifebcn.orgBecome a member | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & NorthantsWe rely on support from our 37,000 members to protect and restore local wildlife. Will you join us?

💚 You can help us protect more wildlife and wild places! 🌱 Join us: www.wildlifebcn.org/join 🦋 Support our Wilder Future Fund with a one-off donation: www.wildlifebcn.org/wilderfuture...

🫶 Every donation has made a difference, from £10 gifts to pledges of several thousand pounds. We’re hugely grateful to everyone who contributed. Our friends at Bedfordshire Natural History Society also supported the appeal. We look forward to working together to record the many species found here.

💦 Fed by springs, Pulloxhill Marsh is close to our Flitwick Moor reserve and is home to pignut, marsh valerian, reeds, sedges and several rare insect species. 🐸🦋 Protecting places like this helps give wildlife a future.

📸 Could your photo be our next Header Photo of the Month? 🌿 Send us your favourite photo taken on one of our reserves for a chance to feature on our Facebook & Bluesky headers! 📅 Deadline: 20th October 📧 communicationsteam@wildlifebcn.org We can't wait to see your photos!

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We were very grateful to be joined by Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination, who brought the joys of fungal-inspired Artscaping to the Fungi Field Day, and @wildlifebcn.org with information on wildlife-friendly gardening and local nature of Cambridgeshire (🧵4/5)

THEY DID IT!! 🌿🏃‍♂️ A HUGE congratulations to everyone who took part in the Great Eastern Run yesterday! 🎉👏 We’re so proud of our amazing runners for taking on the challenge, pushing themselves to the finish line and helping to make a difference for wildlife. 💚 1/3

A massive THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us so far, whether by running, cheering us on, sharing our posts or donating. Every bit of support means so much! But our fundraising journey doesn’t have to end at the finish line… 🌿 2/3

There’s still time to make a difference! 💚 Help us go even further and support local wildlife with a donation: 👇 www.justgiving.com/team/run-for... Thank you for being part of our journey. Together, we can make a real difference! 🌿🐾

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Did we forget anything?? @wildlifebcn.org www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-... #appleandharvestfair #appleday #freeevent #activitiesforkids #daysout #CommunityEvent

🌿 We’re hiring! 💧 Could you help support the development of a full Cam Catchment Plan & work with partners to improve the health of the River Cam & its chalk streams? 📍 Cambourne, Cambs ⏰ 15 hrs/week | 15-month role 💷 £13.45/hour 📅 Apply by 9am, 26 Oct 👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/cam-cat...

📣We're looking for 3 new trustees! 🦋 If you’re 18+ passionate about wildlife & have ideas, skills or experience to share, we want to hear from you. 👩‍🎓 Matt became a trustee as a student it’s a great way to support nature & learn new skills. 📝 Apply by 16 Oct: www.wildlifebcn.org/volunteering...

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🏃The Great Eastern Run is this weekend! 🦡Team Badger have been preparing...maybe a bit too much... We'd love for them to get to £3k by race day, can you help? 👉 www.justgiving.com/team/run-for...

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Thrilled to find the cocoon of a Dinocampus coccinellae (parasitic wasp) being guarded by a parasitised / paralysed 7-spot Ladybird in the garden of @wildlifebcn.org HQ. Only the second time I've seen this!

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Diggers start work on restoring wetland over hundreds of acres of fen to create and connect vast area of wildlife habitat - as part of Great Fen vision @wildlifebcn.org www.itv.com/news/2026-10...

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🥳We are very excited to see work starting on one of our biggest ever wetland restoration sites. Now, after lots of planning and preparation, the diggers have arrived to turn an area almost the size of Hyde Park into a thriving wetland. Read more here www.wildlifebcn.org/news/work-st...

💚The National Lottery and our generous members and supporters helped us buy Speechly's Farm three years ago.

🍂 October is here! Our teams have plenty of autumn adventures lined up across our three counties. 🍁 Wildlife walks 🐛 Little Bugs 🦉 Owl Pellet Dissection 🐦 Brilliant Birds More to come! 🧵👇

🎃 There’s plenty more October fun! 🌿 Nature Girls 🔥 Family bushcraft 🎃 Halloween activities 🌱 Eco gardening 🌳 Woodland adventures Plus lots more ways to get outdoors and connect with nature! 🍂

Fancy joining us this October? 🦔🍁 From autumn walks and wildlife discoveries to spooky seasonal fun, there’s something for everyone! See all our October events & book your place 👇 www.wildlifebcn.org/events #WildlifeTrustBCN

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Did you know you can listen to and submit wildlife audio recordings on a website called xeno-canto.org? Our thanks to Andrew Harrop who has started things off at Woodwalton Fen NNR! Have you got any records you could submit? @wildlifebcn.org #birdsong #audiorecording

🏠🌿Cambridge needs homes - and it also need space for nature. We have responded to the Greater Cambridge Local Plan consultation urging planners not to water down commitments to wildlife around the city. Read more here www.wildlifebcn.org/news/wildlif... 📸 Trumpington Meadows

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We're delighted to say that the free shuttle bus from Ramsey centre to the Apple and Harvest Fair is running again this year. Thanks to Ramsey Community Bus! Here's the timetable. @wildlifebcn.org #appleandharvestfair #AppleDay #CommunityEvent #FreeEvent #communitysupport

This months header winner is Neil St John with this shot all the team loved, of a bittern and sheep at Summer Leys! The team loved this one as it looks like the sheep is a little shocked to have seen the elusive bittern. Well done Neil.

✅On #GiftAidAwarenessDay, we want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all our donors who #TickTheBox. You help us to help so many more! Every year, charities miss out on £560m in unclaimed Gift Aid tax relief. Help us claim more and do more. #GiftAidAwarenessDay @cfgsocial.bsky.social

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Did you know our very own Helen Bailey is in the Great Eastern Run in less that two weeks? And she's raising money, as part of the incredible #TeamBadger, for @wildlifebcn.org. She would dearly love your support! www.justgiving.com/team/run-for... #greateasternrun #fundraising #halfmarathon

We welcomed Sam Carling, MP for North West Cambs, to the Great Fen on Friday. He met our CEO Brian Eversham and Director of Conservation Matt Jackson at the site of our most recent wetland restoration work at New Decoy Farm and learnt about the importance of rewetting this peatland landscape.

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We're sharing the power of #paludiculture at the Cambridge Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival this Sunday! Free entry. Parker's Piece, Cambridge | Sunday 27th September | 10:30 - 16:00. See you there!

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Tales from the Fen return to the Apple and Harvest Fair with another fabulous free workshop, this time lino-printing your own tote bag! There are a limited number of places available so we recommend booking yours ASAP. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/apple-and-... @wildlifebcn.org

22 Sept

👷‍♀️We lowered and enlarged an island at Lilbourne Meadows in Northants in August to benefit wading birds which love muddy edges where they can feed on insect larvae. 🐣Oystercatcher and little ringed plover have bred on the island since it was created.

18 Sept

🪩Disco the highland cow calf born last year in Northants. He's transformed into a moody teen with a spectacular fringe and is looking for love with some of the older females of the herd. 🤞No luck yet but there's plenty of time and lots of work to do on our reserves grazing wildflower meadows.

17 Sept

🦋Some butterflies to remind us of summer... 💛A clouded yellow snapped by Steve Clark at Summer Leys in Northants. 🌷Great Fen conservation officer Jasmin spotted this beautiful wall butterfly recently. 🥰And this summer silver washed fritillaries returned to Oaks Wood in Cambourne - by Nik.

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16 Sept

The next thing to prep for our Apple and Harvest Fair is your fancy dress costume! We'd love to see your youngsters dressed as wonderful wildlife, especially to take part in the Harvest Queen parade. In return they get a free lucky dip prize! @wildlifebcn.org

15 Sept

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ We’re taking on the Great Eastern Run in Peterborough to raise money for local wildlife across Beds, Cambs & Northants! 🌿💚 Every donation helps protect habitats and create a wilder future for nature and people. Support our team: www.justgiving.com/team/run-for...

14 Sept

🌾Pulloxhill Marsh survived. Help us protect it forever. 👉 Donate today at www.wildlifebcn.org/pulloxhill Just a few fields from our Flitwick Moor nature reserve, lies Pulloxhill Marsh. A fragment of ancient countryside that has somehow escaped the impacts of modern agriculture and development.

12 Sept

📸 Could your photo be our next Header Photo of the Month? 🌿 Send us your favourite photo taken on one of our reserves for a chance to feature on our Facebook & Bluesky headers! 📅 Deadline: 20th September 📧 communicationsteam@wildlifebcn.org We can't wait to see your photos!

11 Sept

🦡Ready, Sett, Go! 🏃‍♂️On Brocktober 11th the Wildlife Trust BCN's Team Badger will be taking part in the Great Eastern Run raising funds for nature. 👉Visit the Just Giving page to meet the runners and sponsor them! www.justgiving.com/team/run-for-the-wild

11 Sept

🌿Getting the nature message across to our region's MPs is a vital part of our job. The summer recess is an opportunity to meet elected representatives on reserves & we've been busy showing them the value of conservation & why it needs more support. Read more www.wildlifebcn.org/news/getting...

10 Sept

Could you help shape a wilder future? 🌿 We’re looking for new Trustees to help guide the future of nature across Beds, Cambs & Northants. You don’t need to be a wildlife expert, just passionate about making a difference. 💚 Find out more & apply 👇 www.wildlifebcn.org/volunteering...

wildlifebcn.orgNorthants visitor centre gets upgrade as Wildlife Trust plans to engage more of the community | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & NorthantsA visitor centre will be getting an upgrade as part of changes to Wildlife Trust nature reserves in Northamptonshire.

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Exciting changes are coming to Northamptonshire! 🌿 Our Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre at Rushden Lakes is getting an upgrade, with new exhibits & classroom facilities to help more people of all ages connect with nature. 💚🦫 Read more: www.wildlifebcn.org/news/northan...

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