Fund Our Fabulous Fens

Help us to support our fabulous fens, wonderful woodlands, glorious grasslands and splendid heathlands by sponsoring an acre today. LOHP manages about 200 acres across the Little Ouse valley, each acre costs about £120 a year to look after, which requires a regular income to do this (in addition to membership and project grants).

Can you give regular help? Anyone can get involved (even if you are not a member of LOHP), £120 a year is only £10 a month per acre to help us maintain and protect these important habitats and their wildlife for future generations to enjoy.

Sponsor an Acre (you can sponsor more than one acre if you would like to)

Or become an LOHP member or join us as a volunteer

Flowers on New Fen

Take a break

We have recently started to run small practical conservation work parties again, adhering to the social distancing guidelines. Our volunteers have been working extremely hard and have just installed two rustic benches on Reeves Meadows. When passing why not stop and take a break on one of the new benches and enjoy the view.

Volunteers installing one of the rustic benches on Reeves Meadows (left) and right the second rustic bench - © LOHP

Spring has Sprung

Although things are a bit strange now, life still goes on and if you can get out for your daily exercise or out into your garden then you cannot miss that spring has sprung and wildlife is abundant.

Blossom is out on the trees; spring flowers are abundant and there are broods of baby ducklings filling up duck ponds all over the place. Bees and butterflies are a welcome sight with Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Orange-tip and Holly Blue all being spotted in gardens.

Blackthorn Hedge – Reeves Meadows - © Rowena Langston

Migratory birds are arriving back to our shores, listen out for Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps belting out their songs. As the remaining Redwings are leaving us Swallows are already returning.

After all the winter rains and this nice warm spell, it is providing the perfect conditions for plants to grow, which means much more work for our volunteers when we can get back out there. Until then we are very happy to welcome back the Redpoll cattle who will help us manage our sites by munching their way through the vegetation.

Cows and Claves on Webbs Fen - © Rowena Langston