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We are the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants. Caring for nature reserves, inspiring people to love wildlife and making our three counties wilder. Join us! www.wildlifebcn.org/join
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🌿 What’s on this February? 🐦

A whole month of wildlife walks, creative workshops, inspiring talks and family-friendly nature events with The Wildlife Trust BCN 👇
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Conservation works are underway at Strawberry Hill 🍓🌿

In collaboration with the Newt Conservation Partnership, new ponds are being created to support great crested newts & other wildlife, helping protect & enhance this special habitat for the future.

Watch here 👇
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Pond Habitat Creation at Strawberry Hill
YouTube video by Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants
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February 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Time for those Peckers to come 'knock knock knockin' for #WoodpeckerWednesday, so here's a set of Great Spotted Woodpecker captures at Summer Leys Nature Reserve.

@wildlifebcn.org #birds #EastCoastKin #CanonPhotography #photography #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #birdphotography @rspb.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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💚 Wildlife + skills + fresh air = best day ever?! 🌞🌾
📆 18th February
📍 Lattersey Nature Reserve
🎯 Learn real conservation skills

Skill up, get muddy, make a difference! 🥾🌱✨
Book here 👉
www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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📸 Taken a great wildlife photo on one of our reserves? Yours could be our next header!

🗓 Deadline: 20 Feb
📧 [email protected]

📷 Blue Tit by Thomas Freer
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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📣 Get hands-on with conservation this spring! 🌾

We’re recruiting 2 Great Fen Monitoring Trainees to support exciting peatland restoration projects as part of the EU-funded PaluWise programme.

📆 Apply by Mon 2 March 2026, 9am
🔗 www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/great-f...
🌿🐦

@greatfen.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Love wildlife? 💚

Join The Wildlife Trust BCN this February and help protect local habitats! First 50 new members* (9th–27th Feb) get a free calendar. 🌿

👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/become-member

*T&Cs apply
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Fantastic piece here by @timsmedley.bsky.social & the team at Graf UK (our trail camera sponsors) with Ben our Nene Valley Projects Officer!

Grab a cuppa to sit & watch this - it's well worth it!
timsmedley.bsky.social Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 6d
I did some filming! And on my favourite topic: the return of beavers to the UK. Big thanks to @wildlifebcn.org, @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, and the Graf UK camera crew.

(I think David Attenborough's job is safe. But I enjoyed it nonetheless). 🦫💧

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Beavers One Year On: How Rewilding Is Reshaping Wetlands
YouTube video by water matters
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February 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Our woodlands are under pressure - but their future isn’t lost 🌳

Climate change & disease are impacting Short Wood & Southwick Wood in Northamptonshire.

Our staff & volunteers, incl. warden Rupert Paul, are managing them for the next 200 years.
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Tree Disease at Southwick Wood & Looking To The Future
YouTube video by Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants
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February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Detached des res in a prime spot - perfect for a growing family and clearly in demand! Our Cambourne nest box has viewings today.

If birds needed an agent, would they use Flightmove? 🐦✈️

#bluetits #cambourne #rightmove #nestbox
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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Did you know we regularly deliver informative talks?

From beavers to butterflies 🦫🦋 - our Talks bring local wildlife & conservation to life! 🌿

Whether you’re part of a group, classroom or club, let’s explore nature together.

Details 👉 wildlifebcn.org/about-us/talks
February 4, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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🪻🦋Wildflowers, butterflies and beautiful views are safer in the north Chilterns thanks to a funding boost.

This project is supported by the Big Chalk Nature Recovery Fund, funded through the Protected Landscapes Partnership with support from Defra.

www.wildlifebcn.org/news/funding...
Funding boost for chalkland wildlife in the Chilterns | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants
Chalk grassland wildflowers and butterflies in the North Chilterns are better protected thanks to a conservation project backed by the Big Chalk Nature Recovery Fund.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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✍️Join us for an Intro to Nature Writing workshop with Nic Wilson, perfect for beginners and those wanting to grow their creative writing skills.

📅Friday 27 February | 10am–1pm
📍Paxton Pits Education Centre, Little Paxton
🔗Book now: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/
February 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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❤️Are you looking for a unique and environmentally friendly gift for Valentine's Day?

🦔Why not send one of our Adopt a Species packs to that special someone and send a HedgeHug!

Check out below for more info!
www.wildlifebcn.org/support-us/a...

#valentinesday #sustainablegifts
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Dearest gentle readers, when the ton looks beyond the ballroom, they find nature’s true diamonds of the season. 🌿✨

#Bridgerton #Wildlife #FebruaryWildlife
February 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Today is World Wetlands Day 💚

Meet the Great Fen’s Mobile Inspiration Hub, a tiny house built with wetland-grown materials, and the first of its kind in the UK 🛖✨

Learn more 👇
www.greatfen.org.uk/.../great-fe...
February 2, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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🌿 What’s on this February? 🐦

A whole month of wildlife walks, creative workshops, inspiring talks and family-friendly nature events with The Wildlife Trust BCN 👇
February 2, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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Our February header photo winner is 14 year old Thomas Freer with this great action shot of a zooming blue tit at Southwick Wood.

Entries open for March soon!
February 2, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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🎬 Luton’s Chalk Hills & River Lea – Film Night 🌿

Thursday 26 Feb, 7:30–9:30pm at Luton Library Theatre.
Two wildlife films + expert Q&A, celebrating local nature and the legacy of Dr Trevor Tween. Tickets £3.50 (all proceeds support green spaces).

🔗 wildlifebcn.org/events
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Would you like to start the New Year with a quiz? Those familiar with Bedfordshire Wildlife Trust BCN nature reserves (@wildlifebcn.org) may like to have a go at solving these cryptic clues to their identities. @brianecambs.bsky.social
A set of cryptic clues to Bedfordshire Wildlife Trust reserves. 1. A dyslexic inhabitant from The Shire? 2. A Rosaceaen uprising 3. Arthur's knight is missing the Spanish grassland 4. Brief decline by a tit 5. Cautiously plead with black bird 6. Complexion issues? 7. Confused imp shaves one beard 8. Damon cooperates without having eaten first 9. Deranged Andrew hides in ancient burrow 10. Dibbler would include "me-own" in this reserve's name 11. Enthusiast has company at the race 12. Fly in, then leave vehicle at a club 13. Fly to soak up the extra? It sounds like it. 14. Hangs teacher on high ground 15. Look at superb art on gravel pitch 16. Lutra and Sterna are present in name only? 17. Pipes clot somehow 18. Priest's allotment run wild? 19. Punching below the belt(s) 20. Rockets procured covers 21. Turning off water supply from the south-east 22. Use XL foot to reach the top
January 1, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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Nature makes everything better 🌿💚

Take our woodland quiz as a little Friday reset and tell us your score in the comments! 👇
quiz.tryinteract.com#/693194171a7...
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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It's time for the tree knockers to come out and shine for #WoodpeckerWednesday apparently...Golden-fronted Woodpecker from Mexico.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #ukbirding #BirdLife @wildlifebcn.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Now it's time for the tree knockers to come out and shine for #WoodpeckerWednesday, this Green Woodpecker and Great Spotted Woodpeckers are from Clough Head, Pitsford NR, Summer Leys NR and RSPB Old Moor.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #ukbirding #BirdLife @wildlifebcn.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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🌱 Youth Rangers of the Fens 🌱
Free, hands-on conservation session for ages 11–17 with the Wildlife Trust.

📅 Wed 18 Feb | ⏰ 10am–1pm
📍 Stanground Wash, Peterborough

Learn practical habitat management skills
🔗 wildlifebcn.org/events
January 27, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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Exciting day working with the @notbourneyesterday.bsky.social team and @naturalengland.bsky.social at Hexton Estate. The @wildlifebcn.org Youth Rangers came out to help take samples to see if we can get some ancient pollen.

Yes, I told them today would be a truly boring exercise 😜
January 24, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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We plan to go ahead with Family #Stargazing tomorrow, though there's warning of cloud cover. Looks clearer earlier so we'll get you outside ASAP and have indoor activities for cloudier spells. Dress very warmly and bring a torch. Look out for our reminder email via Eventbrite. @wildlifebcn.org
A boy wearing coat, hat and gloves uses a telescope to look into the night sky
January 23, 2026 at 11:08 AM