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Wicken Fen is a 254.5-hectare (629-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It is also a National Nature Reserve , [ 4 ] and a Nature Conservation Review site. [ 5 ]
As such this is the earliest record concerning that area, as well as Spinney Priory. For centuries the monastery was associated with the fen, and this continues even now with water being pumped from the farm fields into the Nature Reserve. In 1301 Mary de Bassingbourne expanded the establishment with 90 acres (364,000 m 2) more and four more ...
Wicken was listed as Wicha in the Domesday Book [4] and Wiken in around 1200. [5] The name comes from an Old-English dative plural wícum meaning "the dwellings" or "the trading settlement". [6] Wicken also has the last twelve-sided smock mill still working in England, having been restored to full working order by a team of volunteers. The mill ...
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A pair of common cranes which have nested at the East Anglian nature reserve since 2019 have successfully reared their first chick to fledging there.
As a remnant wetland in a modified landscape, Wicken Fen in particular needs active management to maintain water levels. Because of shrinkage of the surrounding arable land, water tends to drain out of Wicken Fen. Measures have been taken to prevent drying out, including pumping water up from a drainage channel. [3]
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Approximately 17 miles (27 km) north-east of Cambridge is Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, where walkers will pass through the remains of a fragment of a Fenland wilderness of former times. Wicken Fen was the first nature reserve to be owned by the National Trust and has been in its care since 1899. Wicken Fen is a haven for birds, plants ...