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Konik foals and Highland calves brought in to help manage nature reserve

A dozen Konik pony foals are finding their feet at a nature reserve where their grazing will help create habitats for other species. The animals, a hardy breed originating from Poland, leave water-filled hoof prints and piles of dung as they go ...

26 May 2022 at 08:03

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Ross County sign goalkeeper George Wickens on loan as Ben Purrington departs

Derek Adams has continued his Ross County squad overhaul by signing goalkeeper George Wickens on loan from Fulham and allowing defender Ben Purrington to depart for Exeter City. Wickens, 22, is yet to make a senior appearance for the west ...

11 Jan 2024 at 17:42

Taps turned on at nature reserve to create winter wetland habitat for birds

Rangers at a nature reserve in the Cambridgeshire Fens have turned on taps across the site to create a winter wetland habitat for wildfowl on the low-lying land. The taps at Wicken Fen allow water to flow from lodes on higher ground to ...

24 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Foaling season for Konik ponies begins at National Trust nature reserve

A Konik pony has been born at a nature reserve, as the foaling season gets under way. The hardy breed, which originates from Poland, was brought in to help biodiversity at the National Trust’s Wicken Fen site in Cambridgeshire in the ...

28 Mar 2023 at 08:09

Community diagnostic centres ‘may struggle to live up to ministers’ promises’

Just one in five of the Government’s flagship community diagnostic centres are actually “in the community”, according to new analysis. Ministerial pledges to bring NHS diagnostic facilities “closer to where people live” have been ...

13 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Wicken Fen declared ‘dragonfly hotspot’ as ancient insects thrive in nature site

A wetland nature reserve which has been cared for by the National Trust for 125 years is being declared a “dragonfly hotspot” because of its value to the ancient insects. Wicken Fen national nature reserve in Cambridgeshire – ...

30 Jun 2024 at 00:01

Shopper praises ‘incredible human’ who befriended her autistic son in Asda

A supermarket shopper has heaped praised on a store worker after she forged a remarkable friendship with a little boy with autism. Bex Wickens said Mags Lunn is “an incredible human” after she transformed her ...

07 Jun 2022 at 11:20

Runner who died in crash took up sport after fraud charge in US, inquest told

A much-loved father who was fatally struck by a car while out running got into the sport after he was charged with fraud in the US alongside tech billionaire Mike Lynch, an inquest has heard. Chief financial ...

03 Jun 2025 at 13:58

National Trust nature reserve records rare moth as 10,000th different species

A rare species of moth that mimics the appearance of a wasp to avoid predators is the 10,000th species of wildlife to be recorded at the National Trust’s Wicken Fen nature reserve. The conservation charity ...

08 Oct 2025 at 00:01

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