The soil at High Fen is full of peat, so keeping it wet ensures the containment of stores of carbon. Mr Hay said the rewilding was very different to preserving sites that were already nature-rich.

A rich, heavy soil, formed from vegetation compressed in bogs or fen, and so full of vim that it even burns well. 1 In Nightingale, Peat is considered a Component which means that it is an item ...

A former daffodil farm is to be returned to vital wetland through a rewilding project. The project at the 292-hectare (721-acre) High Fen site in Methwold, Norfolk, is being undertaken by a private ...