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Earith Fen

Downs, Moorland in Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire

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Earith Fen

Counterwash and Sutton Fen Looking down from the bank of the Ouse Washes.
Counterwash and Sutton Fen Credit: Hugh Venables

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Images are sourced within 2km of 52.369621/0.044533462 or Grid Reference TL3976. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Counterwash and Sutton Fen Looking down from the bank of the Ouse Washes.
Counterwash and Sutton Fen
Looking down from the bank of the Ouse Washes.
Flooded hedgerow This amount of water on the washes in May means many ground nesting birds can't breed, often having their nest inundated. It is unfortunately getting more common.
Flooded hedgerow
This amount of water on the washes in May means many ground nesting birds can't breed, often having their nest inundated. It is unfortunately getting more common.
Spring flooding on the Ouse Washes The drought conditions of the 2011/12 winter broke in spectacular fashion with significant flooding. Water in the Ouse Washes is 'good' from a land drainage point of view but disastrous for ground nesting birds. This is a particular issue for wading birds as the Ouse Washes have become a stronghold for several species as other wet grassland areas have been lost.
Spring flooding on the Ouse Washes
The drought conditions of the 2011/12 winter broke in spectacular fashion with significant flooding. Water in the Ouse Washes is 'good' from a land drainage point of view but disastrous for ground nesting birds. This is a particular issue for wading birds as the Ouse Washes have become a stronghold for several species as other wet grassland areas have been lost.
Sutton Fen Looking across from the banks of the Ouse Washes, which count as a local high point in this landscape.
Sutton Fen
Looking across from the banks of the Ouse Washes, which count as a local high point in this landscape.
Sutton Meadlands
Sutton Meadlands
Ditch by Meadlands Main Drove
Ditch by Meadlands Main Drove
Swan overflight, Sutton Meadlands, Main Drove
Swan overflight, Sutton Meadlands, Main Drove
Belt of trees near Hermitage Farm, Earith
Belt of trees near Hermitage Farm, Earith
Fields by Hundred Foot Bank
Fields by Hundred Foot Bank
Narrowboat on New Bedford River The man-made New Bedford River is higher than the surrounding farmland, with water pumped up into the washes, as well as water from the Great Ouse being diverted from the natural route to help keep the farmland from flooding.
Narrowboat on New Bedford River
The man-made New Bedford River is higher than the surrounding farmland, with water pumped up into the washes, as well as water from the Great Ouse being diverted from the natural route to help keep the farmland from flooding.
Wet woodland in the Ouse Washes The channel inside the flood bank at the southern end of the washes is called the Old Bedford River. The name swaps to the Counter Drain at Welches Dam, with this channel becoming the River Delph.
Wet woodland in the Ouse Washes
The channel inside the flood bank at the southern end of the washes is called the Old Bedford River. The name swaps to the Counter Drain at Welches Dam, with this channel becoming the River Delph.
Old Bedford Barrier Bank The northwest side of the Ouse Washes.
Old Bedford Barrier Bank
The northwest side of the Ouse Washes.
Old Bedford Barrier Bank The northwest side of the Ouse Washes, which are doing their job of holding excess water from the Great Ouse and the low-lying Fens.
Old Bedford Barrier Bank
The northwest side of the Ouse Washes, which are doing their job of holding excess water from the Great Ouse and the low-lying Fens.
Swan on the Counter Drain Looking away from the Ouse Washes from the Old Bedford Barrier Bank.
Swan on the Counter Drain
Looking away from the Ouse Washes from the Old Bedford Barrier Bank.
Old Bedford Barrier Bank The northwest side of the Ouse Washes, which are doing their job of holding excess water from the Great Ouse and the low-lying Fens.
Old Bedford Barrier Bank
The northwest side of the Ouse Washes, which are doing their job of holding excess water from the Great Ouse and the low-lying Fens.
Old Bedford Barrier Bank See <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7374544">TL4076 : Old Bedford Barrier Bank</a> for a winter view. In summer the washes are wet marsh and grazing.
Old Bedford Barrier Bank
See TL4076 : Old Bedford Barrier Bank for a winter view. In summer the washes are wet marsh and grazing.
Ouse Washes in summer Drying out after a wet spring.
Ouse Washes in summer
Drying out after a wet spring.
Wet woodland in the Ouse Washes
Wet woodland in the Ouse Washes
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Earith Fen is located at Grid Ref: TL3976 (Lat: 52.369621, Lng: 0.044533462)

Administrative County: Cambridgeshire

District: Huntingdonshire

Police Authority: Cambridgeshire

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