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Willow Tree Fen nature reserve update
Willow Tree Fen is being redesigned to allow people to visit the reserve again whilst making it better for cranes and other wildlife.
Willow Tree Fen
Former arable land that has been restored to reedbeds, shallow meres, seasonally flooded pastures and hay meadows.
Goat willow
One of our commonest willows, the Goat willow is a small tree that is found in ditches, reedbeds and wet woodland. It is well-known for its silver, fluffy catkins that give it another name, '…
Grey willow
One of our commonest willows, the Grey willow is a small tree that is found in ditches, reedbeds and wet woodland. It is well-known for its silver, fluffy catkins that give it another name, '…
White willow
So-named for the silvery-white appearance of its leaves, the White willow can be seen along riverbanks, around lakes and in wet woodlands. Like other willows, it produces catkins in spring.
Crack willow
So-named because its gnarled trunk can split as it grows, the Crack willow can be seen along riverbanks, around lakes and in wet woodlands. Like other willows, it produces catkins in spring.
Willow tit
The willow tit lives in wet woodland and willow carr in England, Wales and southern Scotland. It is very similar to the marsh tit, but has a distinctive pale panel on its wings.
Willow warbler
A summer visitor, the willow warbler can be seen in woodland, parks and gardens across the UK. It arrives here in April and leaves for southern Africa in September.
Willow emerald damselfly
A recent colonist to South East England, the metallic-green Willow emerald damselfly spends much of its time in the willow and alder trees that overhang ponds, lakes and canals.
Willow Tree Fen closes as a pair of cranes - one of Britain’s rarest breeding birds – make an earlier than expected return
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust have closed Willow Tree Fen in the hope that the newly arrived pair of cranes will repeat the breeding success on the nature reserve last year – the first time the…