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Here we share the latest news and insights from the New Life on the Old West project. Find out more about the latest wildlife enhancements, follow our project team in action and read contributions from our volunteer community and project partners.

Do you have insights to share? Get in touch at info@newlifeoldwest.org.uk to find out how you can contribute an article.

Tales from The Council of All Beings – Part II

NLOW held our first ‘Council of All Beings’ meeting in September at Kingfisher’s Bridge Nature Reserve, leaving participants genuinely illuminated and inspired.

Tales from The Council of All Beings – Part I

NLOW held our first ‘Council of All Beings’ meeting in September at Kingfisher’s Bridge Nature Reserve, leaving participants genuinely illuminated and inspired.

Blog Post: A bad year for Butterflies – but opportunities ahead

If you were asked to close your eyes and imagine a warm summer’s…

A real buzz at Over ‘Open for Nature’ day

New Life on the Old West rounded off our Open for Nature days…

Little Thetford ‘Open for Nature’ day Success

New life on the Old West hosted the first of their two annual…
Tracey Graves

Migrating warblers

As the migratory warblers head back to warmer climes, we look back at the warblers we’ve seen and heard in the NLOW project area this spring and summer.

Wildlife-friendly activities for Autumn

From identifying fungi species to making a hedgehog hibernation home, here are our ideas for exploring the nature on your doorstep this autumn.
David Bradley

Summer photography competition winners

Take a look at some of the amazing entries to our summer photography competition capturing the wildlife of the Fens.
Sandra Ortuño, Shepreth Wildlife Park

Shepreth’s Scottish wildcats

Discover how Shepreth Wildlife Park is playing a part in the conservation and recovery of Scottish wildcats.

Terrific tansy beetles

Find out more about these iridescent and jewel-like beetles which are found in only three locations across the UK.
Ordnance Survey map of East Anglia, published December 1966.Director General of the Ordnance Survey, UK

The Eastern Frontier

Cambridgeshire's Old West River was once a vital Eastern Border. Find out about its significance from the Iron Age to today!
David Chandler

There are dragons

24 species of 'dragonfly' occur regularly on the NLOW patch. Read this blog by local wildlife expert and guide David Chandler to discover more about this order, the Odonata.