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Hidden report reveals Wenny Meadow is home to rare 'false scorpions'

False Scorpion

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According to an invertebrate survey obtained via a Freedom of Information Request, Wenny Meadow in Chatteris is home to a “substantial and healthy population” of rare pseudoscorpions. Otherwise known as “false scorpions”, these invertebrates are like scorpions…


Ouse Washes: Middle Level Barrier Bank raising works

Ouse Washes

- The Ouse Washes near Welney" by Richard Humphrey

The Middle Level Barrier Bank is the bank of the Ouse Washes reservoir extending from Earith to Welmore Lake Sluice. The Environment Agency are carrying out work to comply with recommendations made by the reservoir Inspecting…