Since 1995, the Kingfishers Bridge Wetland Creation Trust has transformed 61 ha of former arable farmland into a mosaic of wetland wildlife habitats, including Reedbed, fen, mere, ditches, ponds, islands, meadows, scrapes, cliffs and caves.
Andrew Green (left), owner, and one time farmer of Kingfisher's Bridge

Overlooking the lake and wetlands from the top of the fen peat mound

Roger Beecroft standing amongst half a million Teucrium scordium (Water Germander) plants, a species once reduced to no more than half a dozen indivduals at the site

Teucrium scordium (Water Germander)

Floating fragments of stems with roots are blown by the wind, and transferred from one pond to the next by waterfowl and pipes

Recently the highly invasive Crassula helmsii has been discovered at the site, and attempts are being made to control this with black plastic

Reed beds were established using harvested seed heads scattered onto the surfaces of the ponds.
The bed to the left of the path has been allowed to form a solid mass of vegetation; that on the right has been grazed by water buffalo last year, opening up the reeds, creating channels for fish and bitterns to utilise.
The booming Bitterns we heard are the first to nest in Cambridgesire since the late 1930s. This is the first time in the UK that Bitterns have nested at a newly created reedbed and a wonderful achievement for Andrew and Roger and their colleagues who have created this spectacular wetland.

Water buffalo are one of the magic ingredients at Kingfisher's bridge.
Roger has written an article for Conservationevidence.com on the project: Introduction of water buffalo Bubalus bubalis to recently created wetlands at Kingfishers Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Cambridge Milk-parsley (Selinum carvifolia) a vulnerable species which is now growing well at Kingfishers Bridge

A solar powered bat box for Pipistrelle bats!
Another item you don't see every day

Bat cave (Hibernaculum) The cave was built in 2004 from pre-cast concrete roof sections. The roof sections have been placed over a trench dug into limestone. A door allows bat access but restricts access for predators