Great Egret Rebounds at Restored Ouse Fen — SkimNews
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- Great egret populations are recovering at Ouse Fen, Cambridgeshire, after the species was brought to the edge of extinction, per Mark Cocker's country diary.
- Ouse Fen in Cambridgeshire has been converted from low-grade agricultural land into one of the richest wetlands in Britain, according to the diary entry.
- The author describes the site's summer conditions as featuring torrid heat and drought, with a field along the path recorded as an expanse of burnt, dead thistles.
Why it matters: The great egret's rebound at Ouse Fen turns a single-species recovery story into a case study for large-scale wetland restoration: former farmland now ranks among Britain's richest wetlands, demonstrating how habitat conversion can pull a species back from the brink.
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