Showing posts with label Wetlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wetlands. Show all posts

Sunday, 27 July 2025

#475: 'Spirit of Place' in the wetlands

 A cross posting from my Geography in/on Film blog.



Written and Directed by Jack Cooper Stimpson 

Produced by Lewis Brierly, Izzy Meikle-Small, Jack Cooper Stimpson 

Executive produced by On the Edge and made in association with the wetland conservation charity WWT (Wildfowl and Wetland Trust).


A brief summary of the plot:

Athel and Edward enjoy visiting the wetlands. Edward likes watching the birds, whilst Athel seems to have a much deeper connection to the landscape. When Athel makes a discovery, she is forced to re-examine what the wetlands mean to her. 
A meditation on identity, nature and wellington boots. 
The story explores human identity, discovery, and the mystery of these under-represented eco-systems.

A note from the director:

“Our wetland habitats were not on my radar prior to this project and it has been fascinating researching them and learning more about their quirks and characteristics, alongside their scientific function. Putting that on screen has been a wonderful challenge.

Now, more than ever, we need stories that will inspire audiences to acknowledge and exist in nature. Not apart from it. On The Edge are a company working at this intersection and I could not have hoped for a better team to have partnered with. I hope this film entertains and inspires audiences, whilst also encouraging them to go and explore their local wetlands.”

Wednesday, 14 August 2024

#357: Wicken Fen's 125th birthday

2024 marks the 125th birthday of Wicken Fen: a local nature reserve to me in Cambridgeshire.

Wednesday 1 May 2024 marked 125 years since the National Trust acquired its first two acres of land at Wicken Fen. 

Since 1899, when it became the National Trust's first nature reserve, Wicken Fen has now expanded to over 2,000 acres. Today, it is one of Europe's most important wetlands and home to more than 9,000 species.

Saturday, 23 September 2023

#101: The importance of Wetlands

Wetlands will be one of the ecosystems and habitats which are likely to feature in the new specification, perhaps as optional study. The Fens are an area that I am based in for my teaching, so local fieldwork is likely to involve wetlands.

RAMSAR is the convention on Wetlands.

And there are a few more Twitter feeds for our list which we will release as part of the support materials. 

#643: The Path More Travelled

A cross posting from my Geo Library blog project - what do you mean you haven't visited? There's over 700 books that would be of in...