The Lost Fens: England's Greatest Ecological Disaster
by Ian D. Rotherham /
2013 / English / EPUB
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The Lost Fens
The Lost Fens is the history of the cultural landscape of
the Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Yorkshire Fenlands from the
Humber and the Vale of York, to Norfolk. The book draws together
the story of changing landscapes, lost cultures and ways of life,
and the wildlife that has gone, too. This story of destruction is
the most dramatic example of ecological destruction in our history.
Between 6,000 and 10,000 square kilometres of wetland present in
the 1600s, was almost entirely obliterated by 1900. Gone are the
vast flocks of wetland birds that filled the evening skies in
winter, the frozen wetlands and the fen skaters of the winter, and
the abundant Black Terns or breeding wading birds of the summer
months. This is the history of a landscape, of a region, and of its
people, long since passed away. It is a remarkable tale and, above
all, a history of a lost ecology.
is the history of the cultural landscape of
the Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Yorkshire Fenlands from the
Humber and the Vale of York, to Norfolk. The book draws together
the story of changing landscapes, lost cultures and ways of life,
and the wildlife that has gone, too. This story of destruction is
the most dramatic example of ecological destruction in our history.
Between 6,000 and 10,000 square kilometres of wetland present in
the 1600s, was almost entirely obliterated by 1900. Gone are the
vast flocks of wetland birds that filled the evening skies in
winter, the frozen wetlands and the fen skaters of the winter, and
the abundant Black Terns or breeding wading birds of the summer
months. This is the history of a landscape, of a region, and of its
people, long since passed away. It is a remarkable tale and, above
all, a history of a lost ecology.
