Beaver Project Experiences

Ham Fen is an exceptionally special reserve, home to the UK’s first official beaver release project and Kent’s last remaining fenland. Over the last 20 years the resident beavers have transformed the reserve, with water levels now significantly higher. This has helped to restore areas of peat fen which are so valuable in locking up carbon and, combined with the beavers' natural coppicing, has created a diverse mosaic of habitats.

Nobody is more familiar with Ham Fen and its residents than Area Warden John. These experiences give you the opportunity to visit this usually inaccessible reserve with him, hearing his stories from the years he's spent caring for this special place. You’ll learn all about the once native beaver and discover more about the ways in which their natural behaviours manage and enhance wetland environments, slowing water and creating pools, marshes and channels.

So, find your wellies and get ready for a unique morning of gnawed tree stumps, dams and lodges!