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A small charity dedicated to preserving long-term experiments (LTEs) for policymaking, sustainable land use & education

27/10/2026

Wicken Fen is the LTE Site of the Week.

Habitat: Grassland

Experiment type: Grazing

Experiment goal: To investigate the long-term impact of grazing on floodplain grassland and scrub.

PI: Francine Hughes and Joseph Bailey, Anglia Ruskin University

Running since: 2007

Located: England

The Wider Wicken Fen Vision began in 1999, and its goal is to turn ex- arable land over a 100-year period into a nature conservation site.

This will add connectivity to the landscape for wildlife and contributes to reduced carbon emissions through peat conservation.

National Trust Wicken Fen Nature Reserve

Learn more about the site: https://bit.ly/WickenF

This is the last of the LTE Site of the Week series! If you liked it and want to know more about long-term experiments and the ECT, then follow us for more.

22/10/2026

We are pleased to announce that towards the end of the summer, two new interpretation boards were installed at Newborough Warren in Wales.

In collaboration with UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - UKCEH and Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales, we produced the interpretation boards in English and Welsh, and design and production was carried out by Hornbeck (that was formerly known as Landmark).

This long-term experiment aims to identify the effects of excess nitrogen and grazing on sand dune grassland, and it has been running since 2003.

Learn more about this site: https://bit.ly/NewboroughW

20/10/2026

Whim Bog is the LTE Site Of The Week.

Habitat: Peatbog

Experiment type: Nutrients

Experiment goal: To look at the effects of different amounts and forms of nitrogen on peatland.

PI: Matt Jones, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - UKCEH

Running since: 2002

Located: Scotland

Different forms of nitrogen include: Ammonia (NH3), sea salt spray (also known as sodium nitrate- NaNO3), and ammonium chloride (NH4Cl).

Natural England

Learn more about this site: https://bit.ly/WhimBog

14/10/2026

Wardlow Hay Cop is the LTE Site Of The Week.

Habitat: Grassland

Experiment type: Nutrients

Experiment goal: To look at the effects of nitrogen on grassland.

PI: Gareth Phoenix, The University of Sheffield

Running since: 1990

Located: England

Excess nitrogen deposited from the atmosphere is one of the top threats to biodiversity.

Learn more about this site: https://bit.ly/WardlowHay

12/10/2026

Last call to book your ticket for the early bird price of £79!

From Sunday 1 November, tickets for the Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium 2027 go up to the full price of £99.

This symposium will bring together leading organisations and experts in green finance, conservation and policy to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change through collaboration at scale.

Book your ticket: https://bit.ly/RLASReg

07/10/2026

ECT’s Webinar Series is open to all!

Our lunchtime webinar is this Friday. Rob Marrs from University of Liverpool will be speaking about the Moor House Grazing Exclosures long-term experiment that has being going since 1953.

The goal at this LTE is to test the effects of removing grazing sheep across 4 plant community types. So do join us, if biodiversity and grazing is of interest to you!

Every two months we host our webinar series that takes place on Friday lunchtimes where researchers behind the long-term experiments and our partners deliver their talks.

These webinars take place on Webex, and there is a chance for Q&As at the end.

We hope to see you there!

To register for this webinar, see https://bit.ly/ECTWebinarsEvents

06/10/2026

Tulloch is the LTE Site of the Week

Habitat: Grassland

Experiment type: Nutrients

Experiment goal: To investigate the long-term productivity of legume-based systems through crop rotation.

PI: Christine Watson, SRUC

Running since: 1991

Located: Scotland

There are environmental and productivity benefits when legumes are grown in a crop rotation, so this experiment aims to uncover the factors that optimise crop rotation.

Learn more about the site: https://bit.ly/TullochScot

01/10/2026

ECT’s Webinar Series is open to all!

Not long to go until our next lunchtime webinar where we will have Rob Marrs from University of Liverpool speaking about the Moor House Grazing Exclosures long-term experiment which has been taking place across 4 locations in the North Pennines.

It will take place online on Friday 9 October 2026 from 12:30pm.

The goal at this LTE is to test the effects of removing grazing sheep across 4 plant community types. So do join us, if biodiversity and grazing is of interest to you!

Every two months we host our webinar series that takes place on Friday lunchtimes where researchers behind the long-term experiments and our partners deliver their talks.

These webinars take place on Webex, and there is a chance for Q&As at the end.

We hope to see you there!

To register for this webinar, see https://bit.ly/ECTWebinarsEvents

30/09/2026

Thursley Common is the LTE Site Of The Week.

Habitat: Heath

Experiment type: Nutrients

Experiment goal: To look at the long-term effects of nitrogen on heath

PI: Jill Kowal, Kew Gardens

Running since: 1989

Located: England

Natural History Museum, London Natural England JNCC

Nitrogen can change soils biology and chemistry to the point where it affects plant growth amongst other things.

Learn more about this site: http://bit.ly/ThursleyCommon

25/09/2026

ECT’s Webinar Series is open to all!

For our next webinar, we will have Rob Marrs from University of Liverpool will be talking about the Moor House Grazing Exclosures long-term experiment that has being going since 1953.

It will take place online on Friday 9 October 2026 from 12:30pm.

The goal at this LTE is to test the effects of removing grazing sheep across 4 plant community types. So do join us, if biodiversity and grazing is of interest to you!

Every two months we host our webinar series that takes place on Friday lunchtimes where researchers behind the long-term experiments and our partners deliver their talks.

These webinars take place on Webex, and there is a chance for Q&As at the end.

We hope to see you there!

To register for this webinar, see https://bit.ly/ECTWebinarsEvents

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
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Thursday	9am - 5pm
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