Part of a wider project Listen to the Voices of the Fen, by artist Kathy Hinde in Partnership with Wicken Fen and Babylon Arts to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of Wicken Fen. Listen to the Voices of the Fen invites you to actively listen to the voices of many different species at Wicken Fen
Live Hydrophone Stream
Listen live to an underwater microphone submerged in a ditch running alongside Sedge Fen on the project website voicesofthefen.co.uk or on the ‘locus-sonus’ soundmap, streaming soundscapes from all over the world to explore the ever-evolving relationship between sound and place.
Sedge Fen is one of the last remaining fragments of undrained fenland, and as such, is a unique haven and one of the very last refuges for a host of fenland species dependent on the peatland soils and contains deep peat depths ranging from 2m-4m. It takes 1 year for 1mm of peat to form. Not only does this rich and deep peatland act as an important carbon sink, and provide a valuable habitat for many species, it is a holder of time. Connecting to the 2024 World Listening Day theme ‘Listening to the Weave of Time’, tune in to listen to the submerged hydrophone running along the edge of peat rich Sedge Fen.
Find out more about conservation of peat and rewilding at Wicken Fen here.
This project is supported using public funding by The National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Image © Mike Selby / National Trust