Volunteers had the pleasure of visiting Swanton Novers National Nature Reserve led by 3 wardens from Natural England.
We met at the Raptor Viewpoint with the hope of seeing Honey Buzzards in one of the few places that they nest in the UK.
There are also Goshawks, Hobby, Merlin, Buzzard and Red Kites, but on a dull windy day with low cloud they did not appear for us.
We then moved on to visit parts of the woodland Reserve which is designated Ancient Woodland and were only permitted to visit with the wardens.
As it is not open to the public it is relatively undisturbed and managed by Natural England.
The main tasks are to reduce overgrown Holly and remove multiple Silver Birch to open the underwood and heath areas for ground plants to thrive.
The group were privileged to see this Reserve and thanked the wardens for their time to guide us around.
Additional photographs can be viewed by following the link to this .PDF file
