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Visitors attending a family fun day, women and young girl pushing bikesPair of garganeysMale great spotted woodpecker pecking tree
Migrant hawker dragonfly in flightMute swan with cygnetsCommon blue butterfly
Common sandpiper in mudComma feeding on ripe blackberries at RSPB Minsmere nature reserveHornet robberfly
Frosty water meadow at RSPB Matford Marsh nature reserveOtter looking back over its shoulderWigeons grazing at RSPB Buckenham Marshes nature reserve

Top things to do in Spring

  1. Cycle to the city through this wildlife haven
  2. Make an early morning visit and listen for the rattling calls of garganeys
  3. Listen for the evocative drumming of great spotted woodpeckers and watch as they excavate nest holes in the old oak trees

Top things to do in Summer

  1. Catch a glimpse of darting dragonflies along ditch edges
  2. Cycle along hedgerows decked with flowers and alive with insects
  3. Watch proud parent coots and swans fussing over their young

Top things to do in Autumn

  1. Look out for huge hornet robberflies patrolling the cowpats
  2. See migrating waders such as green and common sandpipers passing through
  3. Watch the site change as water levels in the pools start to rise, creating muddy margins for the winter visitors

Top things to do in Winter

  1. Listen out from the viewing platform for whistling wigeons grazing the grassy ditch margins
  2. Count flocks of ducks and waders on the expanding pools
  3. Look out for otter tracks in the mud, or even snow!

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