WAYMARKERS

1 Leave the car park at the north-west corner and head out along the vehicle track. After stopping on the bridge to look for spiders, continue south-west past dyke-dipping platforms, and look for dragonflies and damselflies, including Norfolk Hawker and Scarce Chasers.

2 You’ll enter an area of fen and scrub known as Sprats Water – take the bridge to the south to wander through. This is a great place for Grasshopper, Cetti’s, Reed, Sedge and Willow Warblers, as well as Marsh Tit and Treecreeper.

3 Taking the track north-west you may hear and see Bullfinch, Cuckoo and many more warblers, plus Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, Chinese Water Deer and Water Vole. Upon reaching the scrapes, you’ll get great views of Lapwing, Redshank, Yellow Wagtail, Shoveler and Avocet, plus regular passage waders such as Ruff, Whimbrel and also Greenshank. 4 It’s at the little concrete bridge that 4,500 people have recently stood to see the American Bittern, while being entertained by Marsh Harriers and dancing Lapwings.

5 Continuing up the track to the River Waveney, stop and wait for a passing Kingfisher or hunting Otter, or look up for passing birds of prey. Turning north you have two options – continue along the edge of Peto’s Marsh to the ferry crossing where you can take a boat to the Waveney River Centre, or take the path south-east along the cross wall giving you views of Peto’s Marsh.

6 Bearing to your left takes you along the river wall path, overlooking the tidal reedbed of White Cast Marshes, where hunting harriers will entertain you and Water Rails are sure to be heard. A mile or so on, pass across the marsh, seeing plants such as Bog Bean and Marsh Pea before returning to the car park where Hobbies may be feeding overhead and Little Egrets may be fishing in the scrape.