Redgrave and Lopham Fen

While Little W was being monstrous, the rest of us took a picnic to Redgrave and Lopham fen. This is a Suffolk Wildlife Trust site with a visitor centre and tea-room, but the facilities are only open at weekends (10am to 5pm). It is just a few miles west of Diss and is signposted from both the A1066 Diss-Thetford road and A143 Diss-Sury St Edmunds road.

Redgrave fen is "the largest remaining river valley fen in England and the source of the River Waveney". According to my map, it is also very close to the source of the river Little Ouse too. There are a number of signposted walks. As we didn't have long we did the red Spider Walk...


...so named because it takes you past pools where the rare Fen Raft Spider can be found.

We didn't find any of the spiders, but we did see the wild konik ponies and lots of damselflies..