East Wretham Heath

While in the Bury St Edmunds of Dorset we picked up a copy of the AA Country Walks in Britain for £2 in a charity shop. It comes in a ring binder, so you can take out only the pages you need for each walk. I thought I'd try out one of the local ones today.

East Wretham Heath is just a few miles north-east of Thetford. The shortish (2 1/2 mile) walk is based in the Breckland nature reserve, maintained by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. It contains some old Scots pine forest, planted around the time of the battle of Waterloo...



...and some interesting meres (created from collapsed pingos?) that are fed by groundwater. Langmere appeared to have dried up, which indicates that groundwater levels are low, so I didn't see many waterfowl. But there were plenty of bunnies about. How many can you spot in this picture?