Fen Fuss

We had a late afternoon 'constitutional' at Wicken Fen.

There were a lot of folks standing around with massive big telescopes, binoculars, cameras, all surveying the flat fen. We stood around with them for a bit, looking interested.

Mr H rustled up the courage to ask a likely looking pair what all the fuss was. ''Hen harriers'', they said, ''they do a spectacular display at dusk''.

Had we brought the bins? Had we heck! We will be leaving the hen harrier spotting until another day, then.