This 119 hectare reserve is managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Some fields are an impenetrable thicket of hawthorn, blackthorn and dog rose – perfect for blackcap and other warblers in summer and flocks of redwing and fieldfare in winter.
Near the riverside meadows land too wet for farming has been fenced off and lightly grazed by cattle. A series of new ponds have been created and left to regenerate naturally. 

Alongside the Black Bourn the riverside meadows are lightly grazed and new wetland habitats have been created. In winter the waters of the Black Bourn once again spill out across the meadows - as it would have done for generations –attracting flocks of teal and gadwall and feeding snipe on the watery edges.