Winter empties the Broads of cruisers and fills it with wildfowl, raptors and quiet walks, hides and boat trips. Here's how to plan a day.

Reedbeds and fens look alike but differ in water chemistry, soil and plants. Here is how to tell them apart on a field visit, from peat to bitterns.

Even a metre-wide pond will pull in frogs, newts and dragonflies. Here is how to site, line and plant one that looks after itself.