Cranes, which disappeared from the UK around 400 years ago, have been steadily reclaiming their place in the landscape thanks to a combination of natural recolonisation from Europe since the late 1970s and targeted reintroduction efforts.

This includes work at the RSPB’s Lakenheath Fen reserve in Suffolk, where habitat restoration and careful site management have played a key role in the birds’ recovery.

Cranes went extinct in the country around 400 years ago. (Image: Andy Hay/RSPB)

Dave Rogers, reserve manager at Lakenheath Fen, said: "We talk about the UK as being a very nature-depleted country, so getting something back as iconic as cranes shows we can change the fortunes of a landscape, and change the........

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