This view is from the 15th century Church tower looking back towards where we parked the car in the village just beyond the thatched house on the far side of the field. The walk from the village to the church is easy at less than a half-mile.

The church, which contains one of the finest examples of a medieval rood screen in the country, attracts up to 100,000 visitors each year and has a combined Visitor Centre/Tea Room.

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The little lane which runs north-east from the church and circles round back to the village gives access to the nature reserve.

This reserve is marsh with trees and reed beds and it would not be possible to walk through it if it were not for the wooden walkways which have been constructed to enable you to do just that.

Here the walkway is running through a wooded area.

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You are likely to see, and hear, quite a variety of local wildlife here including the Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus) shown here.

I understand that the Swallowtail butterfly has been seen here recently when the weather has been suitable but we didn't see any although we did see their food plant - Milk Parsley (Selinum carvifolia).

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Here the walkway is passing through a reed bed comprised of Norfolk Reed (Phragmites).

You should be able to see a small thatched roof in the distance which is the Nature Reserve's Visitor Centre.

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This view is from very near the Visitor Centre on Ranworth Broad looking along the navigable channel from Malthouse Broad to the River Bure. The yacht is heading from the channel into Malthouse Broad.

There is a little pedestrian ferry which runs between Ranworth and here at the Visitor Centre.

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