Hickling Broad boat trip

 Hickling Broad was the venue for our day on Thursday May 15th. We had booked a two hour boat trip, so after a very friendly and informative briefing in the visitor centre we walked to the boarding point.

After putting on life jackets we climbed aboard the electric boat.

It was a cloudy day and a little on the cool side as we entered the broad.

We had not been in the boat long when a Bittern flew across the broad, in front of the boat.

We visited three hides, which are only accessible by boat.

The hides have thatched roofs, which last about 30 years. The last hide we visited was a 60 foot tall tree hide. To gain access we had to cross this bridge.

which the boat man had to unlock.

These are the views across the area.

A hybrid carrion/hooded crow.

After our bot trip we returned to the visitor centre for lunch and explored the rest of the reserve in the afternoon. The highlight was watching Hobbies hunting dragonflies.