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The Sequoia or Giant Redwood would have been planted as one of the specimen trees of the Brandon Hall estate. Edward Bliss made his money selling gun flints during the Napoleonic wars and used it to buy and create Brandon Hall and the surrounding land. Many of the unusual trees planted in what is now Brandon Country Park and the wider Thetford Forest are a legacy of this.

Langmere is a lake that performs something of a magic trick. Every year, it’'s water level can fluctuate by several metres. Sometimes you’ll see it — other times, you won’t. The mere rises and falls in harmony with underground water levels, which change during the seasons. You can observe lots of wildlife around the mere, especially birds. Keep a look-out for bird species including coot, curlew, snipe, teal and more.

The RSPB has done an amazing job in turning these former carrot fields into flourishing reedbed habitat. Keep a look-out for birds including kingfishers, cranes, bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits, reed warblers and sedge warblers. The site is also home to mammals such as otters and water voles, as well as many species of insects.

East Wretham Heath is a nature reserve that's home to many rare species of plant and insect. Scarce breeding birds such as woodlark and redstart can be observed here, as can stone curlews. The grassland was purchased by Norfolk Wildlife Trust at the start of the Second World War, making it the oldest Breckland nature reserve.