At this time of the year, the vegetation has died back and so the view across the Great Fen is an incredibly open one. In addition to taking in the ‘big skies’, it’s a productive time to gaze across the grasslands in search of mammals.
Creatures great and small are active throughout the year, including winter, and this time of year can provide the best sightings of them. Chinese water deer is a favourite for many people and you can see them more easily now, as there is less cover for them. You have a greater chance of seeing them in the early evening, unless you chance across them as they break cover from a nearby ditch as you walk the trails and they shoot off, sprinting across the fields.