Birds of the Fenlands

Young Rachel and Nigel peer through the reeds of a Fenland meer to discover a number of nesting wild birds. A film to educate schoolchildren.

A visual aid for children to learn about natural history, this film follows two children, Rachel and Nigel, who accompany keeper Harry Barnes through a Fenland mere to discover the birdlife and wildlife that lives there. The children travel in a punt along a stretch of water and peer through the reeds looking at coots, a swan with cygnets, and a nesting Great Crested Grebe. They see moorhens, a reed warbler and a whitethroat warbler, toads and ducklings.