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Now there are hopes the corncrake can stage a comeback in England, after being reintroduced to the fenlands of Norfolk.

The bare expanses of prairies, fenlands, wheatfields and marshes can seem boring, bleak, even frightening.

To this day, Bernadette's body had still not been found, despite extensive searches in garages and fenland fields.

It is 20 years since Kent Wildlife Trust released the first pair of beavers into a fenced area of fenland in the county in 2001.

“I spent so much time rooting around with him in the garden,” she says of her childhood in the fenlands around Cambridge.