Martin Mere, a boggy stretch of Lancashire, offers winter hospitality to huge numbers of Arctic ducks, geese and swans.
Eleven years ago this ancient mere had all but disappeared. Now the Wildfowl Trust have re-established the wetlands, and the birds have returned - a remarkable conservation success story.
Tony Soper and Roger Lovegrove review the highlights of their New Year's Day watching pink-footed geese, bewick's swans, whooper swans, ducks and waders. Cameraman IAN STACEY Technical co-ordinator
GEOFF STAFFORD
Director PAUL APPLEBY
Assistant producer ROBIN PRYTHERCH Producer JOHN DOBSON BBC Bristol