Bell tents and birdwatching: glamping in a Norfolk wildlife paradise

Pensthorpe’s lakes, woods and meadows attract a vast array of wildlife, including more than 150 species of bird Photograph: PR

It’s 5am and I awake to the sound of a gaggle of greylag geese heralding the morning outside my bell tent. The dawn chorus is in full swing, and shortly after I get up to enjoy it, I come face to face with a wild hare and spot a muntjac deer flashing past the boundary of the campsite.

To the extreme envy of all my nature-loving friends, I am one of the first glampers to stay at the brand new campsite which recently opened in Pensthorpe natural park, an internationally renowned nature reserve near Fakenham in north Norfolk.