FOOTPATH 3: begins at the railway crossing at the point where bridleway 5 leaves the track. It follows Middle Fen Drove past the end of River Drove (footpath 4). After about 200m watch for the waymark post on the left, where the footpath descends from the track and heads north across three meadows to join footpath 2 just west of Webb's Hole Sluice. The tall hedgerows and old pollarded willows, many in need of re-pollarding, attract many small birds, including little owl and long-tailed tit, and summer visitors such as the willow warbler. The meadows on both sides are covered with buttercups in summer, preceded by the pale lilac cuckoo lower in late spring. Snipe breed in the wetter areas and may be heard 'drumming' as they display over their territories. In winter when the fields are flooded many kinds of wildfowl may be seen, often in very large flocks.