Wicken Fen is celebrating the first crane chick to fledge successfully in its 125-year history. A pair of cranes – Britain’s tallest birds at 4ft (1.2m) tall – began nesting on what is the National Trust’s oldest reserve six years ago. And when they began breeding in 2019 and had a chick, it was believed to be the first time that had happened in the area for 400 to 500 years, after hunting and the draining of marshland wiped them out. However, while their eggs have typically hatched, it was not until this summer that the pair successfully reared a chick. “Crane chicks are not capable of flight…