Photographers have captured a rare sighting of the UK’s largest bird of prey in a moment they say they will “never forget”.

A white-tailed eagle was spotted at the Cley Marshes nature reserve in north Norfolk this week, soaring in the sky and scouring for prey.

The impressive birds can grow to have a wingspan of up to 2.4m (7.8ft) and they were hunted to extinction but in recent years they have been successfully reintroduced in southern England and Scotland.