Norfolk Wildlife Trust

All blog posts for Norfolk Wildlife Trust are now published on the NWT website. Please come and visit us there to continue reading about conservation in Norfolk, our landscape-scale work to help ...

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BY DR BEN GARROD, AMBASSADOR OF NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST  Grey seal, photo by Colin Eve I have been lucky enough to have lived with wild chimpanzees in Uganda, followed walruses in Svalbar...

http://norfolkwildlifetrust.blogspot.com/2018/02/visiting-our-seals-in-norfolk.html

CHRIS DURDIN, NWT VOLUNTEER AND NATURALIST John Rushmer, now aged 93, farmed what is now NWT Thorpe Marshes in the 1960s. His memories were crystal clear when I went to see him to pick his br...

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AS NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST'S 2017 EVENTS PROGRAMME COMES TO AN END, Bayley Wooldridge LOOKS BACK AT THIS YEAR’S EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: THE FOUR CLEY CALLING FESTIVALS.    To begin our celeb...

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Norfolk’s roadside verges stretch for literally thousands of miles and are such an integral part of the landscape for many wildflowers, insects and small mammals that it is easy to take them fo...

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TOM WILLIAMSON AND RACHEL SAVAGE Everybody seems to love an orchard: they tick all the boxes in terms of conservation. Like ancient woods or hedges, orchards lie at that fascinating interf...

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Hedgehog, photo by Peter Mallett This time of year you may see hedgehogs and be concerned if they need help and if so what to do. Time is of the essence – little hogs can die very quickly ...

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Old railway lines in Norfolk can be fantastic havens for wildlife, according to project officer MARK WEBSTER. As part of the County Wildlife Action project, the trust has been surveying a number ...

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JOHN HISKETT, SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER Rewilding. The term is often used but the practice varies from less intensive management of existing nature reserves to George Monbiot’s vison of u...

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FIONA ROAT, BRECKLAND LOCAL GROUP The Breckland Local Group had a wonderful morning with Dr Tony Leech. he is a very enthusiastic, generous and knowledgeable guide. On the day 32 speci...

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MARK WEBSTER, PROJECT OFFICER Join us for a bat walk in NWT Foxley Wood It’s a part of Norfolk that doesn’t get the attention it deserves but at least NWT hasn’t forgotten it… and n...

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust's David North explores Norfolk’s last true wilderness in a traditional crabbing vessel.  Henry and My Girls, David North Its 6.30am and I’m in Wells to meet Henr...

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Amanda Schrem recently completed a week's work experience at NWT Cley Marshes and discovered what a lot goes on  at this busy visitor centre and reserve. Amanda on the beach at West Runton...

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Life is full of coincidences and Norfolk Wildlife Trust volunteer Derek Longe had a special and rather unusual encounter with a special insect at NWT Thorpe Marshes one evening... Imagine a dam...

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Head of People and Wildlife, David North gives a personal view of what the challenges ahead might be for our wildlife and natural environment post Brexit and how we can t...

http://norfolkwildlifetrust.blogspot.com/2017/07/conservation-challenge-and-opportunity.html

Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Head of People and Wildlife, David North signed up to the challenge of 30 Days Wild and got in touch with his inner wild child this June.  Close encounters with nature a...

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Encounters with nature can happen in the most mundane places...  Naturalist and Norfolk Wildlife Trust volunteer Chris Durdin happens upon bee orchids on his travels through Norwich. "Regula...

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The month of June is fast approaching and it's a great time to get outdoors and enjoy nature - it's good for your health and wellbeing.  Why not take up the 30DaysWild challenge?  Here Norfolk ...

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Naturalist and Norfolk Wildlife Trust volunteer Chris Durdin welcomes the return of the sedge warbler as spring is much in evidence at Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Thorpe Marshes reserve on the ed...

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Primroses and violets David North Spring is good time to brush up on your plant identification skills as the hedge banks, lanes and roadside verges begin to blossom.  Here Norfolk Widlife T...

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Naturalist and Norfolk Wildlife Trust volunteer Chris Durdin reflects on 'new nature' and how wildlife responds to climate change at Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Thorpe Marshes reserve on the edg...

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WILDLIFE ENTHUSIAST, BLOGGER AND NWT VOLUNTEER BARRY MADDEN BRAVED THE BITTERNESS OF THE EAST WIND ON A FEBRUARY EVENING TO WATCH THE SPECTACULAR WILDLIFE AT STUBB MILL RAPTOR ROOST AT HICKLING B...

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January may not be abundant with wildflowers but there is plenty to discover on a winter's walk as Helen Baczkowska, Conservation Officer with Norfolk Wildlife Trust records in her Claylands Diar...

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St Andrew's Broad with tufted duck and gadwall Chris Durdin Regular NWT blogger, local resident and wildlife enthusiast Chris Durdin puts the seemingly 'dull' and overlooked gadwall in the s...

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Why now is a good time to take positive action for the future of Norfolk's wildlife by David North, Head of People and Wildlife.   Swallowtail by Tim Melling If you are reading this then ...

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