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NORWICH: Downy mildew on Hops

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6th June 2024  I follow several people on social media who have an interest in plant fungi, and one of them had found a downy mildew on hops...

CENTRAL NORFOLK: Hockering Wood invertebrates

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Late May 2024 I had set aside a day at the end of the month to go looking for hoverflies, but unfortunately it was raining so this would hav...

NORWICH: Late May interesting sightings

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Late May 2024 A few species of note from my walks around Norwich. On my way home one day I checked a large hybrid Black Poplar and found occ...

SOUTH NORFOLK: Dickleburgh Moor insects & fungi

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18th May 2024 An enjoyable visit to the nature reserve at Dickleburgh Moor with the Norfolk Fungus Study Group, seeing a good mixture of ins...

WHITLINGHAM: May update

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11th May 2024 A case of what might have been, with Black Terns present at Colney GPs and both Black and Arctic Terns at Rockland, but not at...

NORWICH: Snakefly!

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Mid May 2024 Until this year I had only seen three snakeflies, two that I had confirmed as Xanthostigma xanthostigma and one unidentified o...

NORWICH: Sweet Briar Marsh NWT/NNNS event

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5th May 2024 Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society have agreed to run a two-year recording project at the recently acquired Norfolk...

EAST NORFOLK: Spring Waxham walk

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Mid April 2024 Over Easter, Adam & I went for a walk at Waxham. There was little in the way of migrant birds, although a random Brent Go...

WHITLINGHAM: Early Cuckoo record & breeding Cormorants

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7th April 2024 Highlight of this visit to Whitlingham was a very early Cuckoo. It wasn't calling, but I happened to see it in one of the...

SOUTH NORFOLK: Shotesham lichen meeting

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30th March 2024 Norfolk lichen recorder Rob Yaxley had organised a few informal meet-ups to survey churchyard lichens, and I managed to atte...

WHITLINGHAM: Evening visit

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19th March 2024 I seldom get down to Whitlingham in the evenings, but on this occasion I had been invited to a celebration evening in the vi...

WHITLINGHAM: March WeBS count and some Bonfire moss

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9th March 2024 Some nice weather for the March WeBS count and I had a good chat with Ed Mackrill part way round. A brief bit of Chiffchaff s...

NORWICH: Sweet Briar Marshes cattle and mammal signs

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2nd March 2024 The NWT reserve at Sweet Briar Marshes is yet to formally open to the public, but has been running events for the past year o...

WHITLINGHAM: February 2024 WeBS and early nesters

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11th Feb 2024 The second WeBS count of the year. The site was still flooded in multiple places, less so than in January but the section of p...