January 2024 A brief summary of the rest of January. Other than the two Whitlingham visits I didn't have any other dedicated wildlife-wa...

13th January 2024 The path around the Great Broad is still flooded in places, with the water level almost reaching the wooden bridges along ...

10th January 2024 I have now completed the annual bird report for Whitlingham & Thorpe 2023 - you can download it  here A big thank you ...

Last year due to various things, mostly childcare related, I got very behind at keeping this blog uptodate and then the task of catching up ...

Late June 2023 I had to delay June's WeBS count as there had been triathlons using the Great Broad. The wasn't anything particularly...

Mid June 2023 In June the Norfolk Fungus Study Group visited Trinity Broads, specifically an area of woodland near Rollesby. The dry weather...

Mid June 2023 It had been several years since I had visited Carlton Marshes SWT reserve near Lowestoft, indeed a whole cafe and education ce...

Mid June 2023 A family walk around Bacton Woods. Despite overcast conditions there were plenty of interesting invertebrates, including a new...

Early June 2023 Whilst checking an Ash tree for psyllids I noticed some very bright green caterpillars feeding on some of the leaflets. A cl...

Early June 2023 One of the places we like to visit in spring is Sheringham Park when the rhododendron collection is in flower. Fortunately t...

Early June 2023 I'd not visited the Museum of Rural Life at Gressenhall since I was a child, so a visit seemed long overdue. There was s...

Late May 2023 A couple of hours spent around a sunny Thorpe Marshes. A good sign that it wasn't too busy was a Grey Heron beside the pat...