Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Your local wildlife conservation charity - working hard for a wilder Norfolk 🦋🌳🦔

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@MikeCSmiffy @Natures_Voice @_BTO @NatureUK @Britnatureguide @BBCSpringwatch Lovely photo Mike!

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Nice to see the bearded tits pulling their weight and helping out on the reserve 👷🐦

Amber Newton 📸

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Mist-lovers, unite! 💪

Anyone here enjoyed any morning mists lately? This moody scene was captured at Barton Broad 😶‍🌫️

Ella Broom 📸

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Small but seriously tough, the snow bunting is built for extremes 💪

But not even this plucky passerine can survive an Arctic winter 🥶

They swap their white plumage for sandy-coloured beachwear, looking right at home on a winter getaway to our coasts! 👙

Simon Hastings 📸

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A sausage ground beetle! 🪲

It's named for the marks on its wing cases - like strings of little sausages 🌭

Its thin head and mouthparts are perfectly adapted to butcher snails from inside their shells, pulling out the remains for a tasty meal. Escarg-ew! 🐌🗼

Ben Moore 📸

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Sound up! 🔊

This is the sound of 1000+ wigeon taking flight at Ranworth. They're heading out under the protection of darkness to feed on local grazing marshes 🍽️

Brian Shreeves 📸
Matt Wickens 🎧

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Our volunteer, Valerie, has outdone herself with this display at Holme to help visitors decode some classic Norfolk phrases 🗣️

If you’re a ‘furriner’, pop by and see if you recognise any! Have we missed any of your favourite sayings? 🤔👇

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Channeling my inner snowdrop when bracing the outdoors today 🥶

Dainty flowers 🫷
Lean, mean, ice-busting machines 🙂‍↕️

Their leaves have hardened tips that help them push through frozen ground, & antifreeze proteins that stop ice crystals forming & causing damage 💪

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If you look really closely, you might see some turkeytail fungus on this tree… 😅

A colourful fungus, it was once popular as a table decoration; at one time, it was even used to decorate hats! 🎩

Rachael Wayland 📸

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Owl-ception! 🕰️

Something a little more creative for this week's, 'photo of the week' 📸

An incredible capture by Adam Spruce 👏

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How cool is this? 😯

An old bird’s nest repurposed as a wood mouse winter pantry, stuffed with seeds and freshly nommed rosehips 🍽️

Matt Wickens 📸

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Smooth newts are on the move 🦎

Our ecologist, Ben, has already recorded the first sighting of the season, spotting this little critter migrating from nearby woodlands and grasslands back to a breeding pond ⛲

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Stock take day at Hickling! 🔢

Massive thanks to our brilliant volunteers for all their hard work 👏👏👏

From budgets to puppets: our Director of Finance does it all 😌🤟

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@GaryWatton1 @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @NorfolkBirds Fantastic photos, really glad you enjoyed your visit Gary! 😊

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A kestrel at Cley! 🪶

Let's hope it didn't leave a little present on our signage... 😳 💩

Thank you to Garry Price for this stunning photo of the week 👏

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Otter-watching in the Brecks 👀

Quiet moments like this are what make time spent in nature so special 🦦✨

James Symonds 📸

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Marsh harrier vs duck 😮😭

This marsh harrier was seen hunting a duck at Holme last week - survival of the fittest! 🦅

Seamus Griffin 📸

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Moths without wings?! 🪽

This Pale Brindled Beauty was spotted on an oak tree at UEA, and like many other active female winter moths, she is completely wingless 😮

Males fly from January to March, searching for the females which have climbed up tree-trunks 🌳

Ben Moore 📸