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Breakfast with the Birds- report
On Sunday 15th May we ran the Breakfast with the Birds, Dawn Chorus Walk at Surlingham Church Marsh. There were 35 enthusiastic walkers and we divided into 2 groups, one led by Peter Armitage and the other led by Rodney Aldiss and Jake Zarins. It was a fine sunny...
Poringland Activity Afternoon- Report from Rodney with photos!
Rodney writes about one of the most successful events in recent SYWG history. Some lovely photos to illustrate the event.
AGM- a busy year and a buzzing talk
A busy year and a cracking AGM- with more to come
Watch the recording: Richard Mabey in Conversation
If you couldn't make it to the fascinating talk with writer Richard Mabey and Henry Layte of the Bookhive on Thursday 4 November we have uploaded a stream of the event to YouTube below. We hope you enjoy this stimulating conversation!...
Recent wildlife sightings in the Yare Valley
There have been a few noteworthy sightings over recent weeks in the Yare Valley. Have you spotted any of these? A second stork at Rockland St. Mary A stork was seen in October feeding on the grazing marshes adjacent to Rockland Broad. At first we thought it may...
Taking Wild Patch to scale through collaboration with WildEast
The SYWG Wild Patch project has for a number of years been working to encourage families, community groups and other land owners to start managing their gardens or other spaces to support wildlife. In the predominantly farmed or developed landscape that surrounds...
A visit from Doris the White Stork
We thought you might like to hear about Doris the stork who took up residence in Rockland St Mary over the summer (much to the excitement of members of South Yare Wildlife Group!) White Storks had been extinct in Britain as breeding birds since 1416, although, as...
On the ‘verge’ of success for nature
Although it might not sound like a particularly fascinating topic, last February I attended a very interesting conference on road verges held just outside Ipswich at Wherstead Park. Hosted by Suffolk Naturalists Society, there was a myriad of speakers from important...
An update on the Chet Valley B-Line
The South Yare Wildlife Group started the ball rolling towards the establishment of a B-Line, or pollinator corridor, along the Chet Valley by organising the Buglife talk at the Poringland Community Centre in March 2019. Paul Hetherington of Buglife dealt with the...
An open discussion on climate change
The “Action on Climate Change” open discussion held at the George & Dragon pub in Thurton, was a slightly different approach to a South Yare Wildlife Group meeting. Over 20 of us introduced themselves and shared what we were keen to get out of the meeting and...