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At our January event Nick Acheson, Norfolk Wildlife Trust Ambassador and conservation evangelist, held almost 80 of us totally captivated by his breadth of knowledge and passion for the future of Norfolk’s wildlife. Norfolk born and bred, Nick drew on his...

SWYG’s winter walk returned to Surlingham Church Marsh this year. Thirty two people booked in for it and we were blessed with mostly dry weather, thankfully the shower midway along the walk was short lived! We managed to start a little after 2 pm and decided to...

Over 40 South Yare Wildlife Group members attended a fascinating talk by David White from the BTO’s Garden Ecology team at Poringland Community Centre on 14 October. Rodney Aldis introduced the evening, explaining why gardens are the focus of SYWG’s Wild...

Earlier this month we were very pleased to welcome Martin Lines, co-founder and Chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN), as our speaker on a very important topic – ‘The Future of Farming and Conservation’. I think I can safely say...

Read our guide to helping winter wildlife.

SYWG had a very successful debut at the Poringland Fete in mid July after the Parish Council had invited us to attend after our successful Buglife talk in March. We had two activities we could use that required little in new development – the Pollinator Quiz and...

25 of us, most of whom were SYWG members, were lucky to have fine weather for our visit to Thorpe Marshes which lies between the Norwich and Great Yarmouth railway line and the River Yare. Chris Durdin was our personable and knowledgeable guide for the evening.  Chris...

On a cool misty morning 26 people assembled at the Ferryhouse pub in Surlingham to undertake a walk around the RSPB Church Marsh Reserve on our Breakfast with the Birds walk. Jim Bradley has a sharp ear for birdsong and to the sound of a cuckoo calling he led the walk...

At the recent South Yare Wildlife Group’s 2019 AGM, the guest speaker, Simon Hooton from the Broads Authority, took those attending on a virtual journey across the Broads landscape, past, present and future. Simon’s storytelling and stimulating questioning really...

Last week around 100 locals enjoyed a fascinating and inspirational talk by Paul Hetherington from the national wildlife charity, Buglife, which was organised by the South Yare Wildlife Group and Bergh Apton Conservation Trust. Emphasising the dangers facing our...