by South Yare Wildlife Group | May 23, 2022 | Main Blog
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...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | Apr 23, 2022 | Main Blog
PORINGLAND WILDLIFE ACTIVITES AFTERNOON Saturday, March 26th We were exceedingly lucky with the weather for our family oriented afternoon event in Poringland. It was the last day of a 10 day spell of dry, warm weather and it certainly helped to bring out the crowds....
by South Yare Wildlife Group | Apr 21, 2022 | Main Blog
We were fortunate to have Tim Strudwick deliver a detailed talk on identification and conservation of Bees and Wasps in Norfolk. Tim drew from his 17 years of experience recording to explain the finer details of ID of many species. Who knew we had so many on our...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | Nov 8, 2021 | Main Blog
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...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | Nov 8, 2021 | Main Blog
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...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | Dec 21, 2020 | Main Blog
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...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | Sep 24, 2020 | Main Blog
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...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | Jun 15, 2020 | Main Blog
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...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | May 17, 2020 | Main Blog
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...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | Mar 29, 2020 | Main Blog
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...
