by South Yare Wildlife Group | Jun 13, 2022 | Main Blog
Following the success of the Poringland Family Wildlife Day we organised in in March we holding a similar event in Loddon on the afternoon of Sunday 21st August. This is a great opportunity, post the Covid lockdown, to re-engage people in wildlife friendly activities...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | Jun 5, 2022 | Main Blog
Never have our gardens been so crucial, so important for us and the environment, as now. We actually have control over what happens in our gardens, large or small, and we can therefore really help nature thrive. Pressures to build vast new housing estates, big new...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | May 31, 2022 | Main Blog
Dear all, Since we are often dependent on a range of venues, experts and the seasons, it can be a challenge to provide our members with a menu in January that covers a calendar year’s worth of events. On this point- we keep trying! However, we are happy to...
by South Yare Wildlife Group | May 31, 2022 | Main Blog
2022 WP Open Gardens A4 Get planning your route, for on June the 19th a wonderful range of wildlife gardens in our catchment are opening their gates to all comers. This is a fantastic opportunity to share and learn from one another about gardening with wildlife...
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...
