Living Landscapes

A Living Landscape is a recovery scheme for nature – a way to help wildlife flourish – that has been in use by the Wildlife Trusts since 2006. It is a new, holistic way of thinking about how we manage our land to be a better environment for both wildlife and people.

Living Landscape project areas aim to create corridors of suitable habitat, such as river valleys or hedgerows, which will act as ‘wildlife highways’ that will permit species to move through the countryside. Sometimes this movement will be via a series of ‘stepping stones’ – pockets of suitable habitat interspersed around the landscape, such as a series of small woodlands and copses dotted around farmland, or even wildlife-friendly gardens in towns and villages.

NWT has identified a number of priority areas where we shall be focussing our efforts and conservation work. These Living Landscape project areas have been selected to cover some of the key wildlife areas in Norfolk and other areas where there are opportunities to create new habitats.

Ground-breaking new Claylands wildlife project calls on South Norfolk communities

29 Oct, 2021
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is embarking on an ambitious new project to restore the "fabric of...

More than £600k raised to expand Brecks nature reserve

15 Jun, 2021
Norfolk Wildlife Trust has reached its fundraising target to expand one of the Brecks’ most...

Floating digger provides next stage of fen restoration

13 Aug, 2018
A 14-ton excavator has been ‘floating’ on a Norfolk fen this month to create a...

Songs, Scales and studies at Cley this summer

25 Jul, 2018
Don’t miss Cley Calling Summer Spirit next week - Thursday 2nd till Sunday 5th August...

Summer Spirit as Cley calls to art and nature lovers

27 Jun, 2018
Just five weeks until our long summer weekend of wildlife and creativity at Cley! Thursday 2nd...

Wildlife in Common

22 May, 2018
A two year project celebrating Norfolk’s commons and their wildlife and heritage has begun,...

Be ‘eagle’ eyed this winter

08 Dec, 2017
Winter is often a very good time of year to spot birds of prey. As the trees have lost their...

Cley Calling celebrates Norfolk’s starry skies this weekend

05 Dec, 2017
Do you know your mallard from your gadwall? Do you fancy a spot of frosty storytelling with a...

New report links volunteering in nature with better mental health

02 Oct, 2017
A new report which examines the effects of volunteering in nature on people’s mental health...

Cley Calling – Autumn Colours

20 Sep, 2017
This autumn, you can explore North Norfolk’s colourful coastal landscape and culture as...
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Landscape restoration at Grimston in the Gaywood

by Nick Acheson
In the half light of a spring dawn a nightjar reaches the end of his singing, his hollow purr...

The restoration of Foxley Wood

by Nick Acheson
In the 1960s local naturalist David Ruthven studied the butterflies of Foxley Wood, making hand...

Remarkable restoration underway to benefit Brecks landscape

by Steve Cox
Nature’s bounty was much in evidence whenI made an early autumn visit to Thompson Common. ...

The restoration of Catfield Fen

by Steve Cox
Wildlife sightings are a big part of the attraction for many of the sailors and holidaymakers...

A changing climate

by Nick Acheson
After two almost wholly dry months in much of the UK, after punishing heatwaves in southern...

Hidden Heritage of the Gaywood River

by Annabel Hill
King’s Lynn is well known for its maritime heritage, impressive Custom House, churches...

A Living Landscape – a vision born in 1926

by Nick Acheson
In 2016 Norfolk Wildlife Trust turns 90. Throughout the year, in celebration of our anniversary...

The healing nature of our landscapes

by Richard Osbourne
Having lived in Norfolk for many years, and for the last 13 years as a professional photographer,...

The Wissey Wetland Creation

by Nick Acheson
There was a time when the bittern was commonplace in the landscape of East Anglia; so commonplace...

Landscape restoration at Grimston in the Gaywood

by Nick Acheson
In the half light of a spring dawn a nightjar reaches the end of his singing, his hollow purr...
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Summer in the meadows

by Helen Baczkowska on 28 Jul, 2020
Like many NWT staff, I am still working from home. As I write this, looking out of my window, I...

The Hickling Broad Nature Reserve

by Barry Madden on 26 Feb, 2019
Book review: The Hickling Broad Nature Reserve by Martin GeorgeHickling Broad and the adjacent...

How to help a hedgehog

by Helen Baczkowska on 18 Dec, 2018
Hedgehogs should spend much of the winter snoring away in a nest of leaves a dry grass, however...

New wildlife information signs

by Steve Cox on 23 Oct, 2018
11 new information boards have been placed in the Barton Broad and Catfield Fen area, telling...

Seizing the moment

by David North on 13 Sep, 2018
Campaign for a Wilder Britain Fact: Britain is a nation of wildlife lovers and we have the...

Winter walk in the Claylands

by Helen Baczkowska on 12 Mar, 2018
A day of snowfall tempted me outdoors, following the edge of an arable field, alongside a tall...

Wild Norfolk: The History of the Bure

Duration: 07:41
From ospreys to otters the river Bure is an incredible place to enjoy Norfolk's wildlife. In...

Wild Norfolk: The History of the Brecks

Duration: 08:00
Breckland is one of the most biodiverse places in the UK with hundreds of special species and...

Wild Norfolk: The History of Cley Marshes

Duration: 07:24
NWT's Cley Marshes is the crown jewel of Norfolk's wildlife and in this new edition of...

Cley Marshes

Duration: 10:16
In the final part we visit the Cley to Salthouse Living Landscape and learn how the Wildlife...

Brecks

Duration: 09:37
The Brecks Living Landscape is home to important stretches of ancient grassland and we find out...

Broads

Duration: 06:09
Explore the remarkable human and natural history of the Upper Thurne and Bure Valley Living...

Heaths

Duration: 07:01
In the Gaywood Valley we learn about ancient heathland, created by forest felling thousands of...

North Norfolk Woods

Duration: 06:25
In the first of these films we visit the North Norfolk Woods Living Landscape and find out why...