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Meadow creation and enhancement - funding and advice
Norfolk Wildlife Trust can provide advice, support and delivery to landowners to help you create new areas of meadow and to enhance existing areas. We can provide site visits, advice on creating and enhancing meadows for wildlife as well as advice to support you in fulfilling stewardship requirements. We also provide a paid service to plan and deliver grassland creation and enhancement programmes from beginning to end.
Roseate tern
This elegant tern is named for the rosy flush to its summer plumage. With just one regular nesting colony, it is the rarest breeding seabird in the UK.
Little tern
Found around our coasts during the breeding season, the little tern is a diminutive seabird. Despite its size, it performs remarkable aerial courtship displays.
Sandwich tern
Found around our coasts during the breeding season, the large Sandwich tern can be spotted diving into the sea for fish such as sandeels. It nests in colonies on sand and shingle beaches, and…
Common tern
During the breeding season, the common tern can be seen around our coasts and also inland at gravel pits, reservoirs and lakes. It nests in noisy colonies and can be spotted plunge-diving for fish…
Arctic tern
The Arctic tern is famed for its aggression towards any that would disturb its nest - it will dive-bomb intruders with its sharp beak. Large, noisy colonies can be found on the Farne Islands and…
Pond creation and restoration – funding and advice
Norfolk Wildlife Trust Advisers can advise on the management and restoration of ponds on your land and help you to find ways to fund this wildlife-friendly work. Following a free site visit, our Advisers will be able to confirm if your pond restoration work is eligible for funding via Natural England’s District Level Licensing scheme. We can then organise and oversee all pond restoration work at no cost to the landowner.
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We're marking our centenary with a huge new habitat creation project
We are excited to announce the purchase of 336 acres of mostly arable land in Wood Norton, mid-north Norfolk and have ambitious plans to transform it into a place that will benefit wildlife and…
Tipping the Balance
We’re 'manipulating' the underwater ecology of two of our largest Broads to restore clear water and abundant plants.
Tipping the Balance
Nick Acheson explores how our Tipping the Balance project will aim to restore water quality across the Bure and Ant Valleys.