Tipping the Balance
Nick Acheson explores how our Tipping the Balance project will aim to restore water quality across the Bure and Ant Valleys.
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School visits kick off new Norfolk Broads nature discovery project
Recent visits from pupils from Fairhaven and Acle Primary Schools signalled the start of a major new project to revamp the facilities at NWT Ranworth Broad nature reserve, found 20 minutes from…
Thompson Common
A truly incredible and unique place. Thompson Common is famous for its ‘pingo’ ponds – a network of around 400 small pools created during the last Ice Age. It’s also home to the UK’s rarest…
Tipping the Balance
We’re 'manipulating' the underwater ecology of two of our largest Broads to restore clear water and abundant plants.
Norfolk Wildlife Trust travels back to the Ice Age to support wildlife
Norfolk Wildlife Trust excavates rare 'ghost pingo' ponds dating back to the Ice Age to restore wildlife-rich habitat to Norfolk.
Water spider
There are several species of spider that live in our wetlands, but the water spider is the only one that spends its life under the water. In its pond habitats, it looks silvery because of the air…
Water vole
The water vole is under serious threat from habitat loss and predation by the American mink. Found along our waterways, it is similar-looking to the brown rat, but with a blunt nose, small ears…
Water scorpion
The water scorpion is not a true scorpion, but it certainly looks like one! An underwater predator, it uses its front pincer-like legs to catch its prey. Its tail actually acts as a kind of '…
Water shrew
The large, dark grey water shrew lives mostly in wetland habitats. It's a good swimmer that hunts for aquatic insects and burrows into the banks.
Water figwort
Water figwort is a tall plant of riverbanks, pond margins, damp meadows and wet woodlands. Its maroon flowers are pollinated by the Common wasp.
Water dock
As its name suggests, Water dock likes damp places, such as the egdes of canals, ponds and rivers. It is a tall plant with large, greenish flower spikes.