Brambling
These winter visitors are close relatives of the chaffinch and can often be found in the same flocks, where their white rump and nasal calls give them away.
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Learning birdsong in January
Our ambassador explains why January is the best time of year to learn birdsong.
January on our nature reserves
Our Reserves Officer, Robert Morgan, shares the crucial work happening on our reserves this winter, along with the wildlife emerging as spring approaches.
Bramble
The bramble is the thorny shrub of hedges, woods and scrub that gives us delicious blackberries in autumn. Gathering wild food can be fun, but it's best to do it with an expert - come along…
Snowdrop
Perhaps the first sign that spring is just around the corner is the snowdrop poking its way through the frosted soil of a woodland, churchyard or garden. From January, look for its famous nodding…
Has winter lost it's bite?
With the highest recorded January temperatures ever recorded across Europe, Norfolk Wildlife Trust Reserves Officer Robert Morgan asks: ‘What are the consequences for our wildlife?’
Grave concerns as Norwich Western Link route approved
On Monday 15 July 2019, Norfolk County Council approved option C as its preferred route for the NDR Western Link.
White admiral
The White admiral is a striking black-and-white butterfly with a delicate flight that includes long glides. It prefers shady woodlands where it feeds on Bramble.
Dog-rose
Look for the pinky-white flowers of the dog-rose in summer, and its bright red rosehips in autumn. It is a scrambling shrub of hedgerows, woodlands and grasslands.
Common vetch
A scrambling plant, Common vetch has pink flowers. It is a member of the pea family and can be seen on grassland, farmland and waste ground, as well as at the coast.
Meadow vetchling
A scrambling plant, Meadow vetchling has yellow flowers. It is a member of the pea family and can be seen on rough grassland, waste ground and roadside verges.
Tufted vetch
A scrambling plant, Tufted vetch has violet flowers. It is a member of the pea family and can be seen along woodland edges, on scrubland and grassland, and at the coast.