Cley Calling

Join NWT Ambassador, Nick Acheson in conversation with Lev Parikian. This event is held via Zoom and is free to join. Lev Parikian is a London based writer and conductor. Into The Tangled Bank explores the many ways that we experience the natural world: beginning on his front doorstep, then moving outwards to garden, local patch, wildlife reserve, craggy coastline and as fa...

Kitty Macfarlane is a songwriter and guitarist from Somerset, whose music is rich with visual imagery and written with an eco-eye. Carried by a clear voice ‘controlled yet wild’ (Folk Radio), her lyrics touch on intervention and rewilding, climate change and migration, woman’s age-old relationship with textiles and the land, and the changing face of the nat...

Join NWT Ambassador, Nick Acheson in conversation with Brigit Strawbridge Howard. This event is held via Zoom and is free to join. Brigit Strawbridge Howard, wildlife gardener and bee advocate, talks about the differences between honeybees, bumblebees and solitary bees; what we can do to help pollinators in our gardens; and how bees h...

Gökotta Handcraft (Nate Revell), Hemp on Toast (Ilona Brinton) and Parallel Point (Alice Lee) present a collaborative exhibition featuring a series of large, beautifully embroidered, geometric bird illustrations on indigo denim combined with naturally dyed hemp and salvaged fabrics in colours that come straight from nature, as well as waste plant sources such as walnut husks...

A guided circuit walk around the reserve and along the shingle ridge, taking in the wildlife and habitats of the North Norfolk coast along the way. Walk length approximately 3.5 miles (includes 1.5 miles along shingle).

Join Mike Dilger, naturalist and TV presenter, best known for his work on BBC’s The One Show and Inside Out, and our NWT Wildlife Ambassador, Nick Acheson, on a guided walk around Cley Marshes nature reserve. As you explore the reserve, enjoying the sights and sounds of early winter, Mike will point out some key species, share stories from his career and take your ques...

Having to stay close to home is not all bad news for a naturalist in rural North Norfolk. Local author and naturalist, David North will take you on a tour of the wildlife of roadside verges, gardens and local farmland observed during the recent period of lockdown. Enjoy this celebration of beauty and wonder in the commonplace.

During the pandemic and lockdown, many of us have found solace in the wild comings and goings in our gardens. As a passionate advocate of wildlife on our doorstep, Mike explains why our own little patches of green real estate are one of the richest habitats in Britain. Making these miniature nature reserves even more desirable to wildlife will not just be good for mind, body...

Part of the Looped Routes exhibition. Ilona Brinton (Hemp on Toast) explores the theme of movement and migration through dye plants from around the world. You will wrap a piece of fabric with your own blend of plants that you can unravel at a later date when the dyes have worked their magic. Materials provided, but please bring a bag in which to take your fabric home as well...

Local author and naturalist, David North will lead you on a circular walk to discover coastal wildlife whilst discussing the impact the periodic storm surges and flooding events have on the wildlife and landscape of Cley (please note, this walk includes 1.5 miles of walking on shingle). (Walk length 3 miles)