Chiffchaff, photo by David Tipling

March

The steady trickle of spring gathers pace in March.  In hedges and along lanes, blackthorn bushes burst into flower, signalling that the sap in the trees is again rising after the winter. Adde...

Wildlife calendar

April
Bittern, photo by Brian Macfarlane
Spring continues to gain momentum in April. In reedbeds through Broadland and along the coast the...
May
Norfolk hawker by Maurice Furnell
May is the most exuberant month in Norfolk’s wildlife year. Living things are loud, and bri...
June
Swallowtail butterfly, photo by David Gifford
June is perhaps the finest month for finding flowers in Norfolk and is certainly among the best t...

Rest of the year

July July July
By July many of the warblers which arrived in the spring are raising the...
August August August
It’s always a surprise in August, when summer still feels as if it...
September September September
If the wind is in the north-west, early September can be the best time o...
October October October
Among birdwatchers, October is a favourite month as it’s a great t...
November November November
Amazingly, as trees lose their last leaves and many mammals and insects ...
December December December
As the year closes there is still plenty of wildlife to see in the Norfo...
January January January
January is the month for new resolutions, so why not resolve this month ...
February February February
Hard though it is to believe, February sees the first stirrings of sprin...