Holly tree with berries, photo by Liz Dack

December

As the year closes there is still plenty of wildlife to see in the Norfolk countryside. Now is the time for watching waterfowl. Coastal saltmarshes are loud with the purrs of dark-bellied brent gee...

Wildlife calendar

January
Robin, photo by Liz Dack
January is the month for new resolutions, so why not resolve this month to spend more time watchi...
February
Badger, photo by Tim Lake
Hard though it is to believe, February sees the first stirrings of spring. In tree-holes and nest...
March
Chiffchaff, photo by David Tipling
The steady trickle of spring gathers pace in March.  In hedges and along lanes, blackthorn b...

Rest of the year

April April April
Spring continues to gain momentum in April. In reedbeds through Broadlan...
May May May
May is the most exuberant month in Norfolk’s wildlife year. Living...
June June June
June is perhaps the finest month for finding flowers in Norfolk and is c...
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 ...