Robin, photo by Liz Dack

January

January is the month for new resolutions, so why not resolve this month to spend more time watching wildlife? Why not keep half a day clear each weekend to get outdoors or start a wildlife diary, r...

Wildlife calendar

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...
April
Bittern, photo by Brian Macfarlane
Spring continues to gain momentum in April. In reedbeds through Broadland and along the coast the...

Rest of the year

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 ...
December December December
As the year closes there is still plenty of wildlife to see in the Norfo...