Wymondham Nature Group (WyNG), the local members’ group of Norfolk Wildlife Trust, continues its programme of indoor meetings throughout the coming months as follows. The talks are all held in the Town Green Community Centre, Wymondham, NR18 0PW (next to Wymondham Methodist Church), at 7.30pm on the second Thursday of the month (except during June, July, and August). All are welcome - admission £2 - further details from Ann Carpenter on 01508 488337.
Thursday 8th December 2022, 7.30 pm – “A Year with the Broads Team South”, a talk by Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Adam Houlgate, Lead Officer for the Broads South Team. Adam will describe the practical conservation and habitat management work carried out month-by-month by the Team at Upton Broad and Fen, Ranworth Marshes, Barton Broad and Alderfen. He will also bring along a collection of 25 preserved wildlife skulls, all found locally, and run a skull identification quiz in the refreshment break.
Thursday 12th January 2023, 7.30 pm – “Amazing Amazon – a brief exploration by boat and canoe”, by Julia Burton. Julia will show some of the fantastic wildlife and beauty of the Amazon and surrounding rainforest, as seen on a trip by boat and canoe. She will discuss the threats to this vital area and explain why the Amazon is important to all of us.
Thursday 9th February 2023, 7.30 pm – “Norfolk’s Wonderful 150”. This talk by Dr Tony Leech is based on a Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists’ Society book that profiles 150 species which are in some way special to Norfolk. Either it’s because it is a particularly good place to see them or, in some cases, the only place.
Thursday 9th March 2023, 7.30 pm – “Wild Geese and Winter Wildlife – a thousand miles around North Norfolk on an elderly bicycle” – by Nick Acheson. In the winter lockdowns of 2020-21, Nick cycled more than a thousand miles around North Norfolk on his mother’s 40 year old cycle, following flocks of Brent geese and pink-footed geese and speaking to the many people whose lives are touched by them. His resulting book, The Meaning of Geese, tells the story of arctic geese faced by changing landscape and climate (to be published in February 2023).
Thursday 13th April 2023, 7.30 pm – “A Year in the Wood: Biodiversity and coppice management in NWT Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood”, by Dr Anne Edwards. The wood is an ancient mixed woodland and is a SSSI, so is managed to take account of several plant species. Find out about the latest state of the wood regarding Ash Dieback. Anne runs a conservation action group under the guidance of Norfolk Wildlife Trust to keep the wood looking wonderful, especially in spring when there are swathes of bluebells and other wild flowers.
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