Weed workshop!!!

That was the unofficial title of this fun day, held at the Priory Centre in Gt Yarmouth, and then relocated to Gt Yarmouth Minster Cemetery.This was a wildflower ID day, hosted by Norfolk Wildlife Trust Gemma Walker and Nick Aitchison, very knowledgable people, First we had a basic talk about bits of the flower and then we went out and looked for lovely wild flowers , found some good ones in the church yard, such as Broomrape a strange looking thing which is a parasitic plant and can appear 5 years later entirely in another location , also there was Wild Sage, Wild Thyme, Biting Stonecrop, and much more, it was  a free day out, and we learned loads

There are only a couple more workshops and talks coming up, and they are all free and well worth coming along to, go see the NWT website for further details Also Friends of Gt Yarmouth Minster are hoping to make a nature area in the future and are looking for volunteers to help.

A secret place

Went to a very lovely place at the weekend, Catfield Fen, bit difficult to find but well worth it when you do.I believe the Butterfly conservation people work there ,the day we went was a bit overcast although warm, so we didnt see many Damselflies or Dragonflies, just a Hairy Hawker and a Norfolk Hawker, there are apparrently Swallowtails there also, we heard a lovely Songthrush, also a Grasshopper Warbler.

it isn t signposted so maybe Google Earth could help with the location, but dont tell anyone else, it is too lovely to be invaded by lots of people!!
On Tuesday we went to Holt Country Park where a Roller had been seen, a lovely colourful bird, we missed it at first by about 20 minutes, but we went for a little stroll over the other side of the road near some ponds, and there was a bit of excitement in the distance , luckily it had relocated to just where we were , we got lovely views in the end.

What is this little creature?

Very sad day today found two of these little creatures in my garden , one was dead one died later, not sure what it is though, maybe a field vole, any ideas please?

I found out what it was , a baby Water Vole,very sad , 2 found in my garden, lets hopethere were more littlee brothers or sisters.