Wymondham Nature Group (WyNG) celebrated the 90th anniversary of Norfolk Wildlife Trust this year with a Spring Flower Walk in
Lower Wood, Ashwellthorpe on Sunday, followed by a celebratory tea in Ashwellthorpe Village Hall.
Around eighty people enjoyed the walk round this Norfolk Wildlife Trust reserve, an ancient woodland mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Dr Anne Edwards, Chair of WyNG, said “Everyone enjoyed the wonderful displays of spring flowers including bluebells, ransoms, herb paris, early purple orchids and the unusual twayblade orchids. We explained the coppicing work we do in the wood, on behalf of NWT, which is an age-old method of managing the woodland that benefits wildlife and increases biodiversity. Unfortunately we also had to point out the devastating effects that ash-dieback is having on some of the ash trees.”
WyNG is a local group of NWT run by volunteers, proud to be celebrating the
90th anniversary of Norfolk Wildlife Trust. NWT was founded in 1926 when Dr Sydney Long and a group of friends bought Cley Marshes on the north Norfolk coast and created a trust to protect the wildlife of the marshes ‘for all time’. NWT was the first county Wildlife Trust to be founded and has grown to a membership of about 35,000 and owns or manages
50 nature reserves throughout the county.
On Thursday 8 September David North, Head of People and Wildlife at Norfolk Wildlife Trust, will be celebrating 90 years of protecting Norfolk’s wildlife in a talk to Wymondham Nature Group at the Town Green Centre, Wymondham NR18 0PW at 7.30pm; admission £2 including refreshments.