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Cley Calling
Common seal
The smaller of our two UK seal species, common seals are also known as harbour seals. Despite being called "Common", they are actually less common than grey seals!
Grey seal
Have you ever seen the curious face of a grey seal bobbing in the waves when visiting the beach? Grey seals can be seen lying on beaches waiting for their food to go down. Sometimes they are…
Notch-horned cleg-fly (horse fly)
The Notch-horned cleg-fly isa horse fly dark grey in colour, with grey-brown mottled wings and intricately striped, iridescent eyes. There are 30 species of horse-fly in the UK; this is one of the…
Come and discover Sweet Briar Marshes!
We're delighted to be opening our new Norwich nature reserve this weekend and holding a series of free events.
Wildlife Watch - Pony checks (Family event)
Join the warden on this children's Wildlife Watch event and learn all about the ponies that live on site and how they help conservation.
Hornet
The fearsome-looking hornet may not be a well-loved insect, but it is actually much less aggressive than the common wasp. It is also an important pollinator and a predator of species that feed on…
Wildlife Watch - Biofluorescence (Family event)
Join our Children's Wildlife Watch event as we explore NWT Hickling Broad after dark to discover hidden colours and listen for wildlife!
Families
Horse chestnut
A tall, broad tree of woodlands, roadsides and parks, the introduced horse chestnut is familiar to many of us the 'conker' producing tree - its shiny, brown seeds appearing in their…