Red admiral
The red admiral is an unmistakable garden visitor. This black-and-red beauty may be seen feeding on flowers on warm days all year-round. Adults are mostly migrants, but some do hibernate here.
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White admiral
The White admiral is a striking black-and-white butterfly with a delicate flight that includes long glides. It prefers shady woodlands where it feeds on Bramble.
Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
Wet woodland
Wet woodlands in the UK can be wild, secretive places. Tangles of trailing creepers, tussocky sedges and lush tall-herbs conceal swampy pools and partially submerged fallen willow trunks, likely…
Woodlands
Woodlands provide a range of benefits for people and our planet. Find out how to manage woodland in a wildlife-friendly way.
New ancient woodland discovered on Norwich Western Link route
In a further blow to plans for the controversial Norwich Western Link, an area of woodland found on the route has been designated ancient woodland by Natural England.
September on our reserves
NWT Conservation Officer Bob Morgan celebrates the start of autumn and the wonderful wildlife it brings – including some less popular seasonal visitors!
How to make a woodland edge garden for wildlife
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
We're expanding Norfolk’s largest ancient woodland!
We have purchased a large area of land bordering our well-known Foxley Wood nature reserve thanks to support from generous donors.
Small skipper
Often found basking on tall grasses, or buzzing between stems, the small skipper is a small, orange butterfly. It prefers rough grassland, verges and woodland edges.
Woodlark
The secretive woodlark can be hard to spot. It nests on the ground on our southern heathlands and uses scattered trees and woodland edges for lookout posts.
Red campion
Just as the bluebells finish flowering in our woodlands, the rose-red blooms of red campion start to brighten up the woodland floor. Look for this pretty plant in hedges and roadsides, too.