Felmersham Gravel Pits
A rich diversity of wetland and grassland developed after gravel extraction
A rich diversity of wetland and grassland developed after gravel extraction
Gravel pits are excellent for invertebrates! Join us and David Andrews the warden for the site to learn more about shield bugs and dragonflies!
This reserve is an excellent birdwatching site. In spring and summer the shallow water, with its numerous spits and islands, suits many breeding birds.
The rare Norfolk hawker is a pale brown dragonfly, with a distinctive yellow triangle on its body. It is only found in unpolluted fens, marshes and ditches of the Broads National Park in Norfolk…
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the oldest Wildlife Trust in the country. The purchase of 400 acres of marsh at Cley on the north Norfolk coast in 1926 to be held ‘in perpetuity as a bird breeding…
A small gravel pit now a safe haven for chalk grassland
Plenty of plants, birds and mammals have colonised this seasonally-flooded former gravel pit.
Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area.
Sand and gravel can be found from the shoreline down to the deep sea, attracting a host of burrowing creatures.
Learn about the wildlife at Trinity Broads with a talk from our warden, Eilish.
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A little wildlife oasis in the heart of residential Teesside