The Rough
A reserve with a diverse flora and abundance of butterfly species.
A reserve with a diverse flora and abundance of butterfly species.
A delightful meeting of old and new, people and wildlife, Wymondham Rough is a mosaic of woodland, ponds, grassland and marshes – with a length of disused canal thrown in!
Cranberry Rough is a wild, wet fenland sitting on a thick layer of peat, built up over centuries in the basin of a former lake called Hockham Mere.
This nature reserve represents one of the finest remaining areas of wet unimproved grasslands in Norfolk
The limestone scree provides perfect conditions for rock rose, wild thyme and marjoram and the scarce prickly sedge. A small flock of Hebridean/Shropshire sheep graze it from time to time to keep…
Dr Sue Young on one of the most important things we can do to improve things for wildlife – create a national nature map to guide land use to meet everyone’s needs and find more space for wildlife…
A beautiful chalksteam runs between Hoe Rough and Beetley Meadows, where brown trout and white-clawed crayfish swim, alongside a rich mix of fen and grassland habitats.
Ancient woodland with beautiful springtime bluebells