NWT assistant warden Steve and his colleagues Harry and Cadi took the group to the […]
The cutting and raking task was quite “light” work today due to the dryness of […]
NWT Western Area Manager, Ash, described the acid loving plants Sundews, Cross Leaf Heather, White […]
A pile of woodchip had been delivered and was taken to mark the paths through […]
NWT Holme Dunes 06.07.26 Today was a walk with the warden, George, to see the […]
In the absence of Edward, the farmer, his colleague Ian informed the volunteers that they […]
Florence Fen 22.06.26. Borough Biodiversity Officer, Chris, explained his role, which was to improve the […]
Salters Sanctuary 15.06.26 The edges of paths through the meadow were cleared of Thistles, pulling […]
Old Hunstanton 08.06.26 The Conservation Group met at the car park of the Old Hunstanton Golf […]
Snettisham Country Park 18.05.26 Today was a Nature Walk led by Gary, who early on […]
Roydon Community Wood 11.05.26. Volunteers visited the Roydon Community wood, part of NWT Roydon Common […]
GVCG volunteers were given a tour of the wildlife reserve in return for their work […]
Salters Sanctuary 20.04.26 Sadly, being so close to housing areas, there had been further damage caused […]
Watatunga wildlife Reserve invited the group to remove Rhododendrons overhanging paths on the reserve, and […]
Salters Sanctuary 30.03.26 With a fresh delivery of woodchip, barrows were loaded and taken […]
14 volunteers attended a leaders course at South Wootton parish room and outside for tools […]
Middleton Mount 23.03.26. Some of the wood on the steps had become rotten so that […]
The group was tasked with planting seven more Horse Chestnut trees in The Walks. The […]
Branches, overhanging the two tributaries of the stream that ran from Sandringham onto the upper […]
Large amounts of branches had been scattered through the Hawthorn Arch, taking 4 people nearly […]
Volunteers met once again at Ashwicken churchyard where they completed the reduction in height of […]
Report for Ashwicken Church 16.02.26. The volunteers met at Ashwicken Church which was a new […]
The plan at Snettisham is to extend the Heath area for ground nesting birds, reptiles […]
Report for Salters Sanctuary 26.01.26 With a large pile of woodchip left for us, a […]
Volunteers met at Snettisham Common and proceeded to a former sand quarry. Gorse and Bramble […]
Dersingham Bog 12.01.26 After the first frost free night of the year, a warm 10 […]
Salters Sanctuary 29.12.25 There were three main tasks today for a good turnout of volunteers […]
Dersingham Common 22.12.25 Alex from Dersingham United Charities said the task for the morning was […]
Roydon Common 08.12.25 Gorse had grown and spread to almost make a monoculture on the […]
Despite heavy rain overnight, it decided to stop as we arrived to cut back Buckthorn in […]
Salters Sanctuary 24.11.25 A tree surgeon helping the group, had pollarded a mature Ash […]
Old Hunstanton 17.11.25 Volunteers were tasked to cut back Buckthorn growing in the sand dunes […]
Queen’s Wood, Pott Row 10.11.25. The area had been planted with a range of woodland […]
Fungi walk , Sugar Fen 03.11.25 The conservation group were led on a Fungus Identification […]
The three brush cutters David, Tom and Charles started at 9.00 am to cut the […]
Brush cutters had been busy trimming back grass and vegetation on the inner side of […]
In the first part of the morning Brushcutters cut the meadow near the entrance and […]
The volunteers split into two groups, one going with Ed, the council tree officer to […]
A large group of volunteers met at Reffley Community Area where they cut back the […]
On a very windy day, the group had two tasks, one was to repair the […]
Hardings Pits 08.09.25 At the invitation of the Harding’s Pits Association we were tasked with […]
Holme Dunes 01.09.25 At Holme Dunes on a breezy but sunny morning, Assistant Warden, Tori […]
Castle Rising Estate 18.08.25 In better weather this week work was to continue coppicing Hazel. […]
Castle Rising Estate 11.08.25 With predicted exceptionally high temperatures, volunteers commenced at 9am – an […]
Despite inclement weather 11 bags of rubbish were collected plus several commercial sized Nitrous Oxide […]
NWT wardens Steve and Lukas took us to the Tony Hallatt Memorial Reserve. Steve identified […]
On a very wet morning brush cutters started early cutting grass along the road wall […]
Ash, NWT western area manager, explained that the overall strategy for the Reserve was to […]
Edward who farms here asked the group to continue removing invasive Ragwort plants growing in the […]
On an exceptionally hot morning it was agreed to carry out a short task of […]
Report for Syderstone Common 23.06.25 NWT warden Anne, led a walk around NWT Syderstone Common. It […]
Old Hunstanton 16.06.25 Over winter the group had cut back large areas of Buckthorn […]
East Winch Common 9.6.25 A walk with NWT reserves manager Ash Murray to find out […]
Keith said the tasks for the morning was for a small party to litter pick […]
Jim, in waders, netted the stream several times to find water creatures. Alistair transferred these […]
The group was met with the site of vandalism at Salters Sanctuary, where a number […]
Natural England Warden,Nathan, took the group on two walking routes not usually available to the […]
Salters Sanctuary 14.04.25 Today it was decided to continue with the building of our “Dead Hedge. […]
RSPCA Wildlife Hospital, East Winch. A sunny morning, over 20 volunteers and a task of […]
On a lovely spring day the Tree Officer and Walks wardens directed us to clear […]
A number of he steps leading up the Mount needed replacement due to age and […]
A well-attended session, with the main activity to clear the drain around the South and […]
The main task today was to create a “Dead Hedge”. This is similar to a […]
Report for Hudson Fen 03.03.25. The task today was to detach the multi-stranded barbed wire […]
Holme Dunes 24.02.25. We took a walk along the beach from the visitors car park […]
Natural England, Warden Nathan instructed us to cut down Rhododendrons in an area of Pine […]
12 February 2025 Today we had staff from BCKLWN spend the morning at Salters Sanctuary, […]
Dersingham Common 10.02.25. Alex from the Dersingham United Charities explained that there was a large […]
Salters Sanctuary on 03.02.25. The main activities were to spread wood chip onto the paths […]
The main tasks today were to clear Gorse, Pine and Birch seedlings and thin out […]
The task for today was to cut down to ground level young Gorse. The young […]
Dersingham Bog 13.1.25 A large patch of Rhododendron at Dersingham Bog had been cut back earlier […]
A smaller group of volunteers spent the first half of the session clearing 12 bags […]
Volunteers were asked to cut back Gorse growing at the “Snake Pit” area of Roydon Common. Gorse was cut at ground […]
Around 35 volunteers and and a number of members of the public attended the group’s Annual […]
Old Hunstanton 02.12.24 Volunteers met at the Old Hunstanton Golf Club car park then walked […]
Sugar Fen 25.11.24 Ecologist Phil Parker introduced the task to volunteers, which was to cut […]
Snettisham Common 18.11.24. Volunteers were joined by two representatives of Snettisham Parish Council who manage […]
Old Hunstanton 11.11.24 It was a mild and sunny day for the group at Old […]
A grand number of volunteers were given 4 tasks for the morning. Repairing and reconstructing […]
Roydon Common Snake Pit, 28.10.24. Tasks this morning were to cut down Gorse across the […]
Queen’s Wood, Hudson Fen 21.10.24 Brush cutters arrived early at the site beside the playing […]
Gayton Churchyard 14.10.24 After overnight rain, volunteers cut and raked preserved wildlife corridors along the […]
Lithuanian Community of King’s Lynn Early in the year the Lithuanian Community asked the Conservation […]
The task undertaken on the 07.10.24. at Salters Sanctuary was to litter pick, to layer […]
Lynnsport Meadow 30/9/24 6 volunteers braved a very wet Monday to assist Tree Officer. The […]
The tasks today were to spread woodchips along the paths and to litter pick. Bags […]
Bush Grass, that had been cut earlier, needed to be raked up and then carried […]
It was announced at our 10th Anniversary Dinner that the group had been awarded a […]
A damp start to a day for celebrating the group’s tenth anniversary with a walk […]
Volunteers met at their base near Salters Sanctuary and walked over to Lynnsport meadow. There […]
Coppicing near Onion Corner 19.08.24 Our second week Coppicing at Onion Corner. Lots of protection […]
The group met at “Onion Corner” and the task for the morning was to continue […]
Dragonfly walk, Grimston Warren 05.08.24 The group met Steve from the Norfolk Wildlife Trust at […]
It was agreed to have a 2 hour session due to the oppressive heat today. […]
Brush cutters arrived early to cut back grasses on the edges of the churchyard and […]
Narborough Museum, 15.07.24 Museum volunteer David, gave a brief description of the site which consisted […]
GVCG met its’ sister group from the Bure Valley for a walk, led by NWT […]
Edward, the farmer, planned for the group to pull Ragwort on a wildflower meadow dominated […]
Volunteers from the GVCG met on the 24.06.24. at the West car park on Roydon […]
Members of the GVCG met on the 17.06.24. at Salters Sanctuary. John said the tasks […]
“A small team was required this morning to mark out paths and lay down woodchips over […]
A small group of members met just before dusk at Wolferton. Two Natural England wardens joined […]
It started as a chilly morning as Alistair said that today we would have two […]
A lovely warm morning , with a light mist lying across Dersingham Bog greeted volunteers […]
Working with BCKLWN again on 29.04.24 The group were tasked with litter picking a large […]
In the absence of significant rain recently the flooding had subsided, although there were muddy […]
On 15.04 24 the volunteers met with officers from the Borough Council to help maintenance […]
Meeting at Roydon Community Area the tasks for the morning were to thin the Birch […]
The Archeological Trust site at Middleton was due for the annual tidy by our volunteers. […]
A change of plan today as Alex from Dersingham United Charities had a surprise […]
Holme Dunes 11.03.24. The task was to collect the Buckthorn and long grass that had […]
The Walks 04.03.24 This morning the task was to plant 12 trees at The Walks […]
Holme Dunes. Warden Gary from the Norfolk Wildlife Trust had cut some young Buckthorn which […]
The task for the morning was to cut down the young Gorse bushes in Glade […]
Alex from the Dersingham United Charities, said that two tasks were required. One was to […]
It was a fine and pleasant day for the Group working at Hudson Fen on […]
The task for the morning was to cut back the belt of Rhododendron towards the […]
The tasks for the morning were to put woodchip on the paths litter pick, to […]
On Wednesday 17th January, members and friends of Gaywood Valley Conservation Group and Family of […]
On a cold, windy but sunny morning, brush cutters had been at work earlier when […]
Natural England wardens asked the group to cut down or pull outyoung Pine and Silver […]
With an almost full complement of volunteers, the task was at the ‘Snake Pit’, to […]
Volunteers met at Salters Sanctuary where the morning’s task was litter picking and spreading wood […]
An Introduction to West Norfolk’s Greensand Ridge A Christmas lecture 11.12.23 at Gayton Church By […]
Meeting at Old Hunstanton Golf Club car park, a long walk followed to an area […]
On a rather wet morning volunteers were at work in the area known as the […]
Neville informed us that the tasks for the morning’s work were to cut the grass […]
At Salters Sanctuary on the 13.11.23. the tasks for the morning were to litter pick, […]
Old Hunstanton 6.11.23 Today’s task was to cut down large areas of mature Buckthorn along […]
Since the last “Tales” there has been a lot of discussion about sewage and pollution […]
Gayton Churchyard on the 16.10.23. it was a chilly start but the group soon warmed […]
Volunteers cut back the Brambles on one side of the meadow, alongside one of the […]
On a warm but cloudy morning volunteers were tasked with cutting and raking the main […]
Volunteers met at Holme Dunes. Jenny from NWT said the task was to cut down […]
John Hayes had the pleasure of representing GVCG at the NWT launch of their new […]
A good number of volunteers attended and their tasks were to litter pick over the […]
Volunteers met at Onion Corner. The aim was to cut the hazel trees that had […]
Castle Rising Estate Coppicing. 21.08.23 Meeting at “Onion Corner”. For new members and a reminder […]
Meeting Old Hunstanton church, Charles LeStrange indicated that there are some nesting Spoonbills and Egrets […]
Please find the latest Tales from the River Bank, prepared by Alistair Saved as a […]
Derby Fen 07.08.23 On arrival Alistair outlined that the main job was to sample the […]
On a breezy overcast morning, John said there was a considerable amount of litter on […]
It was on a rather grey and damp Monday morning members met at Gayton […]
Volunteers met at Abbey Farm. Farmer Edward advised our task was to pull ragwort on […]
A short talk about the largest Tree Nursery in Europe by Sales Advisor Clyde, was […]
Volunteers Met at Roydon Common where Ash Murray the Norfolk Wildlife Trust area manager described […]
Volunteers from the GVCG met at the “Saltings” car park on the 26 June 2023. […]
Gaywood Valley volunteers met up with their sister group from the Bure Valley Conservation Group […]
The latest Tales from the River Bank was submitted by Alister via email on the […]
A group of GVCG volunteers visited “Greenworld” Recycling in Kings Lynn, located at Estuary Farm, […]
On a very hot day a short session was held due to the oppressive heat. […]
Volunteers had the pleasure of visiting Swanton Novers National Nature Reserve led by 3 wardens […]
The following report was prepared by Alistair and has been saved in the .PDF format […]
Volunteers met in the West Car park at Roydon Common for a short walk organised […]
Volunteers met at 7.30pm at Abbey Farm, Flitcham. Edward, the farmer, hoped we would see […]
On Monday 15th of May GVCG members visited the AWA Water Treatment Works at Stoke […]
At Salters Sanctuary John asked volunteers to all litter-pick to start with so that it […]
The Pentney charity were so grateful for our clearing the overgrown Laurels. Thank you all […]
The sun welcomed us to Pentney to continue cutting back overgrown Laurels. There were still […]
A chilly but sunny morning the volunteer team met in The Walks near the bandstand. […]
On a rather wet morning 17 volunteers arrived to continue cutting the overgrown Laurels. Everyone […]
A trip to Dersingham common for volunteers today. The task was to clear one large […]
A chilly and drizzly day as the volunteers met in the Hudson Fen car park and walked […]
It is with great sadness that the Chairman and committee informed the group of the […]
A slightly windy and initially a dull day on arrival at Holme Dunes, which improved […]
Volunteers met in Pentney where John explained that the Laurel bushes near the entrance were […]
Volunteers arrived at Middleton Mount to undertake various tasks which included repair of about 8-10 […]
Tree cutting had been undertaken by the NWT wardens on Northfield. Warden Stephen said that […]
This survey was carried out by Alistair Milner between 31 October 2022 and 02 Feb […]
Volunteers met on Dersingham Common, where Alex from the Dersingham Unites Charity, explained the tasks […]
Volunteers met at Dersingham Bog on the 23.01.23. Matt from Natural England said the task […]
Volunteers met at Sugar Fen , where Neville said that there were two tasks for […]
Volunteers met at Playing field car park, Roydon and then walked through the community woodland […]
A smaller band of dedicated volunteers braved the light rain, cold and wet at Salters […]
Volunteers met in the car park of Hunstanton Golf Course then walked across the Course […]
It was a cold, clear frosty morning as members and visitors arrived at Gayton Church […]
Volunteers met at the playing field near the Pott Row/Roydon cross roads and walked over […]
Volunteers met at Salters Sanctuary where John said that tasks for the morning was to […]
Volunteers met at Dersingham Bog on the 20.11.22. The Group were asked to cut down […]
12th King’s Lynn Squirrels and Cubs planted an Oak tree in Salters Sanctuary on November […]
Volunteers met at Derby Fen on the 14.11.22. Neville informed us of the tasks, which […]
The Walks Island Volunteers met on the Walks on the 07.11.22. The task was to […]
Volunteers met on 31.10.22. Neville asked the Group to Coppice all the Alder suckers growing […]
The latest Tales from the River bank have been submitted by Alistair and the document […]
On Thursday 27/10/22, There was an extra activity made available to our Group and it […]
Volunteers met on their ‘home turf’ at Salters Sanctuary. John said the task for the […]
Volunteers met at Holme Dunes, where Warden Gary, from the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, outlined the […]
Report for Gayton Churchyard Volunteers met at Gayton Church on the 10.10.22. The brush cutters, […]
Volunteers met on Ling Common on the 03.10.22. for a fungal foray. This was led […]
A small group of GVCG Volunteers were taken on a guided walk round part of […]
The volunteers continued the coppicing of Hazel near “Onion Corner” with a smaller than usual […]
Due to the state Funeral on Monday, our task was moved to Wednesday this week, […]
GVCG volunteers met in the car park adjacent to Salters Sanctuary prior to proceeding with […]
The latest Tales from the River Bank as submitted by Alistair on the 29th August […]
Castle Rising 22.08.2022 Volunteers met at Castle Rising near “Onion Corner”. The task for the […]
Volunteers met on Heath Road of the 15.08.22. Alex from Dersingham United Charities, responsible for […]
Dragonfly/Damselfly walk Volunteers met at Hudson Fen car park on the 08.08.22. Steve from the […]
Volunteers met at Holme Dunes on 01.08.22. Gary, the warden, told the Group that the day’s […]
Volunteers met at Gayton Church on the 25.07.22. Brush cutters arrived before the rest of […]
Volunteers met at Salters Sanctuary on the 11.07.22.in very hot weather. John highlighted the tasks […]
The group met at Litcham Common. Tim, lead for the Litcham Common Conservation Group,said that […]
On a breezy morning, volunteers met at Abbey Farm, Flitcham again. This week’s task was […]
Volunteers met at Abbey Farm, Flitcham on the 20.06.22. Edward, who farms here, asked the […]
Several hardy volunteers had a nightjar Walk on Dersingham Bog, led by Tom and Matt […]
GVCG volunteers met at Salters Sanctuary.. John said the tasks were to litter pick, but […]
Report on joint visit to NWT Rushmeadow, Dereham GVCG and Bure Valley Conservation Groups volunteers […]
GVCG Volunteers met at the Norfolk Wildlife Trust Visitors Centre. Former volunteer,Tori Backham , and […]
Volunteers met in an area of grassland by the Gaywood River. Alistair said the morning’s […]
Our Conservation Group had a fascinating tour around the Borough Council nursery and greenhouses, with […]
A walk on Snettisham Common led by Sue Sue informed the Group that today’s walk […]
Volunteers met at Salters Sanctuary on the 25.04.22. John said that the most important task […]
Last week our secretary spent time with police cadets and the local beat manager at […]
As a change from our normal activities some of our volunteers had a visit out […]
Volunteers met at Salters Sanctuary on the 28.03.22. John said the tasks were litter picking, […]
GVCG Volunteers met near the bandstand in the Walks on the 21.03.22. Jason, the Park […]
The wooded area north of the crossroads at Roydon, is managed by the NWT. It is […]
GVCG Volunteers met on 07.03.22.at Middleton Mount which is an important archaeological site managed by the Norfolk […]
GVCG volunteers met at Dersingham Common on the 28.02.22. Alex from Dersingham United Charities said […]
GVCG volunteers met at Holme Dunes on a very windy morning, due to Storm Franklin. […]
GVCG volunteers met at Salters Sanctuary on Valentines Day 2022. John was leader for the […]
GVCG Volunteers met at Reffley Community Centre on the 07.02.22. Keith from Reffley Association described […]
On Monday 31st January GVCG volunteers met at Sugar Fen with a good turnout in […]
GVCG Volunteers met at the Dersingham Bog on the 24,01,22. Warden Matt of Natural England […]
Here follows the link to Alistair’s river surveys carried out on the 17th and 22nd […]
GVCG volunteers met on The Walks in Kings Lynn on the17.01.22. John said the task of the […]
A number of our GVCG Volunteers attended Sugar Fen to tidy up bramble and gorse […]
A New Year task for GVCG volunteers to work off Christmas excesses! After a long […]
Our members were treated to an excellent lecture “A year at Holme Nature Reserve” A […]
GVCG Volunteers met at Salters Sanctuary on the 06.12.21. The task for the morning was […]
GVCG Volunteers met at the west car park on Roydon Common where the Group were […]
GVCG Volunteers met on the 22.11.21. on Dersingham Bog. Here Tom from Natural England, who manage the […]
GVCG Volunteers met on the 15.11.21. in the Heath Road car park. Alex of the […]
GVCG volunteers returned to Hudson Fen on Monday 8th November to cut and rake an […]
GVCG volunteers met at Salters Sanctuary on 01.11.21. when the tasks were to litter pick […]
Volunteers visited Derby Fen to reduce some brambles blocking the view from the seat, as requested by […]
Dersingham Fen The members of the GVCG met on 18th October 2021 at Dersingham Fen. […]
Our Group were back working again in Gayton Churchyard on Monday morning 11th October 2021 […]
Our hardy GVCG volunteers visited Hudson Fen defied a heavy rain shower and cut back […]
Many thanks to the volunteers at South Wootton fete on Saturday, Our resident educationalist was […]
The GVCG met at the Reffley Community Centre where Keith, of The Reffley Association , […]
17/8/21 Gaywood River Survey. I am very happy to say the Gaywood river has […]
GVCG members travelled to Wheaten Fen, near Norwich on 10.08.21. Here Warden Will and his […]
Members of GVCG were taken to ponds on Roydon Common and then GrimstonWarren by our guide, Steve […]
The task for the Gaywood Valley Conservation Group in Salters Sanctuary was twofold. The first […]
19 GVCG members met with Alex from the Dersingham United Charities who manage the local […]
On a grey drizzly day, GVCG met at Gayton Churchyard. The tasks were to brush […]
2/7/21 I went out again and went upstream of Lynnsport and salters sanctuary ( site […]
The GVCG met at Abbey Farm, Flitcham, then walked to one of the hillsides. Here […]
A very wet May saturated the soil then this was followed by a fortnight of […]
30/6/21 My apologies that there was not a survey in July 2021. Following on from […]
With 17 volunteers the group met at Lynnsport and some were directed to Lynnsport meadow […]
Our Group met at Salters Sanctuary on the 10.05.21. One task was to pick up […]
The water was clear and fairly high for this time of year 5.5, probably due […]
Two huge Puffballs have been found along a path just south of Gayton. I attach […]
NO-0, NO3-50, GH-500, KH-270, pH-7.6 and Amm 0. The water here was relatively clear here […]
N0-0, NO3-50, GH-500, KH-100, pH-7.6 and Amm-0. there appear to be a few cattle grazing […]
Good afternoon on another sweltering day! To you all for Monday – Thank you! Great […]
Dersingham Bog 02.02.26. Volunteers were asked to cut back the extensive growth of Rhododendron alongside […]