7+ hour, 38+ min ago   (933+ words) Animal welfare charities have welcomed NatureScot’s recommendation that a licence not be granted for this year’s guga hunt on a remote Scottish island but called for the Scottish Government to make the ban permanent. The hunt has been an annual…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (438+ words) Bill Oddie pictured at Titchwell Marsh RSPB reserve in Norfolk in 2002 (Image: Su Holliday) A TV comedian turned conservationist whose wildlife programmes brought Norfolk to the nation's living rooms has died at the age of 85. Bill Oddie rose to fame…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (926+ words) Bill Oddie was “one of the first and bravest people” to speak about mental health, and “made the natural world everybody’s world”, according to his Springwatch co-host Kate Humble. News of the wildlife presenter’s death at the age of 85 was…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (629+ words) Silverback gorillas are one of the most majestic sights in nature - and also one of the most mysterious. Now, thanks to a Norfolk man, people can get up close to the magnificent male apes and their female companions in their…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (618+ words) An award-winning Norfolk farm has been praised for nurturing an "amazing array of wildlife" while producing food alongside a major Broads nature haven. Farmer James Tallowin said his family felt a sense of duty to protect the "special" biodiversity on…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (304+ words) Eight crested ibises have been released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. The endangered birds took off from each of their wooden cages at a ceremony Sunday in Hakui…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (443+ words) Birders are in for a treat this spring as plenty of rare and beautiful creatures, big and small, will be taking to the skies. Here are five species that you might see in Norfolk over the coming months. Reknowned for…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (408+ words) Losing a garden centre is bad enough but the prospect of making hedgehogs homeless at the same time seems a step too far for many. Plans to demolish Overstrand Garden Centre and replace it with 15 new homes have run into…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (388+ words) A new major wildlife habitat creation project will take place on 336 acres of former farmland. Norfolk Wildlife Trust (NWT) has announced the purchase of arable land in Wood Norton, previously Manor Farm, near Fakenham. The land will be transformed into…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (350+ words) A sapling grown from the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree has been planted at another site along Hadrian’s Wall. The young tree was planted on Friday at Segedunum Roman Fort at Wallsend, North Tyneside, a location at the eastern end…...