Working Together to Improve Norfolk's Wildlife

Norfolk Comfrey - entrance to Spurrell's Wood, Sustead

In recent days the perimeter path of Spurrell's Wood has been cut by volunteers, using their permitted daily exercise opportunity. This necessary work means that others, acting within the current Government Coronavi...

 Just another 29 tonnes to go!

Yesterday it was all hands on deck to shift 30 tonnes of 'sticky gravel' at Sadler's Wood to make up the main access paths to and around the play area. Felbeck Trust and North East Norfolk Conservation Volunteers worked alongside Comm...

 Volunteers extending the scrape in Spurrell's Wood - to keep wet for summer insects

It was one of our regular work-parties yesterday. Thirteen loyal volunteers turned out to do some excellent 'Spring-cleaning' at Sustead Common. The whole of the Roadside Nature Re...

Spurrells Wood was opened up for the Lester Explorer Scouts Unit (Sheringham and Cromer) leader to instruct his team in hazel coppicing. This goes towards their environment management awards/badges. Felbeck Trust volunteers were present to learn as well, and we are now...

Rain didn't stop play today for our first 2020 volunteer work-party at West Beckham Old Allotments. Our intrepid band of volunteers did some more dock bashing and digging up, and then we sowed Yellow Rattle and grass seed in the disturbed areas to assist in the site re...

..and they're still smiling - our fantastic volunteers at West Beckham this morning!

Rain stopped play today for our final volunteer work-party before the New Year - but not before we did some really useful stuff at West Beckham Old Allotments. We had planned to do more...

 Some of our 30+ tree-planting volunteers enjoying a well deserved lunch break

Despite the weather forecast of high winds, rain and a number of organisational challenges, yesterday at Sadler's Wood pocket park, over thirty volunteers from all over North Norfol...

Guests attending the Official Opening of Spurrell's Wood - one of the highlights featured in the review of 2019 at last nights Felbeck Trust Annual General Meeting

It was the Annual General Meeting of Felbeck Trust last night. Around twenty, Friends, volunteers and trus...

 Nick hanging a bird feeder in the new position in front of the Spurrell's Wood hide 

On Saturday, nine loyal FT volunteers turned out to give the Sustead Common Roadside Nature Reserve and Spurrell's Wood a winter tidy-up. Mowing the grass verge, clipping the hedge, br...

 The morning group of volunteers mowing the grassland margins of the amenity areas

On Wednesday we had two work-parties at Sadler's Wood for the price of one. And since all our conservation management work is done by our magnificent volunteers, it didn't cost a penny! I...