1.5 Ghost Pingo Excavation update – September 2023 In August 2023 four ghost pingos were excavated on two separate privately owned landholdings in the Brecks close to Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Thompson Common nature reserve. | More
Bury Trout Club – Project Update February 2022 In the previous update in November (which you can read here), progress had begun on the River Lark where structures were put in the river to increase the flow of the river and improve habitat diversity. The work was done in joint partnership by volunteers from the Bury Trout Club and River Lark Catchment Partnership. […] | More
Bury Trout Club – Project Update November 2021 West Stow Country Park , River Lark , Suffolk , River Restoration Project 2021 supported by a grant from BFER to Bury Trout Club. The River Lark Catchment Partnership (RLCP) has had a rolling programme of training events, led by Rob Mungovan from the Wild Trout Trust. Whilst the theory has been explained through […] | More
RESULTS ARE IN! From March 2021 to July 2021 483 water samples were collected by volunteers in the Brecks. The sampling kits test for nitrate and phosphate in the water. The report below shows the results from the testing carried out this year. Below is also a video presentation talking about the results in further detail. 211021 […] | More
New Teacher Resources added to Watery Wildlife Education New teacher resources have been added to our Watery Wildlife Education project page for teachers and aimed at the younger audience. Under the resources heading you will find two films created and funded through the Watery Wildlife Education project which focuses on Thompson Common and the wonderful pingo ponds. These two films presented by Norfolk […] | More
Project 1.5 Update – September 2021 On Monday 27th September, the first day of restoring ghost pingo ponds on Thompson Common began The work is being led by Norfolk Wildlife Trust on their newly acquired Watering Farm land, and is supported by Carl Sayer and colleagues from UCL, as well as local Geologist Tim Holt-Wilson, Archaeologist David Robinson and many other skilled […] | More
Team day out: Testing water in the Norfolk Countryside Team day out: Testing water in the Norfolk Countryside On a beautiful Wednesday in May the BFER team ventured to Snetterton in Norfolk to test water for our Citizen Science: Testing the Waters project delivered by the Freshwater Habitats Trust. We were given two grid references where we had to test each small water bodies […] | More
Bury St Edmunds Trout Club Grant Awarded We were fortunate to have beautiful spring weather when we met up with members of the Bury St Edmunds Trout Club at West Stow Country Park to discuss their project ‘Rewilding the Lark.’ Through BFER’s 3rd Party Grant Fund, this project has been awarded a £2,500 grant. ‘Rewilding the Lark in the Park′ is a […] | More
Open Water Lifeguard Training Exciting opportunity for free training giving career and volunteering opportunities – apply by 5 May! Open Water Lifeguard Qualification three-day training, free to participants, priority to applicants who live in or near the Brecks. Need to be aged 16 by 29 May, to be a confident swimmer including underwater and outdoors (able to swim 400 […] | More
