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May - Brings the sunshine?

Updated: May 6

The weather forecast for our open day, Saturday 27 April, was unpromising. At 71% chance of rain, I kept my umbrella with me. Our luck held and we had no rain. It was lovely to meet new people and share Blackwater Carr with them.


We heard our first cuckoo of the year and Steve saw his first swallow of the year. We are still waiting for them to nest in our swallow boxes in the shed.


Our snakes have survived. With the aftermath of the storms and floods we were concerned to see how they managed. We saw 2 young snakes, each under a different bit of corrugated iron.


We have been told of a grass snake expert in Norfolk who is studying the markings on the sides of their heads. It seems these markings are like bar codes. The grass snakes can be identified by them.


We have mislaid our list of Blackwater Carr supporters so we know we have missed some of you off our supporters list. Please email us at stevehooper50@gmail.com and we will rectify this. We are very happy to continue welcoming supporters.


Blackwater Carr supporters include:

Henry Cator OBE, Patron of the Broads Society

Tim O'Riordan, Chairman of the Norfolk Branch Council for the Protection of Rural England

Mark Cocker, conservationist and previous owner of Blackwater Carr

The Broads Society

Jonathan Elphick, ornithologist

Brian Cooper, National Parks Antigua

Alan Foster, Inspector of planners retired

Councillor Eleanor Laming, Broadland Green Party

Councillor Jan Davis, Broadland Green Party

James Knight

Will Fitch, Wheatfen Reserve warden

Ben Jervis, Director Bench Ecology

Christine Jervis, Director Bench Ecology

Brundall Biodiversity Working Group

Ruma Karaitiana, Maori Elder and Governance Expert, New Zealand

Bryan Southon, Postwick

Su Allport, Postwick Green Group

Sonia Noble-Parker, Postwick

Geoff Mann, Postwick

Richard Wall, Postwick

Julia Greaves and Jon Rosser, Norfolk

Kim Adam, London

Karen Costelloe, London

Lauren and Mike Penn, London

Glenys Law, London

Veronica Held, London

Ann Wiggins, London

Jane Anderson, London

Jane Harlow, Basildon

Malcolm Laquis-Alden, Colchester

Claudia Doets-Laverty, The Netherlands

John Harris, Adelaide, Australia



Steve noticed some entrances in the bramble bush so we set up the camera. It is too rounded to be a rat and has no long tail. The eyes are at the front rather than on the sides of the head. What can it be? Any ideas, anybody.





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