Our wildlife survey for 2011 is now officially under way! We are surveying 7 easily recognised species: swifts, swallows and house martins for the bird lovers, brimstone, peacock and speckled wood butterflies for the lepidopterists, and hedgehogs for the hedgehog-ists.
We're hoping the children at the school will take part in large numbers, and involve their families. Tim Willey has explained what the survey is all about to them in a school assembly and every child was given one of our forms to get the started.
Forms are available from the Information Point at the Lower Street entrance to the Common, the Post Office in the High Street, and the Vernon Arms. Forms can be left for me at the Information Point and the Post Office, or posted to me.
However, we're hoping most reports will be submitted electronically, through the website. Jeannette, our wonderful website wizard, has done magnificent work to set up online forms, which generate an email to me. We have our first 3 records, all of brimstone butterflies, and as more come in the website will be updated with the results.
I do hope that lots of people take part: it's our contribution to a big push by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust to develop a clearer picture of the wildlife in the county, and I think it's well worth doing.
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