Category: News

In celebration of wetlands You could be forgiven for thinking that the whole place is going to turn into one big boggy wetland, after the rainfall we have had recently,… Continue reading Monthly Column March 2026

Winter blooming is on the increase Like us, you may be noticing the gradual drawing out of the days, with the emergence of catkins, snowdrops and crocuses leading us slowly… Continue reading Monthly Column February 2026

I like chipping and I like to chip Just like the elves at the North Pole, members of BWMG have been beavering away, cracking on with jobs we can complete… Continue reading Monthly Column January 2026

Check out this new film under the ABOUT menu dropdown which shows what the group has been up to during 2025. Film: A Year in the Life of the Bury… Continue reading A Year In the Life of Bury Water Meadows Group

Climate Change and COP30: What’s actually going on? Its November 2025 and leaders from around the world are meeting in Brazil for COP30. If you’re wondering what that means and… Continue reading Monthly Column November 2025

Fungi in the spotlight As we go into autumn, step into the remarkable word of fungi.  There is something magical about stumbling across a red and white capped toadstool in Thetford… Continue reading Monthly Column October 2025

A Group for all Seasons Bury Water Meadows Group works to preserve and enhance the water meadows, and the chalk streams flowing through them.  Bury St Edmunds has the privilege,… Continue reading Monthly Column Sept 2025

Duckweed; Friend or foe?  In 2023 we completed a project, jointly collaborating with Suffolk Wildlife Trust.  A wet habitat at Police Station ditch, the ditch separating No Man’s Meadow and… Continue reading Monthly Column August 2025

Of flocks and a festival If you have been wandering in the water meadows recently you may have noticedsome new additions to the local fauna! In some of the areas… Continue reading Monthly Column July 2025

Wildlife Day a resounding success “I like hearing all your interesting facts" a young boy said to Alan Archer, Naturalist with Talk: Wildlife, as we walked back from his natural… Continue reading Monthly Column June 2025