Some examples of the rich biodiversity to be found in the Nar Valley around Castle Acre. Most are from the river and water meadows http://www.nickpix.co.uk/rivernar/index.html but the butterflies are mainly from the castle surrounds which are a mass of wild flowers in summer http://www.nickpix.co.uk/castleacrecastle/index.html. I apologise if I've misnamed any of the creatures pictured - the ones I see never seem to look like the ones in the books! Corrections are more than welcome! All photos were taken in the areas covered by the following maps: The first two, from DEFRA, show access to farmland and the third is a longer walk taking in West Acre. All three are downloadable PDF files. (You will need 'Acrobat Reader' to open them.)
http://countrywalks.defra.gov.uk/DisplayImage.aspx?Type=Mapboard&IFN=282200005A.pdf http://countrywalks.defra.gov.uk/DisplayImage.aspx?Type=Mapboard&IFN=282200005B.pdf http://www.countrysideaccess.norfolk.gov.uk/pdfs/walk-14.pdf (click on thumbnails for larger image.) Brown Argus |
|  Hover Bovver |
|  Spotted Flycatcher |
|  Long Tailed Tit |
|  Long Tailed Tit |
|  Long Tailed Tits |
|  Common Lizard |
|  Common Lizard |
|  Painted Lady |
|  Painted Lady |
|  Banded Agrion - female |
|  Blue Tailed Damselfly |
|  Ruddy Darter |
|  Dragonfly face |
|  Spider |
|  Migrant Hawker |
|  Ruddy Darters in Flight |
|  Ruddy Darter in Flight |
|  Cormorants |
|  Small Tortoiseshell |
|  Common Blue |
|  Comma |
|  Swans in Flight |
|  Stonechat |
|  Meadow Pipit |
|  Meadow Pipit |
|  Redwings |
|  Black Headed Gull |
|  Happy Christmas |
|  Pied Wagtail |
|  Barn Owl |
|  Barn Owl |
|  Little Egret |
|  Little Grebe |
|  Little Grebe |
|  Great Spotted Woodpecker |
|  Fieldfares |
|  Great Tit |
|  Great Tit |
|  Muntjac |
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