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Castle Acre Wildlife

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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