Welcome

Welcome to new blog of the Upper Waveney Valley Partnership. We are located on the Norfolk - Suffolk border in one of the most beautiful river valleys in East Anglia. Our job is to look after the wildlife and landscape of this area, and help people discover the countryside. We will update the blog regularly with wildlife reports, events and other items of interest.

The river is great for canoes and there are launching platforms at several locations.











Here are some of the things we get up to:


We have put up over 150 bird of prey boxes along the Valley and they provide homes for Barn Owls, Tawny Owls and Kestrels (as well as lots of Jackdaws and Stock Doves).

Two keen volunteers make the boxes, they are sponsored by local people and put up in suitable locations along the Valley. There are now many more Barn Owls along the river.

Here is a Tawny Owl chick that has just been ringed so that we can follow its progress over the next few years.

We spend a lot of time in winter planting trees and hedges with our volunteer team. Over the years we have planted many miles of hedges and tens of thousands of trees to make up for what has been lost over the last hundred years or so. Back-breaking work on a cold winters' day but worth it when we go back and see the difference after a couple of years.

More to follow soon.