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The Norwich Fringe Project is a local authority funded countryside management partnership that makes natural conservation happen.

This week, our NFP crew were at an unseasonably mild Marston Marshes. One of our tasks was to re-fence a recently restor...
16/10/2026

This week, our NFP crew were at an unseasonably mild Marston Marshes. One of our tasks was to re-fence a recently restored pond to prevent dogs entering the water, so on Wednesday, we dug in four new turning posts and replaced the original corner struts with new ones, giving us a nice solid structure to work with.

On Thursday, we knocked in the intermediate posts before tying on and straining the wire netting - just some plain wire to add and stapling to be done next week and we’ll be there. We also made a start on a riverbank restoration project on Thursday, which will add to recent work completed by contractors. The volunteers spent time coppicing Willow trees and processing them into poles and brash bundles, which we will begin installing along the edge of the river next week to repair and re-build the bank, which is suffering badly from erosion. We made sure to store our brash bundles out of reach of our cattle, who would quite happily eat the lot!

Norwich City Council

Last Wednesday, we were at Whitlingham Marshes to give the footpaths a cut. Mercifully, after the incredibly dry summer,...
13/10/2026

Last Wednesday, we were at Whitlingham Marshes to give the footpaths a cut. Mercifully, after the incredibly dry summer, things have gotten growing again across Norwich. Great news for wildlife, but this does mean that our volunteers need to whizz round our sites with the mowers for one last time this year.

On Thursday, we returned to Poringland Woods to finish off our cutting and raking of the meadow. The team turned out in force to get the job completed and, as always with this site, we were sure to leave a section of the meadow uncut to provide cover for invertebrates, small mammals and amphibians through the winter months.

Norwich City Council South Norfolk Council

Last Wednesday, the team were back at Poringland Woods to make some more progress cutting and raking the meadow. A big j...
05/10/2026

Last Wednesday, the team were back at Poringland Woods to make some more progress cutting and raking the meadow. A big job but we’re getting there and we’ll be back this week to carry on.

On Thursday, it was a new site for much of the team, as we headed down to Wymondham to work at Moot Hill on behalf of the Norfolk Archaeological Trust. We spent the day coppicing Hazel in the woodland, which we used to create and define a new section of looped footpath, using lengths of Hazel for path edging and blowing brash chippings onto the path. A long day of hard work for our superstar volunteer team to make sure the new path was finished, ahead of the site’s grand opening which took place on Saturday.

South Norfolk Council

Last Wednesday, were at Earlham Park for some emergency stock fencing work. Our four-legged grazing machines had pushed ...
29/09/2026

Last Wednesday, were at Earlham Park for some emergency stock fencing work. Our four-legged grazing machines had pushed over an old section of fence and escaped into the surrounding woods. Once the naughty cows were back inside their paddock, the team set about replacing the damaged section, which necessitated constructing a new box section and wiring it up. Whilst on site, we also gave the overgrown footpaths a hard cut-back to keep them accessible.

On Thursday, we pitched up at Poringland Woods to begin our annual meadow cut. Lots of brushcutting, raking and forking, in addition to mowing and tidying the paths and some hedgecutting too. We’ll be back this week to continue the job.

Norwich City Council South Norfolk Council

Last week, the team were at Drayton Green Lanes to cut and rake the site’s wet meadow. Earlier in the summer, we cut rou...
21/09/2026

Last week, the team were at Drayton Green Lanes to cut and rake the site’s wet meadow. Earlier in the summer, we cut roughly half meadow to knock-back Himalayan Balsam and prevent it from seeding. Pleasingly, it was clear on our return that this method had been very successful when compared with the uncut half of the meadow, sadly still full of the invasive plant. The team set to work with brushcutters, sweeping through the vegetation, whilst others followed along behind with rakes and forks, piling the cuttings up at the edge of the site. After two days of hard graft the meadow was complete and we also found the time to tidy up some footpaths and cut some overhanging Willow branches. Much more meadow cutting to come in the next couple of weeks!

Drayton Parish Council

Last Wednesday, we were back at Swardeston Common to finish off cutting and raking the wet meadow, concluding a great th...
15/09/2026

Last Wednesday, we were back at Swardeston Common to finish off cutting and raking the wet meadow, concluding a great three days of hard graft from our wonderful NFP volunteer team.

Then on Thursday, we rocked up at Marston Marshes, with our main task being to cut back Sedge around a pond. The purpose of this was to prepare the area for contractors who are on-site this week to remove Bulrush and silt which have clogged-up the water. The team also cleared and mowed along a section of hard-standing path, again in preparation for contractors who will shortly commence repairs to the surface.

We were also down at Moot Hill on Tuesday and Friday, joined by volunteers from Greening Wymondham as well as a few of our own NFP’ers. The job was to coppice Hazel and Dogwood to open patches of sunlight in the dense woodland and then use the material to define the existing woodland path and create a new looped section. A big thanks to everyone that turned out to help, especially on a very rainy Tuesday!

Norwich City Council South Norfolk Council Norfolk Archaeological Trust

It was double trouble for the team last Wednesday, with two sites targeted for an NFP makeover. We began the day at Coop...
25/08/2026

It was double trouble for the team last Wednesday, with two sites targeted for an NFP makeover. We began the day at Cooper Wood, where we cut back along the boardwalk and around the meadow. After a tea break, we then headed over to Trowse to mow the Yare Valley Path, which works out at comfortably over a mile of cutting once you’ve been up to Arminghall and back – thirsty work!

Then on Thursday, we headed down to Kett’s Park in Wymondham, tasked with the job of cutting and raking the meadow areas and tidying up the woodland footpaths. With a bumper crew of NFP and Greening Wymondham volunteers, the team made light work of the day’s jobs, as well as the day’s biscuits!

Norwich City Council

Over the past few months, we have been leading a fabulous group of Greening Wymondham volunteers at Moot Hill - believed...
10/08/2026

Over the past few months, we have been leading a fabulous group of Greening Wymondham volunteers at Moot Hill - believed to be a Norman ringwork fortification from the late 11th or early 12th century.

We have been carrying out safety works as part of the Norfolk Archaeological Trust's journey to get this mysterious site formally opened to the public. Our main task has been the creation of a dead hedge to act as a barrier preventing people from falling down the steeply-sloped earthworks. The hedge will also have the secondary benefit of providing excellent wildlife habitat. In addition to this, the team removed sections of old barbed wire fencing and picked litter.

A massive thank you to all of the brilliant volunteers that worked so hard to make this site safe for future visitors. For more information on this ancient monument, head to https://www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/project/moot-hill/

This Wednesday, the team were at Fiddlewood woodland to give the area some TLC. This involved cutting back overhanging v...
07/08/2026

This Wednesday, the team were at Fiddlewood woodland to give the area some TLC. This involved cutting back overhanging vegetation in the woods and along the pavement, clearing mud and leaves washed down onto two flights of steps and carrying out a thorough litter pick. Super work by our NFP makeover team.

On Thursday, we pitched up at Whitlingham Marsh, tasked with making a start on clearing Alder scrub. Scrub clearance is carried out across our marshes to ensure that our species-rich wet meadows remain as such, rather than succeeding to woodland, which they would if left unmanaged. As the team worked away removing the young trees, it was great to see the amount of invertebrate life that the marsh is supporting, including rather exotic species like Wasp Spiders and Hummingbird Hawk-moths. After our tea break, we also went and had a nosey at a pond that we had dug at the far end of the site last October. Again, it was brilliant to see this full of water during such a dry period and already home to such a wide variety of plant and animal species – build it and they will come! We will return to the marsh over the coming months to continue our scrub removal.

Norwich City Council

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Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm
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