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  1. Art in the Park

    Art in the Park

    Art in the Park 13 June 2015   Brecks Landscape Patterns Project Leader, Stephanie Hartick, presented a very successful event in Brandon Country Park. Despite the wet weather over 55 people of all ages contributed to this free turn up and …

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  2. Connecting With the Landscape

    Connecting With the Landscape

    Third Sandlines Writing Workshop   On Saturday 13th June, I drove through some very heavy showers to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village. At one point the avenue of trees suddenly grew thicker and darker, trunks seemed to double in size and grow more …

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  3. Pattern Seekers

    Pattern Seekers

    Brecks Landscape Patterns, a project celebrating the local landscape, launched last month with two popular walks. Sketchbook Strolls and Artist's on Legs were run by project leader Stephanie Hartick as part of the succesful Suffolk walking Festival. …

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  4. Writing Migration in Thetford

    Writing Migration in Thetford

    I spent a lovely day yesterday with writers Melinda Appleby and Lois Williams in the beautiful surroundings of the the old Nunnery in Thetford, now the headquarters of the British Trust for Ornithology.  Melinda is one of my fellow Wild Writers …

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  5. Wild Day Out with Wings Over The Brecks

    Wild Day Out with Wings Over The Brecks

    A very wild day out with Wings over The Brecks lives up to its name.   On Bank holiday Manonday (25th May) High Lodge was bustling with families eager to explore the forest, and have a go at the range of activities on offer.  The Wings Over The …

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  6. Digital Treasure Hunt: First People's Pot Project of 2015

    Digital Treasure Hunt: First People's Pot Project of 2015

    Ground breaking digital treasure-hunt comes to The Brecks We are pleased to announce the award of a grant to Norfolk Trails for the development of an exciting and innovative new form of walking trail in the heart of Thetford. Called the Thetford …

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  7. Tales of Wobbly Sticks and Other Wonders

    Tales of Wobbly Sticks and Other Wonders

    On the 25th April the BNG project Discovering the Archaeology of the Brecks held an "Historic Buildings in the Brecks" Day. Presented by Norfolk Historic Environment Service it was located at Mundford Village Hall. In the morning we had talks by …

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  8. Campions and Coffee: first watercolour workshop of the year.

    Campions and Coffee: first watercolour workshop of the year.

    It's hard to believe it, but a whole year has gone by since the first watercolour workshop from the Iceni Botanical Artists. The 2015 programme started with another fully booked session - Painting a Wildflower - held on 9th May at Santon Downham …

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  9. Stone-curlews caught on camera in The Brecks!

    Stone-curlews caught on camera in The Brecks!

    The Wings over the Brecks project team have been out and about in The Brecks setting up nest cameras on some of the rarest and iconic birds found in the Brecks. And of course we couldn’t miss out those goggle eyed plovers- the stone-curlews! Here …

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  10. Celebrating Trees

    Celebrating Trees

    As the month of May drew to a close, Becks and I revisited Barnham Primary School for the next stage in the BNG in the School Grounds project. Children from years 3 and 4 were excited by the return of Project Lead, Mia Witham from the Green Light …

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