Swannington
Nature Notes

Since October 2016 Dr. Mark Hassell has been contributing a series of nature articles to the Pilgrim newsletter.
They are published here in full.

• Ancient Grassland and Upgate Common
• A Small Ball of Moss Influences
  Strategic Planning for Our Commons
• “Born of Leaves Decaying”
• Sleeping Away the Winter
• Swannington Beck
• Changes in Bird Populations
  in Swannington
• Ponds and Pond Life
• The Chalk Grassland on
  Alderford Common
• The Valley Bottom Fen
• Out of Africa
• The Valkyries of Swannington
• Foraging for Fungi on Upgate Common
  (for details of all the species found during the foray in August click here )
• Sharing Observations of
  Wildlife in the Parishes
• Help! Aliens Have Landed
• Deer in Swannington. Does it Matter Whether an Animal is an Immigrant
  or a Native?
• Snow in Swannington Reveals Wildlife
• Scrub - a very valuable
  habitat for wildlife
• A Large Weasel Awakens
• Footpaths in Swannington,
  Alderford and Little Witchingham
• The Battle of Dead Man's Hill
• Bats and the Norwich Western Link
• The Valley Bottom Fen on Upgate Common
• Why do Birds Flock and Why do Some Species Form Murmurations?