15.08.2024 - Indoor Meeting : Sweet Briar Marshes

Speaker: Matt Wickens
Reporter: Cath Robinson
Matt is in the relatively new post of Urban Reserve Manager of the NWT and gave us a history and description of the new Sweet Briar Marshes reserve close to the centre of Norwich. It comprises 90 acres of fen, rough meadows, grazing marsh, young hedgerows and young
woodland. One third is an SSSI on the basis of species rich grassland and the rest is designated as a County Wildlife Site. It was purchased recently (2022) by NWT following a public appeal. £600,000 was raised in only 4 months.

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