Yellow-horned poppy, sea campion, bird's foot trefoil, curled dock, buck's horn plantain. Amongst the flints of Cley's shingle ridge are many colourful wild flowers adapted to survive in an extraordinary windswept world of salt-spray, summer droughts, winter storms and shifting shingle. Explore this distinctive habitat and its plants with a walk along the edge of […]
This Marine Week we want to invite families to help us clean up our shore to benefit coastal wildlife. There is always lots of exciting wildlife, and we often find mysterious marine objects along the shore too. In the event of adverse weather please contact the visitor centre in advance to check for cancellations. All […]
Enjoy free entry to the reserve, for every child and their accompanying adult, all day. As part of Marine Week we will be offering free marine themed hands-on activities in our Education Centre.
Introduction to mindfulness and meditation in the outdoors. Led by a qualified meditation teacher, this walk is a chance to connect to the silence and stillness within under the big skies of NWT Cley Marshes. The walk will include some very gentle mindful walking, movement and breathwork. Gentle but powerful.
Discover the wildlife and explore the range of habitats in some of the less visited areas to the east of the reserve. Walking along the Attenborough Walk we call in at Bishop's and Babcock Hides before crossing the grazing marshes via the Iron Road to the beach. A 1km hike along the shingle can give […]
Murmurations are a folk inspired musical flock from Norwich. The all-female group combine Irish bouzouki, mandolin, cello and harmonium to create what has been referred to as ‘music for the moors’. With intimate storytelling, sweet harmonies and powerful instrumentation, Murmurations come together to share something bigger than the sum of their parts. Join them for […]
Born and based in North Norfolk, James McCallum is best known for his watercolours of wildlife. This exhibit will feature paintings of birds and other wildlife completed 'en plein air' at Cley and the surrounding area. As part of our centenary celebrations, James has kindly collaborated with us to produce a stunning poster, postcard, and […]
Come along and have a go at weaving a leaping hare. All materials supplied and step by step guidance given. Whether you are a beginner or already have experience using willow, you will create a bespoke and characterful sculpture ideal for displaying in the garden.
Autumn is a busy time at Cley and Salthouse Marshes for arrivals and departures of migratory birds. This lunchtime talk, by David North, will show you what to look for over the coming weeks as nature on the reserve prepares for change. It will include readings from David's book - Life Changing: Cley and Salthouse […]
Microplastics are fast becoming a high-profile pollutant within coastal ecosystems, however their distribution and impacts on saltmarshes remain unknown. In this talk Ben Grover will present the research of his PhD, studying the distribution of microplastics across the saltmarshes of Blakeney. Ben will show the current scientific methods used in microplastic analysis, share the results […]
Georgia Shackleton presents music from her new album From the Floorboards, joined by guitarist Aaren Bennett, marking 125 years since her ancestor Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic voyage with Scott on The Discovery. At the heart of the album is the Shackleton Violin, crafted from floorboards of Ernest's former home. Blending original compositions with historic songs, the […]
Join us for a different kind of walk as we invite you to take an evening stroll with us and the Norfolk and Norwich Bat Group. We will explore parts of the reserve and Cley Village on the hunt for bats.
