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Have you seen any of these species in Norfolk? Brown hare, grey partridge, barn owl, harvest mouse.

Our countryside is not only an important area for food production, but also an important home for some of Norfolk’s most charismatic wildlife. Marshes and meadows provide hunting grounds for barn owls; arable fields, cover for young hares and coveys of grey partridges; hedgerows and field margins, feeding sites for tiny harvest mice – Norfolk has some amazing and special wildlife.

Norfolk Wildlife Trust and Norfolk Biodiversity Information Service are asking for your help in recording these four species. Join in the survey, learn more about Norfolk’s wildlife and help us secure a future for these animals.

Did you know?

· In the early twentieth century it is estimated there were more than 4 million hares in Britain.  Today the population is thought to be around 800,000.

· The harvest mouse is Europe’s smallest rodent.

· Local names for the barn owl include Billy Wix, Hushwing and White Owl.

· The grey partridge is a red-listed species (one of the birds of highest conservation concern) because it has declined by more than 80% since the 1970s.

When you have spotted one of the four animals above in Norfolk visit www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/naturalconnections and add your sighting online.  Alternatively phone NWT on 01603 598333 and request a survey card.