Nature And Landscape

Wilder Hickling - a haven for nature, heritage and people

Wilder Hickling focuses on Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Hickling Broad and Marshes, one of the UK’s most important wetlands. We urgently need to enable the adaptation of its nationally important habitats to improve their resilience to climate change. These adaptations, along with recent acquisitions of property at Hickling Staithe and additional land at the reserve, are an opportunity to create a uniquely accessible gateway for people to the largest and wildest of the Norfolk Broads. We will: Create conditions to allow Hickling’s habitats to adapt to future higher water levels, forming a 168Ha shifting mosaic of sustainably managed wetland benefitting breeding crane, spoonbill, marsh harrier, bittern, lapwing and swallowtail butterfly. Connect more people to nature by creating ‘experience arcs’ from Hickling Staithe to NWT Hickling Broad and Marshes National Nature Reserve, substantially improving inclusive access to Broadland habitats and enabling visitors to immerse themselves in nature on both land and water.