Norfolk Nature

About Norfolk Nature

Norfolk Nature is a community-based, non-profit organization founded in 1962 as the Norfolk Field Naturalists. The aims of the group are the study, appreciation, and conservation of our natural world.

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The Lotus

Download our Lotus newsletter as well as our annual reports.

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Membership

Are you or your children interested in the natural world? Are you interested in habitat restoration? If so, please join us!

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Coming Events

Nov

Speaker Event–“An Amateur’s Fossil Adventures in the High Rockies”

Beth Gilhespy will talk about her time volunteering on a Royal Ontario Museum fossil dig at a new Burgess Shale site in the Rockies.

Dec

Members’ Night

Members are invited to email up to 20 electronic photos or a short video no more than 10 minutes long of nature events or trips to info@norfolkfieldnaturalists.org.

Dec

Field Event–Nocturnal Owl Prowl

During this guided walk, learn about the lives of Ontario’s owls, their remarkable adaptations, and the ecological roles they play. We’ll then listen and look for owls.

Dec

Special Event–Long Point Christmas Bird Count

Join the Long Point Christmas Bird Count and spend the day in the field identifying and counting all the birds you see or hear.

Dec

Special Event: Woodhouse (Norfolk County) Christmas Bird Count

Join the Woodhouse Christmas Bird Count (Norfolk County) and spend the day in the field identifying and counting all the birds you see or hear.

Dec

Special Event: Fisherville (Haldimand County) Christmas Bird Count

Join the Fisherville (Haldimand County) Christmas Bird Count and spend the day in the field identifying and counting all the birds you see or hear.

Jan

Speaker Event: “Bruce Trail: 856 kms of Discovery”

Acclaimed teacher Audrey Armstrong and award-winning photographer Willy Waterton will lead us through a pictorial presentation of their end-to-end hike of the Bruce Trail.

Feb

Speaker Event: “All About Whip-poor-wills”

Lauren Weeks, a Master’s student at the University of Waterloo and one of our winners of the 2025 Harry B. Barrett Bursary, will be telling us about her work with these interesting birds.

Mar