News
11th March 2010
Nearly two acres of willow trees have been cleared at Lang Fen, part of Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Redgrave and Lopham Fen nature reserve near Diss. Of the willows felled, 50 are destined to be used for cricket bats.
8th March 2010
Suffolk Wildlife Trust has welcomed the announcement from Rt Hon Hilary Benn that the Government is calling for a phase-out of peat in compost material by 2020, but have warned that even greater urgency is needed if we are to restore and manage our peatlands effectively.
1st March 2010
A new youth forum just launched at Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Foxburrow farm has attracted over 20 young people between the ages of 11 and 18.
24th February 2010
The UK’s food security is inextricably linked to the health of its soils, water and wildlife. This assertion – which has been strongly backed by The Wildlife Trusts - is made in A New Age of Agriculture: Our Agenda for British Farming, launched by the Conservative party at the National Farmer’s Union Conference.
22nd February 2010
A new youth forum just launched at Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Foxburrow farm has been oversubscribed attracting over 20 young people between the ages of 11 and 18. Youth forums are already up and running at the Trust’s visitor centres at Carlton and Lackford Lakes whose members have helped design some of the Trust’s new website.
15th February 2010
Pupils from St Christopher’s pupil referral unit meet in Bridge Wood to take part in an innovative new learning course called Forest Schools
11th February 2010
An exciting new project is underway on Suffolk’s coastal heaths.
8th February 2010
Secrets of creatures' courting rituals revealed by The Wildlife Trusts
5th February 2010
Seed strips and supplementary feeding have been introduced at the Trust’s Lackford reserve near Bury St Edmunds with impressive results - tree sparrow numbers have increased dramatically and it is hoped they will breed there this season.
13th January 2010
Wading birds and ducks are coming under pressure as the freezing conditions across the county tighten their grip. At this time of year waders and wildfowl have to maximise their feeding time by gobbling up as many calories as they can in order to survive. With the freezing conditions estuarine ice can greatly reduce areas of mudflat which contains the juicy morsels the birds feed on.
12th January 2010
The endangered tree sparrow which has been selected by the government for urgent conservation action is doing well in the west of the county but has all but disappeared on the Suffolk coast.
2nd January 2010
The first year of a survey to establish the numbers and whereabouts of Suffolk’s elusive harvest mouse has met with enormous success thanks to the enthusiasm and cooperation of volunteers and landowners.
23rd September 2009
The support services and construction company Carillion have finished installing five barn owl pole boxes for Suffolk Wildlife Trust in the south and east of Suffolk: on private land in Grundisburgh, at a community woodland in Felixstowe, in community open space at Waldringfield and on two allotments at Capel St Mary.
17th September 2009
The Snape Village Rustlers - a group of nine local residents who have adopted 26 cattle on Snape Marshes - are discovering the nuances of cattle behaviour and thoroughly enjoying their new role as cowboys and cowgirls!
7th September 2009
A two year project to restore 23 hectares of valley fen at Hopton and Thelnetham Fen nature reserves close to the Norfolk-Suffolk border, has been completed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust thanks to funding from SITA Trust. The area restored represents almost 10% of total valley fen in Suffolk.
18th August 2009
Today, national crayfish day, a team of conservationists will be relocating native white-clawed crayfish
