For the first time a teenager has become overall winner of Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s photo competition. Thirteen year old Cameron Smith of Wetheringsett wins the annual wildlife photography competition 2010 with his image of a bee hovering over a nectar rich flower which impressed the judges with its clarity and striking background.

Join us for a day of adventure this summer.

Whether it’s clinging to a rock among a sea of anemones, or buried in the soft sand in cunning camouflage, the wildlife hidden beneath the waves around the UK is intriguing and mysterious. Why not take a voyage of discovery during The Wildlife Trusts’ National Marine Week?

Long-term weekend volunteers are needed to join a small and enthusiastic team of livestock checkers based at Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Foxburrow Farm, near Woodbridge.

Suffolk Wildlife Trust has joined Ipswich Wildlife Group in legally challenging the decision taken on 13th July by Ipswich Borough Council.

Have you seen a tree sparrow?

Suffolk Wildlife Trust has contacted Ipswich Borough councillors to express their deep concern about the proposed development of Kiln Meadow in Ipswich which the Borough Council is considering selling for development.

We are looking for people to join our midweek volunteer team

Dan Poulter MP for Central Suffolk visits Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Foxburrow Farm near Melton. Foxburrow Farm is one of the Trust’s four education and visitor centres, the base for the Sandlings Project and a working mixed farm.

Win a free trip to Carlton Marshes Education Centre including transport! We are asking schools and community groups in the local area to design and make their own marsh man depicting some one who would use the Suffolk Broads either from the past or present. This might include those who live, work or visit the area.

During National Insect Week Suffolk Wildlife Trust draws attention to the value of our bugs to the natural world.

Thank you to all our donors that came to the Oulton Broad river trips.

A report written and compiled by Suffolk Dragonfly recorder Adrian Parr published today, reveals that many of the county’s species are thriving.

The danger of balloons and other plastic litter to wildlife is highlighted after a swift is bought down by a stray balloon in Sudbourne.

It has been ten years since the last hedgehog survey, so we would like to assess whether there has been any changes in numbers of hedgehogs visiting gardens.

The people of Hollesley village have raised £400 to buy their very own Exmoor pony who will join the existing herd on Upper Hollesley Common to graze and help conserve the special Sandlings Heath habitat.

Book a place for this exciting event for children 8 years and over and their families.

Learn about the latest conservation news and enjoy family activities in our peaceful wildlife area

As the new coalition government publishes its agreements The Wildlife Trusts, including Suffolk Wildlife Trust, call on it to raise its game in policies on the natural environment and commit to a White Paper on Nature.

If you think moths are brown and dull compared to butterflies, then think again, say Suffolk Wildlife Trust!

To help you make decisions on who is most committed to making a difference for Suffolk’s wildlife and countryside we put three questions to your prospective parliamentary candidates in each constituency.

In the run up to the General Election The Wildlife Trusts, along with other conservation groups, are urging people to contact their MPs and prospective parliamentary candidates to ask them to sign a Wildlife Pledge.

The 30-strong herd of Dartmoor ponies grazing Dunwich Forest have emerged from one of our harshest winters in remarkably good shape.

Our annual Wildlife Photography Competition is now open for entries. Choose from six categories, including free entry into the Young Photographer category.

Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Suffolk Community Barn Owl Project has won the landscape and biodiversity category in the Suffolk’s Creating the Greenest County Awards 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.

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.

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.

Pupils from St Christopher’s pupil referral unit meet in Bridge Wood to take part in an innovative new learning course called Forest Schools

An exciting new project is underway on Suffolk’s coastal heaths.

Secrets of creatures' courting rituals revealed by The Wildlife Trusts

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.

The latest Badger and Other Mammals Group newsletter is now available

Suffolk Wildlife Trust launches vision for Living Seas

Suffolk's otters on the increase, says new report.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Today, national crayfish day, a team of conservationists will be relocating native white-clawed crayfish