Wilder School - Mellis Primary
Timeline of our relationship with Mellis Primary - working together to put nature in recovery.
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Mellis Common Nature Reserve
It’s hard not to be taken aback by the sheer scale and prettiness of Mellis Common. Framed by cottages and farm houses it is a place that has changed relatively little over hundreds of years.
County Wildlife Sites
County Wildlife Sites are special places protected for the high biodiversity. Suffolk Wildlife Trust advises the owners of these sites, and campaigns to keep them protected for nature.
Merlin
Our most diminutive falcon, the merlin is a pretty bird of prey. It chases small birds, flying low to the ground or hovering in the breeze because of its small size. Resident merlins are joined in…
Thin tellin
Their empty, delicate pink or yellow shells can often be found washed up on beaches, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand all around the coasts of the UK.
Establishing grassland and increasing botanical diversity at existing sites
Grassland surrounded by different habitats such as hedge, scrub, woodland and even bare ground can support a rich community of wildlife. The creation of new grassland habitat complements the conservation management of existing grasslands.
National volunteer week - Jonny Ellis' story
This week is National Volunteers’ Week and, over the course of the week, we are going to be celebrating the fantastic difference our volunteers make for wildlife in Suffolk. In the past year, over…
Week one of 30 Days Wild - Guerrilla chalking, goblin gloves and gooseberry jellies
Wild Learning Officer, Lucy, starts the first week of 30 Days Wild and shares what our members of staff have been getting up to this week.
Site Analysis for Freshwater Invertebrate Surveys
SAFIS: Site Analysis for Freshwater Invertebrate Surveys. The aim of this program is to give a simple and quick method of analysing data obtained when conducting a survey for freshwater invertebrates at a pond, river, or other wetland site.
Week one of 30 Day Wild - Barefoot beach strolls, ogling at gooseberry jellies, nightjar churring and mindfulness on the marshes
It’s been a jam-packed week of 30 Days Wild “random acts of wildness” with lots of activity across the county from Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s staff team. Lucy, our Wild Learning Officer, is looking…
Jelly ear
As the name suggests, this fungus looks uncannily like an ear!
Common daisy
He loves me, he loves me not' is a familiar rhyme associated with what is probably our most well-known plant: the common daisy. Its white-and-yellow flower heads brighten up lawns, verges and…