Species & Habitats | Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Header image: Bittern hiding by David Hermon

You may also be interested in visitng the Suffolk Ornithologists' Group website:

For information of bird sightings around the county, and to report your sightings visit the Birders Information Networked Service:

Suffolk BINS

The BINS concept was set up by two local birders within Suffolk, who now provide this text-to-text information channel for many Suffolk birders using a mobile-to-mobile based platform.

Species and habitats

Our vision for Suffolk is a Living Landscape - a joined up landscape where species can expand their range and move through a wildlife-rich countryside along networks of linked habitat.

Achieving this needs a county-wide effort and the real strength of a Living Landscape comes from the combined impact of individual and community-led actions. Our conservation advisors have made over 2000 site visits, targeting dormouse, tree sparrow, great crested newt, otter, water vole, barn owl, harvest mouse and species-rich grasslands. The unique mix of local expertise and on-the-ground activity which our advisors offer is turning around the fortunes of these vulnerable species and habitats.

In a joined up Living Landscape the whole really is much greater than the sum of the individual parts… a village green linking into a churchyard, alongside allotments, which link into a wildlife friendly field margin running alongside a County Wildlife Site meadow…

Browse the pages in this section for information and ideas to help you make a difference where you live, including free wildlife advice.