Meet the team - Arger Fen & Spouse's Vale
Get to know the team behind Arger Fen & Spouse's Vale Nature Reserve and learn more about the history of this nature reserve and the wildlife which relies on it.
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Legacy stories: Arger Fen & Spouse's Vale
At Arger Fen & Spouse’s Vale we are indebted to local sisters Frances and Edith Vale. In 1991, they bought a small bluebell wood near their home and gifted it to Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Frances added the wet meadows in 1997.
Arger Fen & Spouse's Vale Nature Reserve
A fascinating mosaic of ancient woodland and naturally-regenerating woodland alongside wet meadow and fen - creating a unique, wildlife-rich landscape.
Upcoming events at Arger Fen
Upcoming events at Arger Fen
Virtual guided walk - Arger Fen
Listen to our staff team bringing the nature trail to life.
Thank you for your help to buy Rowley Grove
Rowley Grove is a precious ancient woodland situated on the southern border of Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Arger Fen & Spouse's Vale nature reserve near the villages of Bures, Nayland and…
Rowley Grove woodland purchase – thank you!
A huge thank you to everyone who has so generously supported the purchase of Rowley Grove, a precious ancient woodland situated on the southern border of Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Arger Fen &…
Red Fifty Five, highlighting Suffolk's threatened moths
Eliza O’Toole is a local Laurel Prize nominated poet working near our Arger Fen nature reserve in south Suffolk. Discover Eliza's latest work 'Red Fifty Five' and how her poetry is…
Common puffball
This common fungus puffs out clouds of spores when it's mature.
Nutrient neutrality works: pollution rules don't block housebuilding
The Government wants to ditch laws that require housebuilders not to harm rivers. But we know these rules work – they enable houses to be built and rivers to be protected. Here’s how, writes Ali…
Deathwatch beetle
Famed for its tapping in the middle of the night, supposedly heralding tragedy, the deathwatch beetle is a serious wood-boring pest. In houses, their tunnelling can cause major damage.
Common polypody
The common polypody is a hardy fern of damp, shady places in woodlands. It also makes a good garden fern. It has ladder-like, leathery foliage with pimply undersides - these spots are the spores…