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    Suffolk Wildlife Trust

    Tawny owl by Beverley Carpenter

    Suffolk Wildlife Trust is Suffolk’s nature charity – the only organisation dedicated to safeguarding Suffolk’s wildlife and countryside.

    We make a difference for Suffolk by managing nature reserves - securing a bigger, better and more connected landscape for wildlife and by inspiring the next generation through hands-on experiences with nature.

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    Family beach Suffolk Wildlife Trust

    By John Ferguson

    We have something for everyone!
    Events for tots through to teens, wildlife courses for adults, practical conservation volunteering and 49 nature reserves which are free to visit.

    • Visit a nature reserve
    • What's on
      • Events for families & pre-school
      • Events for children
      • Events for teens
      • All events for adults
      • Courses for adults
      • Wildlife talks
      • Walks
      • Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
    • School visits
    • Volunteer
      • Join our youth board
      • Volunteer at Carlton Marshes
      • Learning Team Voluntary Internships
    • Work experience
    • Wild Reads
      • Wild Reads - Nature Cure
      • Wild Reads - Meadowlands
      • Wild Reads - The Overstory
    • Wild Birthday Parties
    • Help wildlife at home
  • Places to visit
    Dunwich Suffolk Wildlife Trust

    By Steve Aylward

    Suffolk Wildlife Trust cares for 49 nature reserves, with fantastic visitor centres at Carlton Marshes and Lackford Lakes. We also have a network of learning centres and locations throughout the county. Please help us care for the nature reserves you've enjoyed, by joining Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

    • Nature reserves
    • Visitor centres
    • Learning centres
  • Wildlife
    Dormouse Suffolk Wildlife Trust

    Dormouse by Catpaws

    Our vision for Suffolk is a joined-up landscape where species can spread out from nature reserves into wildlife-rich countryside, towns and villages.

    • Nature reserves
    • Flagship species in Suffolk
      • Dormouse
      • Great crested newt
      • Hedgehog
        • Record a hedgehog sighting
      • Lapwing
      • Marine
      • Nightingale
      • Pollinating insects
      • Stag beetle
      • Skylark
      • Swift
      • Water vole
      • Yellowhammer
    • Conservation in Suffolk
      • Planning
        • Planning advice for local authorities
        • Planning advice for the general public
        • Nationally significant infrastructure projects
        • Current planning applications
        • Homes for people and wildlife
        • Planning guidance for hedgehogs
      • Ecological consultancy
      • Farmland Wildlife Advice
        • Suffolk Ponds Group
        • Jordans Farm Partnership
      • County Wildlife Sites
      • Private nature reserves
      • Community Green Spaces
      • Catchment Scale Restoration on the River Blyth
      • North Sea marine conservation
    • Habitat & species advice
      • Meadows and grassland
        • Grassland and scrub
        • Grassland management for butterflies
        • Grassland management for invertebrates
        • Grassland management for reptiles
        • Grassland management for wildflowers
        • Harvest mouse
      • Woodlands and hedgerows
        • Woodland by natural regeneration
        • Woodland creation by planting
        • Woodland management
        • Veteran trees
        • Hedgerow management
        • Hedgerow planting
        • Dormouse conservation
      • Ponds and rivers
        • Ponds
        • Rivers
      • Community Green Spaces
        • Wall plants
        • Ivy
        • Allotments
        • Wildlife where you live
        • Identification
      • Private Nature Reserves
      • Churchyards
    • Wildlife gardening
      • Attracting wildlife to your garden
      • Attracting hedgehogs to your garden
      • Attracting butterflies to your garden
      • Attracting bats to your garden
      • Attracting reptiles to your garden
      • Attracting amphibians to your garden
      • Garden ponds
      • Bees and wasps
      • Compost heaps
      • Bird and bat boxes
      • Feeding birds
    • FAQs and useful contacts
    • UK species explorer
    • UK habitat explorer
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      • Legacy stories: Church Farm Marshes
      • Legacy stories: Knettishall Heath
      • Legacy stories: Lackford Lakes
      • Legacy stories: Market Weston Fen
      • Legacy stories: Mickle Mere
      • Legacy stories: Snape Marshes
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  • Schools
    Suffolk Wildlife Trust

    By John Ferguson

    Inspiring interest in the natural world and getting children closer to nature is what Suffolk Wildlife Trust is all about - to make nature part of everyday life.

    • School visits
      • School visits to Arger Fen
      • School visits to Bradfield Woods
      • School visits to Carlton Marshes
      • School visits to Foxburrow Farm
      • School visits to Ipswich's green spaces
      • School visits to Knettishall Heath
      • School visits to Lackford Lakes
      • School visits to Lound Lakes
      • School visits to Redgrave & Lopham Fen
      • School visits to Rendlesham Forest
      • School visits to the coast
    • Funded school visits
    • Forest School
    • The Lost Words
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