Suffolk Wildlife Trust Blogs

Since our last update, the sun has continued to shine so I am going to call it summer even though it is the last few days of spring. Summer is a great time to see dragonflies and butterflies…

In these strange times when we are stuck at home, wildlife continues as normal. Spring is very active time for much of our wildlife and it is a time of much change with birds arriving back from…

This week it has really felt like spring with the first singing chiffchaffs today- at least two- one near the Visitor Centre and another near Bernard’s Hide. It's on warmer, sunnier days when…

February is the month when there is a hint of spring around the reserve with our ducks displaying on our lakes and some of our resident birds beginning to sing.

Bullfinches have been showing well, lots of snipe are on the slough and plenty of ducks on the sailing lake.

We have now seen 64 different species of birds on the reserve in 2020 including bullfinch, snipe, siskin, lapwing, goldeneye and good numbers of starlings roosting at the end of a winter’s day.…

As promised in my last blog update, I will update you on the starling situation on the reserve.

There have been quite a few frosts in the last few weeks indicating that we have now moved into winter at the lakes. The ducks on the lakes, the small birds feeding constantly by our trails and…

We are now into November at the lakes and many of our ducks are now arriving or will be arriving in the next few weeks to spend the winter here. The trees are changing colour and are dropping…

This week on the reserve has seen the first redwing joining us for winter, joining lovely birds like long-tailed tit, grey wagtail, a variety of winter ducks and green woodpeckers. A surprise…