Suffolk Wildlife Trust Blogs

It has been very wet here at Lackford, this winter. Many areas of the reserve have been flooded on a regular basis including the Kingfisher (blue trail). The changes in water levels have been…

It is now feeling a lot like early autumn out there on the reserve. Signs of early autumn include fruits on the bushes by the paths, late butterflies over the breckland fields, small birds…

Summer is a great time to look at our other residents. Almost anywhere you go at Lackford Lakes you will see our butterflies, dragonflies and other insects. To make the most of your visit, we…

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.