Todays is the last day of October and the reserve was full of activity from our birds, to the odd butterfly, plenty of common darters and the otter even made an appearance too down at Steggall…

As numbers of wintering duck, geese and waders are increasing across the marshes, the wardens and volunteers are working hard to prepare their winter home. Read on for wildlife and reserve…

I’ve recently finished my Wild Learning internship and having had a few weeks to reflect upon my last 6 or so months at the Trust, I wanted to share a little of my experience.

Early October is all about the first birds arriving back on the lakes to spend the winter including large number of ducks. At the same time we still have good numbers of dragonflies and…

It's that time of year again! The nights are drawing in and there's starting to be a bit of a chill in the air. Autumn appears to be upon us and hedgehogs will be feeling it too!

This spell of autumn sunshine keeps the insects flying from damselflies and dragonflies to plenty of butterflies.

After two years of support from Heritage Lottery Fund, British Hedgehog Preservation Society & local benefactors, the Suffolk Wildlife Trust Ipswich Hedgehog Project has worked with over 6000…

Every year in September, the number of little egrets on the slough build up and can be seen hunting for small fish on the slough. This past week has also been seen a few more ducks arrive on the…

A brilliant afternoon was spent last week with two hedgehog champions, Sue and Ámon, drilling holes in walled gardens in the centre of Ipswich. Five new gardens were linked and lots of lovely…

As we near the end of August, we start to see a hint of autumn around the lakes. Autumn fruits and seeds can be seen appearing around the lakes, a slight build up of ducks on lakes and the first…