Legacy Stories

At Arger Fen & Spouse’s Vale we are indebted to local sisters Frances and Edith Vale. In 1991, they bought a small bluebell wood…

The flowery riverside meadows at what was previously known as the Grove Farm nature reserve are already one of the largest and richest…

All but 16 acres of the surviving woodland became a National Nature Reserve, until in 2010, a legacy gift from Peter Mitchell allowed…

The purchase of Captain's Wood in 2005 was made possible by a legacy gift from Gloria Ford which provided the foundation for our…

Since 2007, 10 separate land purchases made possible by legacy gifts, have transformed Carlton & Oulton Marshes, piecing together…

Philip Elsey gifted Church Farm to Suffolk Wildlife Trust in his Will in 2004. He owned Church Farm for over 40 years and thanks to his…

Very few places are this special and we were only able to make it happen because of the generosity of William & Mary McAtamney in…

Bill Payn was one of the Trust’s Founders and the author of Birds of Suffolk. He remembered the Trust in his Will and as a life long…

By ensuring the majority of this unique fen is under the Trust’s protective ownership, David Feavearyear’s gift has ensured its future…

A legacy from Pam and George Ford was instrumental in creating the beautiful new nature reserve on the Deben Estuary.

In 2002, a legacy gift from William (Bill) Payn, helped us to secure a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to purchase Mickle Mere and…

Lying on the north bank of the River Alde, between Snape Maltings and the village of Snape, the marshes are a wonderful haven for both…

Thanks to the incredible generosity of George Batchelor, we were able to create even more space for nature in the Lower Waveney Valley…