Habitat Advice
Advice on how to manage Suffolk's habitats and species.
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Young Warden's create new habitats for nature
The Young Wardens in Ipswich have been hard at work coppicing in Spring Wood over the winter, getting the woodland ready for spring by enabling new tree growth.
Improving & creating wetland habitats with the Bury Water Meadows Group
Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Bury Water Meadows Group have been working in partnership to enhance the River Lark and adjacent habitat in No Man’s Meadows, Bury St Edmunds.
Woodland creation
Woodlands are one of the most important habitats for wildlife in the UK and Suffolk Wildlife Trust is working hard to ensure that the region's ancient woodlands are protected and sensitively managed. In addition the Trust is supporting landowners and farmers to create new sites that have the potential to sustain a wide range of birds, mammals, invertebrates, reptiles and plant life.
Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
Gunton Warren - a rare and precious piece of coastline representing natural habitat progression from beach to woodland
Gunton Warren is a wonderful wildlife gem within walking distance of Lowestoft.
Woodland management
Many of our woods have been in existence since the last ice-age and provide the richest places for wildlife. Most of them have been managed in a careful and sustainable way over the centuries to provide woodland products and fuel. Woods often show signs of traditional management which provided an excellent mixture of trees, shrubs and ground plants for wildlife.
Endangered species wildlife conservation
Suffolk Wildlife Trust helps endangered species by protecting habitat for wildlife. Learn how you can support nature conservation in Suffolk
Wet woodland
Wet woodlands in the UK can be wild, secretive places. Tangles of trailing creepers, tussocky sedges and lush tall-herbs conceal swampy pools and partially submerged fallen willow trunks, likely…
Woodland by natural regeneration
Natural regeneration is the best way of creating a new woodland for wildlife and expanding ancient semi natural woodland. Not only is it less expensive than planting up sites, but trees established by regeneration are more likely to be better adapted to local conditions and will result in a more natural composition suited to a variety of wildlife.
Designing a woodland for wildlife
Maddie Lord, Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Farmland Wildlife Adviser, explores some of the questions that are helpful to bear in mind when considering creating a woodland that’s brilliant for wildlife…
Woodlands and hedgerows
Woodlands and hedgerows provide a complex habitat for a wide range of species,