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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.
New wetland habitat created for waders at Snape Marshes
Our South East Suffolk Sites Manager, Andrew Excell, has been creating more space for nature at Snape Marshes thanks to Landscape Enhancement Initiative funding from the National Grid.
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Biffa Award supports Martlesham Wilds Nature Reserve with £340,000 towards conservation works and habitat creation
With grant funding from Biffa Award, Suffolk Wildlife Trust is able to begin vital conservation works and habitat creation at Martlesham Wilds Nature Reserve near Woodbridge, which was secured in…
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.
BBC Countryfile features Hazlewood Marshes
Hazlewood Marshes, and our wardens Rachel and Andrew, featured on BBC Countryfile on Sunday 5th March.
Weekly wild news from our reserves - 26 February
This week the Reserve Wardens have been busy hedge laying and reed cutting, creating new wetland scrapes, and admiring fabulous fungi and badger footprints.
Hedgehog habits workshops - a chance to learn about hoggy habits
Whilst our lovely spiny friends may be tucked up for the winter, there’s still plenty of opportunities to learn about these enigmatic creatures and to find out how you can help them in your own…
Bar-tailed godwit
The bar-tailed godwit winters in the UK in the thousands; look for it around estuaries like the Thames and Humber. In spring, the males display arresting breeding plumage, with brick-red heads,…
Avocet
A key species in the story of conservation, the avocet represents an amazing recovery of a bird once extinct in the UK. This pied bird, with its distinctive upturned bill, can now be seen on…