Wetlands
Teeming with insects, rich in plants and a haven for mammals, wetlands offer an unforgettable experience. They play a vital role in supporting wildlife, purifying water and capturing carbon.
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Rivers
Rivers and streams provide Suffolk's wildlife with ‘corridors’ to allow them to move between fragmented habitats. Internationally important chalk streams support endangered species such as bullhead, southern mayfly and white-clawed crayfish, while extensive, yellow-brown reedbeds are important habitats for birds, including threatened species such as bittern and bearded tit.
Wilder Rivers
Improving and enhancing our rivers is essential to create healthy landscapes in which nature can recover and thrive. The UK has some of the worst river pollution and water quality Europe, and we have a vision and strategy to for our work on rivers and river wildlife to help create cleaner and more diverse river habitats in Suffolk.
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.
Rivers
From otters to freshwater shrimps, all animals are dependant on an abundant and reliable supply of clean water. Rivers sustain the natural environment, wildlife and people in equal measure.
Ponds and rivers
Advice on managing and creating pond and river habitats.
Meet the Team - Wilder Rivers
Suffolk's waterways are key habitats for many species, find out more about how Alice, our Wilder Rivers Adviser, works with different groups to improve these habitats across the county.
Wilder Rivers
Rivers are incredibly important for wildlife and act as coridoors through the landscape for wildlife to move through. They are faced with all sorts of human-made problems, but every one of us can…
Chalk rivers
Cool, crystal-clear waters flow over gravelly beds, streaming through white-flowered water-crowfoot and watercress in serene lowland landscapes.
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.
Habitat Advice
Advice on how to manage Suffolk's habitats and species.
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.