The latest news and updates from our teams across Suffolk including wildlife sightings, our nature reserves, landscape projects, and community engagement.

Water voles are considered an endangered species in the UK. These semi-aquatic mammals are one of Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s thirteen “flagship species” – species for which we prioritise are…

Suffolk Wildlife Trust congratulates the UK Government’s decision to open the door for licenced reintroductions of beavers into the wild and its acknowledgment of the free-living populations in…

A new report from The Wildlife Trusts - The National Water Vole Database Project Report - published today, identifies continued declines in water vole populations set against heartening increases…

The first ever National Hedgehog Conservation Strategy has been published by leading wildlife charities People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (…

'Emergency' authorisation to use a highly damaging neonicotinoid has been approved by UK Government, despite nearly 15,000 people calling on them to choose better support for farmers and…

'Emergency' authorisation to use a highly damaging neonicotinoid has today been approved by UK Government, despite nearly 15,000 people calling on them to choose better support for…

Polecats were sadly wiped out in Suffolk by the early 1900s. In 2006, there was just one record of a polecat sighting in Suffolk. However, polecats (or rather polecat/ferrets) are now increasing…

A few weeks ago we had a report of a pine marten sadly found dead on Felixstowe beach. This is the first confirmed sighting of a pine marten in Suffolk for many years, so potentially very exciting…

Today a new report published by People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has revealed that Britain’s population of hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) has declined by 51% since the…