Spring wildlife
Wildlife to look out for and nature reserves to visit for sign of spring.
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Wildlife where you live
Suffolk Wildlife Trust works with thousands of people all over the county who are making a real difference for wildlife where they live. From barn owl boxes to community woodlands, your efforts are linking up vital habitat for wildlife.
Photography workshop: spring wildlife
Explore the art of wildlife photography in spring with award-winning photographer Kevin Sawford.
Sand martin
The tiny, brown-and-white sand martin is a common summer visitor to the UK, nesting in colonies on rivers, lakes and flooded gravel pits. It returns to Africa in winter.
Marine wildlife
Find out what Suffolk Wildlife Trust is doing to protect marine wildlife and seascape recovery - and how you can get involved.
Where have all the eels gone?
“Where have the eels gone?” is a Galloper Wind Farm and AONB funded project run by Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
Spring has sprung at Lackford
Things are starting to stir on the reserve and the wildlife is beginning to think about breeding- wherever you look you can see signs of courtship, mating and nest-building.
The movements of Ipswich hedgehogs - where do they go?
For the past two years our spring field seasons have been jam packed with night time street patrols, hedgehog health checks, radio-tracking, daytime nest searches and camera installations abound…
Spring in Suffolk
Winter may still be well underway but small signs of spring are emerging throughout the county. Discover the wildlife and natural signs which welcome the beginning of spring.
Where have all the insects gone?
Hawk Honey looks at how insects are vital for ecosystems and how their health directly affects other species, including us.
Martins' Meadows Nature Reserve
These three meadows are among the few flower-rich hay meadows still left in Suffolk. As they have never been fertilised, sprayed or drained, the site supports a wide range of wildflowers. To…
Spring at Lackford
In these strange times when we are stuck at home, wildlife continues as normal. Spring is very active time for much of our wildlife and it is a time of much change with birds arriving back from…