County Wildlife Sites
County Wildlife Sites (CWS) have a key role in the conservation of Suffolk’s biodiversity and are important Living Landscape links.
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Establishing grassland and increasing botanical diversity at existing sites
Grassland surrounded by different habitats such as hedge, scrub, woodland and even bare ground can support a rich community of wildlife. The creation of new grassland habitat complements the conservation management of existing grasslands.
Site Analysis for Freshwater Invertebrate Surveys
SAFIS: Site Analysis for Freshwater Invertebrate Surveys. The aim of this program is to give a simple and quick method of analysing data obtained when conducting a survey for freshwater invertebrates at a pond, river, or other wetland site.
Recovering Nature in the Headwaters of the Little Ouse and Waveney Rivers
Recovering Nature in the Headwaters of the Little Ouse and Waveney Rivers - a study investigating the potential for restoring wildlife sites and reconnecting them through new habitat corridors and expansion of existing sites.
In memory of Ernie Lucking
Andrew Excell, our South East Suffolk Sites Manager, remembers Ernie Lucking.
Field cow-wheat
Once widespread, this attractive plant has declined as a result of modern agricultural practices and is now only found in four sites in South East England.
Weekly Wild news from our reserves - 28th August
This week our Reserve Wardens have been taking a closer look at some of the flora that grows on our sites, and Trimley Marshes gets a trim, attracting a whole host of different bird species.
Weekly wild news from our reserves, 14 August 2020
It’s been hot on all of our reserves this week, but work cannot stop. Many of our meadow and fen sites have been cut and the hay gathered ready for the wildflowers to regrow next year.
Saltmarshes and mudflats – a case for creation
Andrew Excell, South East Suffolk Sites Manager, explains the importance of saltmarsh and mudflat habitats for biodiversity and the environment.
Greater water parsnip
Large scale drainage in the UK has seen a massive reduction in the range of this sensitive aquatic plant which now only occurs in around 50 sites in England.
Bladder campion
Bladder campion is so-called for the bladder-like bulge that sites just behind the five-petalled flower - this is actually the fused sepals. Look for it on grasslands, farmland and along hedgerows…
Heath fritillary
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…