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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · 1d

A moment of calm with six spoonbills at our Dingle Marshes nature reserve 🌾

Containing Britain's biggest fresh water reedbed and located in a prime coastal condition Dingle Marshes is a haven for wading birds, and an excellent stopping-off point for many migrators.

📹Jamie Smith, Warden

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · 2d

What's coming up at our Youth Action for Nature Day?

A range of workshops & inspiring talks from amazing youth-led groups including BTO Youth Ambassadors, UK Youth 4 Nature, Kids Against Plastics and Youngwilders!

https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/events/2025-10-18-youth-action-nature

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · 2d

Joined by Youngwilders, Kids Against Plastic, UK Youth 4 Nature, Force of Nature and BTO Youth Ambassadors - attendees will leave with the knowledge of how their individual actions are making the real meaningful impact for their local area 🌿

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · 2d

Not long to go until our first ever Youth Action for Nature Day!
Hosted by our Youth Board members they are connecting 16-25 year olds throughout the county who care for nature and climate.

www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/events/2025-...

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 3d

Buds, flowers and fruit of Bramble at @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Lackford Lakes #Suffolk.
#WildflowerHour

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · 28d

Wilder Ecology, our ecological consultancy, has successfully achieved three accredited certificates from British Assessment Bureau.

Highlighting the teams dedication and excellence to health and safety, quality and environmental management standards.

www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/news/wilder-...

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · 29d

In the evening spot barn owls hunting and listen to the call of the curlew and oystercatchers on the bank.

Once an organic arable farm, we’re now seeing Martlesham Wilds blossom into a wild landscape Pam & George would be proud of.

www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/blog/fundrai...

Making a wilder Suffolk with gifts in wills | Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Did you know you can leave a gift in your will to help nature thrive in Suffolk? Alex, our Philanthropy Manager, explores how in this blog.

www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · 29d

Martlesham Wilds wouldn’t have been possible without a legacy from Pam and George Ford, who in 2022 left a gift in their will to help purchase the land.

Martlesham Wilds is one of newest nature reserves located on the River Deben is a truly special place for nature.

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's Remember a Charity Week 💡

Making a gift in your will to Suffolk Wildlife Trust is one of the most effective ways you can support nature local to you.

Find out more on our website - www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/support-us

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Helen Smith @waveneycott.bsky.social · Aug 5

More tiny finds from @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Redgrave & Lopham Fen: Five-striped Spider Thantaus striatus recorded here for the first time since 1957 and the Nationally Rare and Endangered Jumping spider Attulus [Calositticus] caricis. Photos: Anna Maka. @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · Aug 18

Stunning!

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Helen Smith @waveneycott.bsky.social · Aug 1

A real glitter ball of a spider @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Redgrave & Lopham Fen today - maxing at just 3mm long, the minute Ray Spider Theridiosoma gemmosum has silvery plates of guanine shining through its cuticle. Photos Anna Maka. @britishspiders.bsky.social

Ray Spider Theridiosoma gemmosum showing its almost spherical abdomen with plates of silvery guanine showing through the cuticle.

A different pattern variant of Ray Spider Theridiosoma gemmosum with more dark pigmentation between areas of silvery guanine on the abdomen.

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our Farm Advice team have recently come to the end of our busy pond survey season. Here’s a four spotted chaser snapped by Helen from the team.
Farmland ponds are vital resources in the landscape - often the best source of clean water 💦

#districtlevellicensing

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our latest Wild News Round-Up is now live on the website.

Discover what the busy month on July had in store for our teams across Suffolk, including butterfly surveying, farm visits, and training new volunteers 🙌

🗞️Read it here: www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/.../wild-new....

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · Aug 1

Beautiful captures! 📸

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Helen Smith @waveneycott.bsky.social · Jul 29

A great team out today @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Carlton Marshes, surveying the still expanding range of the Fen Raft Spider population established there in 2011/12 - and meeting a few other fun species too! @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · Jul 30

We've teamed up with Institute of Fisheries Management and River Deben Association for this work and are steadily building an important citizen science database for the Deben estuary 🐟

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · Jul 30

To kick start #NationalMarineWeek, we've undertaken a juvenile fish survey at Martlesham Wilds, focusing on our saltmarsh habitat as a refuge for estuarine fish species.

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · Jul 14

Great news! 🎉 Five satellite-tagged Cuckoos have made the perilous journey across the Sahara Desert in Africa to reach their non-breeding grounds. 😀 Follow BTO Cuckoos race across the world on our interactive map ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos #Ornithology

Image of a world map showing locations of BTO satellite-tagged Cuckoos. Five are in Africa and five in Europe. Headshots of the Cuckoos in Africa, Ashok, Arthur, Wingston, Wilfrid and Jim, feature. A speaker graphic holds the wording: Five Cuckoos have crossed the Sahara Desert in Africa!

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · Jul 17

1/ Exciting ringing recovery! 😮 The first Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler to be found in Britain & Ireland was recorded by Justin and Dan at @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Trimley Marshes at the beginning of May this year. #Ornithology #UKBirding

📷 Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler by Justin Zantboer.

A Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler in the hand by Justin Zantboer.

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Anthony Speca | Aspen Ecology @aspenecology.com · Jul 12

Lecanora hybocarpa auct br, Carlton Marshes, Suffolk, England. First record for hectad, even accounting for records of L chlarotera, with which this #lichen was until recently confused. Magnified apothecia sections show characteristic descending epithecial crystals glowing in cross-polarised light.

Lecanora hybocarpa auct br : England : VC25 East Suffolk TM5192 : Carlton Marshes : May 2025 : On Salix twig

Lecanora hybocarpa auct br : England : VC25 East Suffolk TM5192 : Carlton Marshes : May 2025 : On Salix twig : In water : POL+

Lecanora hybocarpa auct br : England : VC25 East Suffolk TM5192 : Carlton Marshes : May 2025 : On Salix twig : In water

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Jane Ferguson @janeferguson.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our walk today at SWT Carlton Marshes. Arrowhead, Bladderwort, Marsh Woundwort & Frogbit @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · Jul 11

Wonderful! 🦋

Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · Jul 10

Volunteers Paul and David recorded the highest number of butterflies in 7 years on their survey at Lackford Lakes this month 🦋

Species included, gatekeeper, brown argus, small copper, and green-veined whites with over 200 individual butterflies recorded!

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nicolaann85.bsky.social @nicolaann85.bsky.social · Jul 9

Lovely stroll around @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Bradfield Wood NNR today. So many butterflies, it cheers my heart. More silver-washed fritillaries in one place than I've seen in total over the last couple of years - wonderful! @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

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