Author Archives: Ross

The wood pigeon is widely despised and regarded as faintly ridiculous, but our countryside would be poorer without this under-appreciated bird.

One of the many gifts the Common Lands offer up to the people of Sudbury is the explosion of buttercups that appear each spring

A small colony of cranes are now established in Suffolk – the first time these majestic birds have lived in the county for 400 years.

In years gone by fallen trees in rivers would have been removed by the EA but today the policy is to let nature take its course.

It was still and the sky was low with grey cloud. It seemed to me that everything else had stopped, so this solitary bird could let rip.

Take a walk among the magnificent maritime trees of the Shotley estuaries and you are strolling through a unique habitat.

Normally, there is not much to see at 4pm on a South Suffolk Sunday in early January but last weekend was an exception.

Wildlife is under threat and many animal species are experiencing deeply concerning declines in numbers. One exception, in East Anglia at least, is the cormorant.

Much maligned, ivy is, in fact, a wonderful source of food and shelter for many species, including the stunning ivy bee – a relative newcomer to these shores.

The new visitor centre at Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Carlton Marshes nature reserve is a gateway into a wildlife wonderland and sure to become a landmark in this corner of the county.