The Suffolk Wildlife Trust is organising a course for community groups, parish councils and community activists looking to optimise their local hedgerows for wildlife or plant new hedges in the community. The course will be led by Simon Hooton, long-time conservationist and Volunteer Conservation Adviser with Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Although a plan and timetable for […]
Nature enhancement is a key part of our ongoing work to conserve and enhance the Dedham Vale National Landscape & Stour Valley. Here is a round-up from all of our nature enhancement projects and volunteer work parties for August 2024. For more information about any of our nature enhancement work, you can email alex.mooredaluz@suffolkandessex-NL.org.uk. Tree Aftercare […]
Rapper and 6 Music favourite OneDa, Mobo Award Winner Still Shadey and Artist Rob St John amongst host of writers and artists to connect new communities with their local National Landscape. Today, Tuesday 10 September, Nature Calling, funded by Arts Council England (as part of the Lottery funded National Significant Project stream), the Department for […]
Have your say in shaping nature recovery in Essex! The draft Essex Local Nature Recovery Strategy is open for public consultation. The Essex Local Nature Recovery Strategy draft includes mapping of nature recovery opportunities, biodiversity priorities and key actions that will be taken to support nature and wildlife in the county. You can have your say by […]
Thorington Street Dark Sky Discovery Centre opened at the Studio opposite Thorington Hall on Monday 19th August. Welcomed by a meteor shower and a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis, residents and amateur astronomers viewed the sensational display from the garden of the new Centre. Led by professional astronomers and a local grass roots committee, […]
Principal photography on a much-anticipated Suffolk-produced feature film has concluded with the final scenes shot in Flatford by Willy Lott’s Cottage – a scene famously immortalised by John Constable’s Landscape painted ‘The Hay Wain’. The story focuses on ‘The Painters’ John Constable and his friend John Dunthorne, both of whom lived in East Bergholt at […]
A trial of electric community vehicles is set to launch next summer in Suffolk, with the tender process beginning this autumn. Plug In Suffolk Car Clubs will be placing sixteen electric vehicles across eight locations in Suffolk which local residents can book by the minute, hour or day. Planned locations include Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, […]
Are you interested in doing something with your land that helps our native wildlife, but unsure how you can do this? Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council are holding a free Call For Land Summit at The Mix in Stowmarket on 5th September 2024, from 10:00am – 2:00pm. This might be tree planting, hedge planting, […]
This year, the Suffolk Climate Action Team are promoting the Keep the Heat scheme again. This scheme allows Parish Councils and Community Groups to use thermal imaging cameras and equipment free of charge to help with heat loss surveys in their communities. Are you interested in organising a thermal camera project in your local area? […]
The next event for the Dedham Dark Skies Campaign is the annual Perseids Shooting Stars Party. This will be held at 8pm on August 12th at the Dark Sky Discovery Centre in Thorington Studio, Thorington Street, CO6 4SS. There will be two talks about meteors and how to photograph them whilst waiting for the skies to […]
