Starting the first of two new ponds for amphibians and invertebrates at the Sproughton Nature Reserve. 🐸 Adding diversity to this lovely wetland. IpswichGov Wild Ipswich #sproughton #wildlife #amphibians #pond #excavator #volvoEC140EL

The wonderful British invention - the Bailey Bridge - easily carries 15 or so tonnes of Volvo EC140EL onto the Sproughton Nature Reserve island - not bad for 70 year old 'temporary' structure! #baileybridge IpswichGov Wild Ipswich #volvoexcavator #bridge #barrydayandsons

It's that time of year again - time to help some toads cross the road! Come along to the Bobbits Lane Toad patrol meeting this Thursday if you'd like to be involved 🐸

Re-pollarding riverside willows along the Gipping at Sproughton Nature Reserve - restoring a classic valley landscape feature. Plus coppicing to let light into one of the ponds - both using a tree-shear on an excavator. IpswichGov #wildlife #pollarding #pond #conservation

Much as we love people to enjoy our beautiful wooded nature reserves - with the strong winds forecast, please do not visit in the next few days for your own safety. IpswichGov East Suffolk Council #woodland #storm #stormciara

Yesterday at Stoke Park Wood LNR with the Friends of Belstead Brook Park - hedge cutting & litter removal - including a clothes airer & a commode! Rubbish Walks CIC IpswichGov #litterpick #conservation #volunteers #litterpicking #keepbritaintidy #wildlife #landroverdefender

Looking forward to joining Mark Murphy MBE tomorrow morning at 7.15 to support this wonderful initiative. Everyone can play their part - small actions can bring real change! IpswichGov Wild Ipswich #gardenwildlife #litterpick

Launching #PlanetSuffolk on BBC Suffolk with SuffolkWildlifeTrust Greenways Project @suffcc

Big thank you to everyone who braved storm Dennis to come to the Martlesham Heath Megabash today! Lots of scrub cleared and carted to the bonfire. East Suffolk Council #planetsuffolk #stormdennis #heathlandmanagement #volunteers #volunteering #volunteersuffolk #conservation #bonfire

Volunteers out on the Bobbits Lane toad patrol earlier tonight, helping toads cross the road and monitoring the toad population. Ipswich Toad Patrol Wild Ipswich #volunteering #volunteers #toadpatrol #toads #amphibians #arg #greenways #wildipswich #wildlifeconservation

26 male toads, 4 female toads, 4 frogs and 6 newts last night 🐸

15 toads, 3 newts and a frog helped across the road this evening by volunteers at the Bobbits Lane toad patrol - bathed in moonlight! Wild Ipswich Ipswich Toad Patrol #volunteer #toad #wildlife #amphibians #frog #newt

If you're out and about in our nature reserves and green spaces (following all coronavirus guidance please), there are lots of common wildflowers now offering their nectar to our struggling pollinating insects. Greater Stitchwort, Green Alkanet and Red Dead Nettle as examples!

Lovely to see a large area of uncut wildflower grassland beside the Holiday Inn Ipswich. Would be wonderful to see this area managed for wildlife with an annual cut. Happy to help Holiday Inn with advice etc if you'd like? Wild Ipswich #wildflowers #businessforwildlife #meadow #wildlife

Even a half-barrel pond on an allotment has attracted a resident frog! Goes to show even the smallest water feature in your garden is great for wildlife! 🐸 #wildlife #pondlife #gardenwildlife #froglife #arcuk IpswichGov Wild Ipswich

Aphids under a sycamore leaf - sycamore doesn't support a great range of invertebrates, but makes up for it a bit with quantity! Wild Ipswich #aphids #invertebrates #wildlife

Fantastic display of Southern marsh orchid last month at Alderman Canal Local Nature Reserve, right in the heart of Ipswich. Thanks to our volunteer Clive for the lockdown exercise photos!! Wild Ipswich IpswichGov #orchids #wildflowers #meadow #urbanwildlife #volunteering

Lady's bedstraw having a great year in Kiln Meadow Local Nature Reserve, Belstead Brook Park. An incredibly powerful sweet scent as you walk past. Larval food plant for at least 15 moth species and nectar for hundreds of pollinators! IpswichGov Wild Ipswich Bill Butterfly

Carefully cutting back bramble runners by hand yesterday at Kiln Meadow LNR. Bramble's brilliant for wildlife, but you can have too much of a good thing! The runners 'tip-root' allowing the plant to spread very quickly, outcompeting the meadow habitat IpswichGov @BaberghDistrict

Routine maintenance in the Rushmere Street wildlife corridor today - with the inevitable litter picking!! East Suffolk Council #rushmerestandrew #wildlifecorridor #litter Rubbish Walks CIC #litterpick #volunteers #volunteering #wildlife