An exciting new opportunity is available to take on the role of Natural Environment Improvement Project Officer and make a huge and meaningful impact to East Suffolk and the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape. The new full-time, permanent role will support the delivery of a £12 million fund to be invested in the National Landscape […]
National Trust rangers at Orford Ness National Nature Reserve in Suffolk are celebrating the birth of over 130 grey seal pups this winter; the third, consecutive year of successful breeding at the coastal site, which is now thought to be home to Suffolk’s first grey seal colony. Matt Wilson, Countryside Manager for the National Trust’s […]
A research project at Durham University is investigating how residents of Aldeburgh, in the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape, perceive their risk to coastal flooding, and how this may impact upon flood risk management in the town of Aldeburgh. To take part in the research and to find out more, please complete the survey.
Nature recovery is a key part of our ongoing work to conserve and enhance the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape. Our Nature Network Officer, Alex Moore da Luz, provides a round-up from all of our nature recovery projects and volunteer work parties for Janaury 2024. Bawdsey In partnership with Bawdsey Parish Council, the […]
Drinkers at a Suffolk pub will soon be able to enjoy a ‘swift pint’….literally! For it is believed to be the only one in Britain to have its very own Swift Tower in the beer garden. The eight-metre high construction, built from a felled cedar tree, in the garden of the Eels Foot pub, bordering […]
An annual grants scheme that sees over £80,000 awarded to community projects across Essex and Suffolk has opened for applications. Every year, the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape hands out more than £80,000 in grants to individuals, organisations such as schools and wildlife conservationists, and community groups to fund projects that help […]
The Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape (the new name for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) Partnership notes the announcement of the commencement of Sizewell C, a new nuclear power facility to be built in the nationally designated landscape. While the Partnership has expressed concerns relating to the impact of the project on […]
Thursday 11th January saw the first Sustainable Development Fund funded guided walk of 2024 with a Ukrainian group to Mistley in the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscapes. The guided walk, as part of our ongoing Landscapes for All work, was organised in partnership with the Suffolk Refugee Support and Essex and […]
The Dedham Vale and Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape team is delighted to invite you to the second annual National Landscape Planning Event. The event will be held on Thursday 14th March 2024 from 9:30am to 1:00pm at The Hold, 131 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1LR. Come along to the event […]
Nature recovery is a key part of our ongoing work to conserve and enhance the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape. Our Nature Network Officer, Alex Moore da Luz, provides a round-up from all of our nature recovery projects and volunteer work parties for December 2023. 1 Footdrain creation In the neighbouring Dedham Vale […]
Nature recovery is a key part of our ongoing work to conserve and enhance the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape. Our Nature Network Officer, Alex Moore da Luz, provides a round-up from all of our nature recovery projects and volunteer work parties for November 2023. 1 Funding £29,256 funding has been secured […]
Plans to conserve and enhance the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape over the next five years have been announced with the launch of a new Management Plan for the area. The plan, which will run until 2028, will guide decision making in the nationally important landscape and has been developed in partnership with environmental, commercial, agricultural, and community interests and follows a lengthy consultation process. […]
