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Blaxhall Community Festival back in June 2024
This year Blaxhall Community Festival’s theme is British birds – a chance to appreciate and. Over the weekend St Peter’s church will be filled with splendid flower arrangements inspired by our feathered friends, accompanied by music, readings and poetry to set hearts aflutter. On the bill (!) are performances by Charlie Haylock, the Strumming Birds,…
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Group comes together to safeguard the future of the Deben
Passionate groups have come to together to help save one of UK’s most important ecological sites where rising temperatures and pollution levels are threatening the habitats of wildlife. Representatives from conservation, farming and other industries have been taking action individually to try and improve the health of the River Deben for some time, but now…
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Nature network update – April 2024
Nature enhancement 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 enhancement projects and volunteer work parties for April 2024. 1. Sutton – Deben Estuary Volunteers helped…
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Celebration Event: Rendlesham Revealed
Rendlesham Revealed, the Suffolk community archaeology project which uncovered a 1,400 year-old royal settlement of the East Anglian Kings in the Deben Valley, is being celebrated at a free event on 16 May at the Corn Exchange in Ipswich. The event is open to the public from 11am to 3pm, where excavated Anglo-Saxon objects and…
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Celebrating Suffolk & Essex’s environmental heroes
Nominations have opened for the annual award that recognises the amazing contributions of individuals, groups, and organisations in the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape. The David Wood National Landscape Award celebrates the hard work and outstanding contributions by people to make the area an even better place for wildlife, communities, and visitors alike. The Suffolk &…