Wakelyns Tree Walk
2024-06-22, 2024-07-28, 2024-08-31 | Wakelyns Farm

Exploring Pyrography
2024-06-22 | Wakelyns Farm

Wooden Roundel Trays Course
2024-06-22 | Wakelyns Farm

Visit to SWT Worlingham Marshes Nature Reserve
2024-06-26 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Worlingham Marshes, Marsh Lane, Worlingham, NR34 7FA, United Kingdom
Biodiversity is vital not just for its own sake but for the mental and physical health and wellbeing of humanity too.
Join us for a guided evening tour of Worlingham Marshes, a brand new nature reserve for Suffolk of 154 hectares in the valley of the River Waveney.
The Suffolk Wildlife Trust are keen to use this opportunity to outline and discuss their vision for this reserve by extending wildlife-rich habitats and creating new wetland features to restore a classic Broadland landscape, and to update you on the campaign to raise £775,000 to make this vision a reality, establishing a wildlife-rich landscape for future generations.
Registration essential due to limited number of spaces. Book your place here.

Guided wildlife walk with Nick Mason. Meet 10.00am Upper Hollesley Common
2024-06-27 10:00 - 11:30 | Upper Hollesley Common
Guided wildlife walk with Nick Mason. Meet 10.00am Upper Hollesley Common

Waldringfield Wildlife Group exists to conserve, enhance and record the local wildlife; to protect wildlife habitats and encourage biodiversity; to encourage wildlife-friendly management of land, gardens and public spaces and to encourage a greater interest in the knowledge and love of wildlife in general.
Meetings & Talks are in the Deben Hall at the Village Hall.
Members meetings start at 10.00am which precede the talks. Refreshment break 10.45am.
Talks start at 11.00am unless otherwise stated. Members: No charge. Visitors welcome.
Admission charge: £3.00 for visitors and non-members. Field Trips: Please inform Linda Wilkins or Jill Winter you are joining any of the field trips/guided tours.
Note: Priority to paid up members for all field trips.
New members welcome: Annual Membership £10.

For further details contact: The Coordinator: Linda Wilkins 01473736044 mob:07788286482 linda.thequay@btinternet.com
Secretary: Jill Winter 01473 736125 jillwinter2@gmail.com
Treasurer: Alexis Smith 01473 736257 g1dik@btinternet.com

Rubbish Walk Woodbridge
2024-06-30 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-07-28 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-25 10:00 - 12:00 | The Tea Hut, The Tea Hut, River Wall, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4BB, United Kingdom
Join Jason on a litterpick around Woodbridge on the last Sunday of every month. Leave from the Tea Hut by the river at 10am.

Repair Cafe
2024-07-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-05 10:00 - 12:00 | St. John’s Church, St. John's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1HS, United Kingdom

Screening of the film Wilding
2024-07-08 16:30 - 2024-07-11 19:00 | Riverside Theatre, Quayside, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1BH, United Kingdom
The film Wilding is screening at the cinema at Woodbridge Riverside for four days.
Based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book by the same title, Wilding tells the incredible story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. They set to work with their groundbreaking vision, battling entrenched tradition and major forces along the way, daring to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe and beyond.
Find out more and book tickets.

Woodbridge Transition Climate Cafe Conversations 2024
2024-07-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Foxborrow Farm, Foxborrow Farm, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP121NA, United Kingdom
Why do we need Climate Cafés?
We need the kind of exploration that climate cafés provide as it becomes more evident that climate and ecological breakdown are not far-away problems but a clear, present and accelerating danger to our own safety and wellbeing. People increasingly need to talk about what our changing world means for them in terms of impacts at personal, family and societal level. We need to imagine it in some detail so as to be able to think about it constructively and clear-sightedly, and to explore some complex feelings and thoughts which may often be taboo and hard to talk about.
What happens during a Climate Café?
The focus of discussion is participants’ thoughts and feelings about the climate and ecological crisis. There are no guest speakers and no talks, and it is an advice-free zone. Whilst the climate and ecological crisis is usually the main focus of the café we realise too, in these exceptional times, that mental & physical illness, increasing polarisation, AI, and global conflict are other life-threatening preoccupations and may need a space to be explored – and this can happen here too.

A place to speak freely about your feelings, or just listen to others
Facilitated by Martin Wilks and Jane Ryan
Tea, coffee and cake will be served
This gathering is free of charge

Book your free place

Big Butterfly Count
2024-07-12 - 2024-08-04 | Suffolk
The Big Butterfly Count is a UK-wide survey aimed at helping us assess the health of our environment simply by counting the number and type of butterflies (and some day-flying moths) we see. Anyone, anywhere can take part in this nationwide citizen science initiative. Find out more about how to participate, record and submit your sightings.

Transition Woodbridge planning meeting
2024-07-12 19:00 - 21:00 | The Royal British Legion, 81 Thoroughfare,, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1AH
All are welcome at the next Transition Woodbridge planning meeting.

Martlesham Repair Hub
2024-07-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Martlesham Parish Rooms, Felixstowe Road,, Martlesham, Suffolk, IP12 4PB

A Butterfly Walk in an ancient Mid-Suffolk woodland
2024-07-13 14:00 - 16:30 | Barking Tye Village Hall car park, Barking Tye Village Hall car park, Barking Tye, IP6 8HP, United Kingdom
On Saturday 13 July Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Woodbridge Wildlife Group invite you to join them for a Butterfly Walk to the ancient Bonny Wood Nature Reserve near Barking starting at 2 pm.
“We are meeting at Barking Tye Village Hall from where we will take the 15-20 minute walk along public footpaths to this delightful reserve” said Phil Smith, Chairman of the Woodbridge Wildlife Group. “Bonny Wood is part of Barking Tye Woods, a site of special scientific interest and, weather permitting, is a good place to spot a range of butterflies. We’ll also be on the lookout for woodland flowers and birds.”
The walk starts from Barking Tye Village Hall car park, IP6 8HP. Participants should bring binoculars and wear strong and waterproof footwear, as this reserve can be wet and muddy. Bring a drink and sun hat too. Places on this walk are strictly limited and must be pre-booked by contacting Suffolk Wildlife Trust. The cost is £5 per person with under 25s free. The walk is suitable for children over 10. Dogs are not allowed on this walk.
Book your place here, on the Suffolk Wildlife Trust website.

Heritage Frame Baskets 2 Day Course
2024-07-20 - 2024-07-21 | Wakelyns Farm

Kinda Family Forest School
2024-07-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Kinda Forest School, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8NQ, United Kingdom
Forest schools typically focus on outdoor, experiential learning in natural settings, offering children the opportunity to explore, play, and learn in forests or other natural environments. Kinda Family Forest School offers this opportunity to ALL members of the family, of ALL ages. Activities may include nature walks, sensory exploration, storytelling, creative arts, and environmental stewardship projects.
Find out more and book.
We ask for a donation of between £4 and £10 per person. Every person attending needs to buy a ticket, apart from babies! This enables us to cater for the correct amount of people coming, and to provide enough staff too.

Screening of film Heart of an Oak
2024-07-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Riverside Theatre, Quayside, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1BH, United Kingdom
Suitable for all ages, this wordless nature documentary showcases the spectacular forest ecosystem supported by a majestic, 210-year-old French oak tree. Dispensing with voiceover, the film instead fuses innovative camerawork with environmental sounds and a vibrant score to immerse the viewer in diverse life stories from root to branch. Its cast of characters includes ants, acorn weevils, field mice, squirrels, Eurasian jays and tawny owls.

Discover the wonderful world of moths
2024-07-27 08:00 - 10:00 | Fen Meadow, Fen Meadow, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4BG, United Kingdom
There is a chance to learn more about the wonderful world of moths when Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Woodbridge Wildlife Group, open a Moth Trap in Fen Meadow, Woodbridge at 8am on the morning of Saturday 27 July. An expert will be joining us to help identify the moths trapped.
Visitors will find us at the top end of the park near the gate to the cemetery.
Booking is not required for the Moth Trap event, and everyone is welcome. The event runs from 8am to 10am and is free, but donations to Suffolk Wildlife Trust are welcomed. Visitors coming by car are advised to park in Portland Crescent (IP12 4TP) and walk along the cemetery fence to the Fen Meadow gate.
Find out more on the Suffolk Wildlife Trust website.

Willow Dragonfly Course
2024-07-28 | Wakelyns Farm

Wakelyns Bird & Butterfly Walk
2024-07-28 09:30 - 17:30 | Wakelyns Farm

Repair Cafe (with Bike Doctor)
2024-07-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Cuppa, 81 High Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9AA, United Kingdom
The Repair Cafe will be running from ‘Cuppa’ on High Road West again from 10am – 12 noon. If you have anything that you are tempted to chuck away then bring it to be repaired instead. Tea and cake is available to buy in the cafe while you wait.

Open Day at Fromus Valley
2024-08-11 10:00 - 13:00 | Simpson’s Frοmus Valley, Main Road, Kelsale, Suffolk, IP17 2RG, United Kingdom
Suffolk Flora Preservation Trust are holding an open day at their two private nature reserves in Kelsale and Hasketon for the public to see the reserves and their flora and ponds.
The first is in the morning 10:00-13:00 at Simpson’s Fromus valley in Kelsale to see plants, trees and rivers at the reserve (Main Road, Kelsale, Saxmundham IP17 2RG) and the second will be in the afternoon 14:00-17:00 at Orchid Glade in Hasketon (Boulge Road, Hasketon, Woodbridge IP13 6JS).
Find out more here.

Open Day at Orchid Glade
2024-08-11 14:00 - 17:00 | Orchid Glade, Boulge Road, Hasketon, Suffolk, IP13 6JS, United Kingdom

Bat Walk at Oulton Broad
2024-08-16 20:00 - 21:00 | Woods Meadow Country Park, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Join East Suffolk’s Countryside Ranger, Matt O’Connell, on this evening walk around Woods Meadow Country Park at dusk and find out more about bats and their habits, at this countryside site on the edge of Suffolk’s second biggest town. Hopefully bats will be detected while foraging, using a bat detector.
Find out more and book your place.

Nature walk at Martlesham Wilds Reserve
2024-08-24 10:00 - 12:30 | Martlesham Wilds
Discover the wildlife at this fascinating reserve on the banks of the River Deben, which is just beginning its transformation from organic farm to nature reserve.
Note: the footpaths are uneven, so please wear stout and waterproof footwear. Please bring binoculars if you have them, wear a sun hat and bring a drink. Total distance of walk: approximately 3km.
Adults: £5
Under-25s: Free
Find out more and book your place.
