Author: Ian Campbell

A Group for all Seasons Bury Water Meadows Group works to preserve and enhance the water meadows, and the chalk streams flowing through them.  Bury St Edmunds has the privilege,… Continue reading Monthly Column Sept 2025

Duckweed; Friend or foe?  In 2023 we completed a project, jointly collaborating with Suffolk Wildlife Trust.  A wet habitat at Police Station ditch, the ditch separating No Man’s Meadow and… Continue reading Monthly Column August 2025

Of flocks and a festival If you have been wandering in the water meadows recently you may have noticedsome new additions to the local fauna! In some of the areas… Continue reading Monthly Column July 2025

Wildlife Day a resounding success “I like hearing all your interesting facts" a young boy said to Alan Archer, Naturalist with Talk: Wildlife, as we walked back from his natural… Continue reading Monthly Column June 2025

FREE Event on Saturday May 17th in the Abbey Gardens, Bury St EdmundsSee the Events Page for full details of each walk and talk

What will you find to love? What will you find to love this spring in our green spaces? Given the breadth of species to be found in the town’s water… Continue reading Monthly Column March 2025

Team GB in the Bird world Earlier this month a flock of starlings was spotted performing their synchronised dancing in the sky over Station Road, here in Bury' before roosting… Continue reading Monthly Column Feb 2025

Hedgehog Hibernation The weather forecast for the final days of Autumn suggests there’s rain and wind on its way, with temperatures about average for this time of year. Time for… Continue reading Monthly Column Nov 2024