Stour Valley Woods Suffolk WT cpt Steve Aylward
A stronghold for hazel dormice
A fascinating mosaic of ancient coppice woodland, new naturally regenerating woodland and wet meadows, the Stour Valley woodlands are a particular stronghold for hazel dormice.
This scheme aims to develop better connectivity between fragmented patches of semi-natural woodland habitat, in what is quite an intensively farmed landscape.
The ultimate objective is to link key woodland sites, strengthening local populations of woodland species.
Virtual tour by Mike McFarlane
What's happening?
Using detailed population data collected through field surveys, our conservation advisors are working with farmers, landowners and community groups to fill habitat gaps and buffer key sites through hedge planting and woodland creation.
Creating robust, sustainable populations will help wildlife to cope with changing conditions and in time, as our woodland landscape extends, enable species to disperse and settle in new sites.
Start date: 2008
Scheme area: 2,500 hectares
Trust reserves within the scheme
This scheme is helping species including...
Hazel dormouse, barbastelle bat
Current threats to the landscape
Habitat fragmentation, intensive agriculture
This scheme is also...
Helping wildlife adapt to climate change, storing carbon
Partners
Natural England, local landowners, Dedham Vale AONB
To find out more
Email: info@suffolkwildlifetrust.org | Tel: 01473 890089 | Stour Valley Woodlands
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