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Ipswich Wildlife Network
We are delighted to launch our new leaflet, highlighting to the public the importance of the ecological network in Ipswich, how their own land and gardens fit in, and vitally, how people can help improve the network for wildlife with some fairly simple actions. The ecological network and this leaflet are a direct result of a wildlife audit carried out on behalf of Ipswich Borough Council by Suffolk Wildlife Trust, between 2012 and 2013. Almost 200 sites within the town were surveyed and ranked in terms of biodiversity value. This information gave us our core sites and helped identify and plot wildlife corridors on the map. It quickly became evident that to influence the network beyond our own parks and nature reserves we had to engage the public in 'doing their bit' in their gardens. In keeping with other organisations, such as the RSPB, Ipswich Borough Council, together with Ipswich Wildlife Group and the Greenways Countryside Project, are doing just that by promoting a series of wildlife homes events across the town. The leaflet is one way in which we hope to get our message across. We have switched the term ' ecological network' for 'wildlife network' as we feel it will resonate much more easily with the public.
