Sitting within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and across the river from the burial site of Anglo Saxon Royalty at Sutton Hoo, this is a landscape rich in nature and brimming with history.

We had to act quickly to secure the land. Thanks to a substantial legacy gift from Pam and George Ford we were able to do so. Their generosity put the acquisition within our reach and we completed the purchase with a loan. This loan is the £1 million for the land purchase we now need your help to raise. £1 million is an ambitious sum to raise, but so too is the scale of the new nature reserve we will create.

This is a rare chance to create a new nature reserve. Protecting this beautiful place and giving nature more space to thrive will bring back the abundance of wildlife that is missing from our countryside. An organic farm for many years, the land is already home to a wonderful array of plants, animals and invertebrates.

Under our stewardship the patchwork of hedge-lined fields that roll gently down to the river will gradually wild into an intricate mosaic of natural habitats, maintained by grazing. The emergence of this new pastoral landscape will be thrilling to watch.