Environment

The Bishop of Thetford, Rev Ian Bishop, and the congregation during the consecration of four glades on part of Gunton Woodland Burial Park in north Lowestoft. Image: Mick Howes

New woodland burial park sees special consecration service held

Birdwatchers on Rotterdam Road and Denmark Road in Lowestoft to capture the rare red-footed falcon. Image: Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership

Birdwatchers on Rotterdam Road and Denmark Road in Lowestoft to capture the rare red-footed falcon. Image: Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership

Birdwatchers flock to get glimpse of rare bird of prey in coastal town

Looking towards Hopton from Corton Cliffs. Picture: Newsquest

Looking towards Hopton from Corton Cliffs. Picture: Newsquest

Damaged coastal path and promenade remains closed

Joy as Nicholas Everitt Park in Oulton Broad has been recognised with a Green Flag Award, marking it as one of the UK’s best parks and green spaces. Image: Mick Howes

Joy as Nicholas Everitt Park in Oulton Broad has been recognised with a Green Flag Award, marking it as one of the UK’s best parks and green spaces. Image: Mick Howes

Green Flag Award

Joy as popular park is recognised as one of UK’s best

Nicholas Everitt Park, in Oulton Broad

Nicholas Everitt Park, in Oulton Broad

Popular Suffolk park given prestigious award

Mr Moyse the blacksmith, pictured here in the early 1900s, had its forge in The Street, Carlton Colville, as late as the 1940s. Image: JACK ROSE COLLECTION

Mr Moyse the blacksmith, pictured here in the early 1900s, had its forge in The Street, Carlton Colville, as late as the 1940s. Image: JACK ROSE COLLECTION

Hidden gem helps to inspire new marshes project

Lowestoft and District Canoe Club

Lowestoft and District Canoe Club

Canoeists braved heavy rain to collect litter from Oulton Broad

The Lowestoft Surfers Against Sewage paddle-out and protest. Image: Ben Shuttleworth

The Lowestoft Surfers Against Sewage paddle-out and protest. Image: Ben Shuttleworth

'Incredible turnout' at seaside protest against sewage pollution

Surfers against sewage paddle out

Surfers against sewage paddle out

Protest planned in Suffolk to fight sewage pollution

How you can pick up free compost at upcoming giveaway

The parakeet at its 'home' tree in Lowestoft Cemetery. Image: Frank E Gray

The parakeet at its 'home' tree in Lowestoft Cemetery. Image: Frank E Gray

East Suffolk Council

Nesting parakeet stops works to chop down cemetery tree

The litter pickers and their haul of rubbish

The litter pickers and their haul of rubbish

Community beach clean-up marks launch new campaign in Lowestoft

The 14th Lowestoft Scout Group

The 14th Lowestoft Scout Group

Scout group members plant hundreds of trees at a reserve

A file photo of a common gull in Lowestoft

A file photo of a common gull in Lowestoft

Thousands disappointed after flocking to coast to see ultra-rare bird

An avocet on the hunt for food

An avocet on the hunt for food

Wildlife grant offered to Suffolk coast projects

A kittiwake in Lowestoft. Image: Mick Howes

A kittiwake in Lowestoft. Image: Mick Howes

First sighting of endangered seabirds returning to town

Kirkley cleanup

Kirkley cleanup

Volunteers braved the rain for community clean-up

Stunning photos have captured snow buntings at Kessingland beach

Stunning photos have captured snow buntings at Kessingland beach

Stunning photos show amber-listed birds on snowy beach

Big Litter Pick a success for Great Yarmouth community

Big Litter Pick a success for Great Yarmouth community

Burst of colour set to transform Wissett Pond

Public consultation opens for major Suffolk Water infrastructure project

Public consultation opens for major Suffolk Water infrastructure project

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Public consultation opens for major Suffolk Water infrastructure project

Lowestoft MP Jess Asato visits Bonds Meadow conservation group

Lowestoft MP Jess Asato visits Bonds Meadow conservation group

Community nature reserve celebrated for conservation work

A sea mouse washed up on Pakefield beach

A sea mouse washed up on Pakefield beach

Rare sighting of sea creature washed up on beach

Gunton Residents Association’s annual Lowestoft litter pick

Gunton Residents Association’s annual Lowestoft litter pick

Successful litter pick collects around 10 sacks of rubbish

A litter pick will take place

A litter pick will take place

Three beach cleaning events planned for Suffolk beaches

Villagers are encouraged to take part in the event as part of a national campaign.

Villagers are encouraged to take part in the event as part of a national campaign.

Village to hold event marking National Recycling Week

Lowestoft MP Jess Asato recently visited the Repair Café at Pakefield Church Hall to see first-hand the positive impact it is having on the local community.

Lowestoft MP Jess Asato recently visited the Repair Café at Pakefield Church Hall to see first-hand the positive impact it is having on the local community.

MP praises 'fantastic' Lowestoft project giving items a second chance

Upgrades are under way at the Lowestoft Recycling Centre and Waste Transfer Station ahead of the government’s Simpler Recycling changes coming in 2026.

Upgrades are under way at the Lowestoft Recycling Centre and Waste Transfer Station ahead of the government’s Simpler Recycling changes coming in 2026.

£3.4m upgrade for council waste centre is under way

Workers have scaled the Gulliver wind turbine in Lowestoft to give it a clean

Workers have scaled the Gulliver wind turbine in Lowestoft to give it a clean

Workers dramatically scale UK's tallest wind turbine to clean it with rags

Anglian Water is still working to fix an issue at the sewage processing plant at Ness Point after a strong sewage stink plagued the area last week

Anglian Water is still working to fix an issue at the sewage processing plant at Ness Point after a strong sewage stink plagued the area last week

Sewage plant still under repair after strong stink plagues town

A map of Nicholas Everitt Park in Oulton Broad, Lowestoft. Picture: Nick Butcher

A map of Nicholas Everitt Park in Oulton Broad, Lowestoft. Picture: Nick Butcher

Award-winning park in Suffolk earns another accolade

East Suffolk ward councillors George King and Graham Parker used funding from their Enabling Communities Budgets towards the work to restore the Wissett Way pond.

East Suffolk ward councillors George King and Graham Parker used funding from their Enabling Communities Budgets towards the work to restore the Wissett Way pond.

Community pond transformed into peaceful public space

Swimmers have been advised that they can now bathe at both Lowestoft North and Lowestoft South beaches once more. Picture: East Suffolk Council

Swimmers have been advised that they can now bathe at both Lowestoft North and Lowestoft South beaches once more. Picture: East Suffolk Council

East Suffolk Council

Beaches 'safe for swimming' once more as pollution risk removed

A stink has filled the air in Lowestoft amid an issue at a sewage plant

A stink has filled the air in Lowestoft amid an issue at a sewage plant

Sewage stink fills the air amid no-swim warning at beach

Bob Flowerdew from BBC Radio 4 Gardeners' Question Time

Bob Flowerdew from BBC Radio 4 Gardeners' Question Time

Gardening expert to give talk in Suffolk next month

A no-swim warning is in place at a Lowestoft beach

A no-swim warning is in place at a Lowestoft beach

No swim warning in place at popular beach after days of rainfall

The Marine and Wildlife Rescue is in a row with East Suffolk Council over swans suffering from bird flu

The Marine and Wildlife Rescue is in a row with East Suffolk Council over swans suffering from bird flu

Animal charity in row over 'killing swans'

The village of Carlton Colville was treated to a litter pick by a local scout group

The village of Carlton Colville was treated to a litter pick by a local scout group

26 sacks of rubbish collected during litter pick

A rare red-footed falcon has been spotted in Lowestoft

A rare red-footed falcon has been spotted in Lowestoft

Rare bird of prey attracts 'hundreds' to beauty spot

Swans have been found washed up dead at the Commodore pub in Oulton Broad

Swans have been found washed up dead at the Commodore pub in Oulton Broad

Swans with bird flu found dead on banks of popular pub on Broads

RSPB staff and volunteers have worked hard to protect the wellbeing of Suffolk’s little terns. Picture: Kevin Simmonds

RSPB staff and volunteers have worked hard to protect the wellbeing of Suffolk’s little terns. Picture: Kevin Simmonds

New fencing set to help protect one of the UK’s rarest seabirds

The Gulliver wind turbine at Ness Point has been slammed for suddenly making

The Gulliver wind turbine at Ness Point has been slammed for suddenly making

Mystery over why wind turbine is sounding like 'jet planes'

A coat of 'hope' will be displayed in a meeting house in Lowestoft.

A coat of 'hope' will be displayed in a meeting house in Lowestoft.

Coat symbolising collective grief, hope, and commitment to planet coming to town

Five swans have been found dead by Oulton Broad amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu

Five swans have been found dead by Oulton Broad amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu

Five swans found dead amid bird flu outbreak

Lowestoft Town Council have congratulated local litter pickers for their work cleaning the streets.

Lowestoft Town Council have congratulated local litter pickers for their work cleaning the streets.

Town council thanks volunteer litter pickers for cleaning streets

Lowestoft Library is to create a community garden

Lowestoft Library is to create a community garden

Coastal town library set to create community garden

Departing North-East Reserves Manager Matt Gooch is moving onto pastures new. Picture: Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Departing North-East Reserves Manager Matt Gooch is moving onto pastures new. Picture: Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Trust hails lasting legacy of departing 'wildlife legend'

The ANS off South Beach in Lowestoft. Picture: Mick Howes

The ANS off South Beach in Lowestoft. Picture: Mick Howes

First kittiwake chick hatches at offshore nesting site

Fen raft spiders are thriving at sites across the region

Fen raft spiders are thriving at sites across the region

Giant fish-eating spiders continue to thrive in region

The Coastline Runner – environmentalist Luke Douglas-Home - with mayor of Lowestoft, Nasima Begum, and St Mary's RC Primary School pupils. Picture: Mick Howes

The Coastline Runner – environmentalist Luke Douglas-Home - with mayor of Lowestoft, Nasima Begum, and St Mary's RC Primary School pupils. Picture: Mick Howes

UK’s litter-picking Forrest Gump drops in on region's coast again

Emergency works are continuing. Benacre Broad as captured by aerial photographer Mike Page on May 5. Picture: Mike Page

Emergency works are continuing. Benacre Broad as captured by aerial photographer Mike Page on May 5. Picture: Mike Page

Environment Agency

Aerial image captures one of region's 'most unusual' features

Emergency coastal defence work under way at Benacre sluice near Lowestoft.

Emergency coastal defence work under way at Benacre sluice near Lowestoft.

Emergency works under way to protect flood-threatened homes on A12

The Use Your Voice Lowestoft group members in the town centre. Picture: Use Your Voice Lowestoft/John Ellerby

The Use Your Voice Lowestoft group members in the town centre. Picture: Use Your Voice Lowestoft/John Ellerby

Climate change campaigners set to descend on Westminster

Drone images show the scale of progress for the second phase of works at Gunton Woodland Burial Park in Lowestoft. Picture: Steve Bullion

Drone images show the scale of progress for the second phase of works at Gunton Woodland Burial Park in Lowestoft. Picture: Steve Bullion

'A massive transformation' - Drone images show scale of burial park development

An injured grey seal pup has been found on a Lowestoft beach

An injured grey seal pup has been found on a Lowestoft beach

Seal pup with sores and puncture wounds found on beach