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Moth Survey on Rougham Estate 2024 – Elm Wood

June 17, 2026

The Suffolk Moth Group visited a new wood – Elm Wood – for the fourth consecutive year of surveys on the estate in July 2024. In total, 93 species of moth were recorded, bringing the estate species total to 401.

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Moth Survey on Rougham Estate 2023

June 17, 2026

The Suffolk Moth Group volunteers visited Free Wood for the third consecutive year in July 2023, recording 105 moth species – 59 of which were ...

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Report by Hannah Morgan from Rougham Primary School 2024-25

November 25, 2025

‘I’m delighted to report that it has been another successful and enjoyable year of music-making at Rougham Primary School.

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The Rougham Estate Trust has recently been engaged in felling Norway Spruce trees across its land. This is the result of the arrival of the Spruce Bark Beetle in our woodlands and other woods in East Anglia and South East England. This beetle has arrived in this country from Asia via mainland Europe and threatens Spruce plantations across the country. The Forestry Commission is taking this outbreak very seriously as it threatens their vast plantations in Northern England as well as in Wales and Scotland.

Felling of Norway Spruce on Rougham Estate

February 27, 2025

The Rougham Estate Trust has recently been engaged in felling Norway Spruce trees across its land. This is the result of the arrival of the ...

Creating some pathways through the wildflower meadow.

Creating pathways through the wildflower meadow at Rougham Hall

February 27, 2025

As part of the gradual restoration of the Pleasure Grounds around Rougham Hall, we have just created some pathways through the wildflower meadow.

RET Trustee Meeting

June 1, 2024

RET Accounts for Charity Commission

January 18, 2024

RET Trustee Meeting

January 17, 2024

RET Accounts for Charity Commission

January 27, 2023

RET Trustee Meeting

January 27, 2023

Trustees’ Rougham Estate tour

May 1, 2022

Rougham Estate trustees spent a useful day exploring the Rougham Estate, guided by estate manager Simon Eddell and wildlife advisor Juliet Hawkins.

Dragonfly Survey on Rougham Estate 2021

March 28, 2022

Dragonflies were recorded as part of Rougham Estate’s ongoing Pond Survey of its 37 ancient and very well-connected woodland, grass and arable edge ponds.

Rougham Estate, located a few miles from Bury St Edmunds, is a rural haven epitomising the timeless charm and natural beauty of East Anglia.

The Rougham Estate consists of over 3,000 acres of Suffolk countryside with ancient meadows, green lanes, oak-lined hedgerows, bluebells and orchids, parklands and arable fields. It traces its history back to Roman times and has seen both Saxons and Vikings.

It was owned by the local abbey in Bury St Edmunds for six hundred years. During World War Two an airfield was built in the village and Rougham Hall was bombed. The Estate has been owned by the Agnew family since 1904 and now part of it is a charitable trust to preserve its legacy for the future.

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