Overview

• Local land worker Steven Ellis photographed the wallaby bounding from bushes into farmland near Ilketshall St Andrew this week.
• Suffolk Constabulary renewed its call for public reports after separate sightings outside Ilketshall St Andrew and near Halesworth.
• No local animal sanctuary has identified the marsupial as missing, leaving its status as an escapee or part of Britain’s feral wallaby populations in question.
• Red-necked wallaby colonies in Scotland and the Isle of Man illustrate that non-native marsupials can survive and breed in the UK.
• Residents and pub staff in Halesworth have remained intrigued by the elusive visitor but have not spotted it since mid-week.