A MAN'S body has been found at Kirton Hall Lakes, Kirton Road, Bucklesham, near Ipswich, today .

A MAN'S body has been found at Kirton Hall Lakes, Kirton Road, Bucklesham, near Ipswich, today .

Police received a call from a member of the public at 9.30am reporting a body in the water - and that it appeared to be an older man.

Officers and the ambulance service attended and the body was recovered from the water.

Although formal identification has not yet been carried out, the body is believed to be that of 75-year-old Ivan Walton, who went missing from his home in Purdis Farm on Sunday .

There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.

An inquest into his death will be held within the next few months.