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Getting ready for spring
Northumberland Wildlife Trust ended 2019 and started 2020 sprucing Weetslade Country Park in preparation for visitors flocking to the site this spring.
Getting ready for spring
Northumberland Wildlife Trust volunteers have been braving the wintery weather sprucing up a Northumberland visitor attraction, in preparation for visitors flocking to the site this spring.
My family history
Whilst researching his family history, Vic found that many of his ancestors were connected to wild places as gamekeepers, shepherds, millers, gardeners or agricultural labourers. His lifelong love…
Common by Nature: Spring comes to Holywell
Holywell Pond stands tall as another of Northumberland’s hidden gems.
Upland spring, flush and fen
These tiny habitats, the source of our streams and rivers, are fundamental to the well-being of whole water catchments.
My history lesson
Lancashire Wildlife Trust is working with Moorfield Primary school in Irlam to deliver both indoor and outdoor education on the mossland habitat. This includes the history of the area, and the…
Planting a carpet in time for spring
There was much activity at Weetslade Country Park this November with local residents helping Northumberland Wildlife Trust staff and volunteers plant some of the 3000 daffodil bulbs needing to be…
Planting flowers while the sun shines
It’s not just sun worshippers who have been making the most of the current heatwave. Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s Catch My Drift project team, based at East Chevington, has been working around…
Spring is here - the frogs are back in town
Spring may not officially begin until 21 March, but at Northumberland Wildlife Trust, spring begins when the frogs return to the pond at its St Nicholas Park reserve in Gosforth, and, as they have…
My history book
Tim has volunteered at Astley Moss for five years, helping to increase the water levels on the bogs back to their historic healthy levels. He especially loves watching the birds return to this…