News
Find out about what’s happening with the Trust by reading our latest stories below. If you want to find out more or think you have a story, please contact our press office. Don’t forget to share comments, stories, photos and videos on our group Facebook page, Youtube or Flickr.
Kev’s ‘Call of the Wild’
Thursday 17th May, 2012
Kevin O’Hara, Conservation Officer at Northumberland Wildlife Trust is lending his support to the team of writers at the ‘This is Northumberland’ website and producing a new monthly column, aptly titled, ‘Call of the Wild’.
Eco consultancy continues to grow
Thursday 17th May, 2012
The continued success of EcoNorth, Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s consultancy service, has enabled it to strengthen its team with the appointment of Miriam Baines to the position of Principal Ecologist.
Simon King Centenary film is now live!
Wednesday 16th May, 2012
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Simon King, President of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, has made a celebratory film in honour of the Wildlife Trusts Centenary today!
And the money keeps rolling in!
Tuesday 15th May, 2012
Northumberland Wildlife Trust continues to be bowled over by the generosity of visitors to its Hauxley nature reserve.
Strictly come planting
Tuesday 15th May, 2012
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is inviting members of the public to help it plant wildlife-friendly plants around the Lakeside in Newcastle’s Exhibition Park.
Here’s to the next 100!
Thursday 10th May, 2012
On 16 May 1912 banker, landowner and naturalist Charles Rothschild founded the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves which later became The Wildlife Trusts movement and led to a network of nature reserves across the UK not to mention the formation of 47 individual wildlife trusts.
Anatom joins wildlife charity
Thursday 10th May, 2012
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is delighted to welcome Anatom as its latest corporate member.
Night time newt surveys at Hauxley
Wednesday 9th May, 2012
Ecology consultants from EcoNorth, Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s consultancy service have begun a great crested newt survey on 10 established ponds and pondlets, covering an area of three hectares, on the Trust’s Hauxley nature reserve.
Join us for a Dawn Chorus walk
Thursday 3rd May, 2012
Join professional birdwatching guide, and Northumberland Wildlife Trust Corporate Member, Martin Kitching, of Northern Experience Wildlife Tours, on his local patch, Choppington Woods LNR, to enjoy the Dawn Chorus in association with NWT, and learn about bird songs and calls in this excellent nature reserve in southeast Northumberland.
Hat trick of reserves receive cash boost
Thursday 3rd May, 2012
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Two separate cash donations from the Environment Agency and Northumberland County Council ‘s Green Infrastructure Fund, have enabled Northumberland Wildlife Trust to undertake work on three sites in Northumberland: East Cramlington Pond, Newsham Pond and Holywell Pond.