Grassland
Flower-rich grasslands, once a part of every farm, are part of our culture. Most have developed alongside humans because of livestock grazing and cutting for hay. Many have archaeological and…
Flower-rich grasslands, once a part of every farm, are part of our culture. Most have developed alongside humans because of livestock grazing and cutting for hay. Many have archaeological and…
This is a strange, sparse habitat of grassland growing on old mining tracks and slag heaps, on river gravels and naturally exposed metal-rich soils in the mountains. Only the toughest metal-loving…
Limited in distribution, this sweetly-scented, short-cropped, springy grassland is famed for its abundance of rare and scarce species.
Typical of softly rolling pastoral landscapes, the short, aromatic turf of lowland calcareous grassland is flower-rich and humming with insects in the summer. Its long use by humans lends it an…
Sprinkled with diminutive, short-living flowers in spring and parched dry by July, this is a habitat of heathlands, coastal grasslands and ancient parkland.
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is delighted to have received a £1800 cash boost from the Fawdon and Coxlodge Together Group.
These grasslands, occupying much of the UK's heavily-grazed upland landscape, are of greater cultural than wildlife interest, but remain a habitat to some scarce and declining species.
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is delighted to have received a cash boost from The Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts (NCLA).
Amongst the dark days of Coronavirus, Northumberland Wildlife Trust received news of an amazing cash boost for its Catch My Drift project at East Chevington.
As the countdown begins to Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s hugely successful Santa’s Grotto weekend at Northumberlandia in December, the wildlife charity is delighted to have received an early…
Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s project aimed at getting young people along to nature reserves has received a major cash boost from two charitable trusts in the region.