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Paw-some news!
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is now able to throw its open its doors to any dogs (and their owners) wanting to stay in the holiday cottage at one of its newest nature reserves.
How to do companion planting
Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
Race against time for bulb planting
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is calling on all flower-loving members of the public to help towards the planting of 3,000 daffodil bulbs at Weetslade Country Park before the frost arrives.
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…
Here come the girls
Three new recruits have taken up residence on Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s East Chevington nature reserve.
Greater plantain
Pushing its way up through the cracks in pavements, the straw-coloured flower spikes of greater plantain or 'broadleaf plantain' are a familiar sight. This 'weed' also pops up…
Tree-mendous tree planting effort this spring
Over 1600 trees have been planted along the Scaup Burn at Kielderhead in Northumberland this spring as part Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s Kielderhead Wildwood Project, with another 3,000 set to…
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…
Ribwort plantain
The brown, oval flower heads of ribwort plantain balance on top of thin, wiry stems; the resulting seed heads provide food for birds in winter. Look for this 'weed' in lawns, fields and…
Exciting osprey news from Kielder
Following a slow start to the Kielder Water & Forest Park osprey season, hampered by the Beast from the East, the breeding season is well underway with three eggs in each of the four nests.…
All good things come to an end
Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s Nextdoor Nature Northumberland Project has ended, having clocked up interactions with thousands of people across the region.