Visitor causes a flutter of excitement
There was great excitement this week when the Hauxley Bird Ringing Group caught an Arctic warbler on Northumberland Wildlife Trust's Hauxley Nature Reserve. There are only about five records…
There was great excitement this week when the Hauxley Bird Ringing Group caught an Arctic warbler on Northumberland Wildlife Trust's Hauxley Nature Reserve. There are only about five records…
There were two wildlife firsts for Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s East Chevington nature reserve last week - a little over a fortnight since its pond dipping platform, boardwalk and surrounding…
Conservation group Red Squirrels Northern England (RSNE) which works to protect red squirrels in the region and further afield, has published the results from its ninth annual squirrel monitoring…
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.…
Often found basking on tall grasses, or buzzing between stems, the small skipper is a small, orange butterfly. It prefers rough grassland, verges and woodland edges.
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.
The Small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
A prickly, tall plant, the Small teasel is closely related to the Common teasel, but has much smaller, more rounded flower heads. It prefers damp, open woodlands.
The small blue's name is a little misleading: it is our smallest butterfly, but only shows a dusting of blue on brown wings. It is scarce, occurring on chalk grassland, mostly in southern…