News
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Kids give birds a helping hand
Thursday 14th March, 2013
Children in North Tyneside have been giving birds a helping hand by taking part in a bird box making event at The Planter, Love Avenue in Fordley.
Cleaning for a good cause
Wednesday 13th March, 2013
Cleaners for Causes, the Gateshead-based laundry and dry cleaning business that donates 15% of all that its customers spend to local charity partners, is now offering a home collection and delivery service in support of Northumberland Wildlife Trust.
Pupils head to ‘Narnia’
Tuesday 12th March, 2013
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It took more than a small flurry of snow to stop pupils from Ashington Community High School yesterday.
Still time to text!
Tuesday 12th March, 2013
There’s still time to text any sightings of red squirrels in the Alnwick area to the RSNE (Red Squirrels Northern England Team).
‘Urban birder’ to swoop into Newcastle
Monday 11th March, 2013
Bird lovers of all ages are invited to come along to meet writer, broadcaster and speaker David Lindo, a.k.a The Urban Birder, at a free wildlife event being held on Thursday 14 March, between 5.30pm and 8.00pm at the Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
It's osprey time again!
Monday 11th March, 2013
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is seeking volunteers to help with the fifth Kielder Osprey Watch at Leaplish Waterside Park, Kielder this summer.
Development comes at a cost, with wildlife struggling to cope
Monday 11th March, 2013
It sure is, as I write this, a beautiful and crisp day. The sun is out and there is warmth within it. The titmice and tree sparrows are checking the nest boxes, Mr Blackbird is singing his little socks off and ‘rocky’ robin is courting his invisible lover around the shrubbery.
Discover nature ‘up close and personal’ at Moorbank Botanic Garden
Monday 11th March, 2013
Families will be able to get closer to nature at a wildlife event being held in Newcastle later this month.
Government to press ahead with badger cull this summer
Wednesday 6th March, 2013
The Government is to press ahead with two pilot culls of badgers this summer, despite widespread public opposition and evidence that culling could make the bovine TB problem worse.
Hexham Racecourse, still first past the post
Monday 4th March, 2013
It is now some 15 years since Hexham Racecourse became corporate members of the Trust and it is now Northumberland’s sole surviving racecourse, while other race sites, including Rothbury, Belford, Elsdon, Wark and Morpeth, have long since disappeared.