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How to help wildlife at school
Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more creative children.
If we don’t have a healthy ocean, we don’t have a healthy planet...
“With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.” – Dr Sylvia Earle
Restoring Ratty: Schools & Voles!
A large part of our project involves working with schools; we are rolling out a 3 way school partnership where the schools can learn from each other. We are lucky to be able to work with other…
Naturally Native
Pioneering ‘Nature Friendly Schools’ to boost children’s learning and well-being at a critical time
Almost 30,000 school children from disadvantaged areas are set to enjoy classes in nature this spring in a ground-breaking outdoor learning project spearheaded by The Wildlife Trusts. Nature…
My back-to-school
As a child growing up in Ghana, Patience never took an interest in what was going on in the garden. Now, she’s growing her own flowers and vegetables every week, both at the Centre for Wildlife…
Violet ground beetle
Violet ground beetles are active predators, coming out at night to hunt slugs and other invertebrates in gardens, woodlands and meadows.
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Groundsel
Groundsel is a 'weed' of cultivated and disturbed ground like field edges, roadside verges and waste ground. It has clusters of yellow flowers that turn fluffy and white as the plant…
Welcome to Emily Marshall, NWT's Naturally Native Project Officer
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is delighted to welcome Emily Marshall to the Trust as Northumberland's regional officer for the new Naturally Native project. Hear more from Emily below on her…