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My family history
Whilst researching his family history, Vic found that many of his ancestors were connected to wild places as gamekeepers, shepherds, millers, gardeners or agricultural labourers. His lifelong love…
My history lesson
Lancashire Wildlife Trust is working with Moorfield Primary school in Irlam to deliver both indoor and outdoor education on the mossland habitat. This includes the history of the area, and the…
My history book
Tim has volunteered at Astley Moss for five years, helping to increase the water levels on the bogs back to their historic healthy levels. He especially loves watching the birds return to this…
Look who's out of Lockdown
It takes more than a worldwide pandemic and a UK lockdown to stop the Restoring Ratty project team from releasing more water voles back into the region.
Common bistort
Look for the delicate, pink flowers of Common bistort in wet meadows, pastures and roadside verges. It is also known as 'Pudding Dock' in North England because it was used to make a…
Cetaceans of the North Sea - Who is swimming off the North East coast?
We only really have four regularly occurring species of cetacean (whales, dolphins, porpoises) in the north east; bottlenose dolphin, white-beaked dolphin, minke whale and harbour porpoise. The…
Behind the scenes of an NWT Internship
Today is the end of my first week as an intern of Northumberland Wildlife Trust. As part of my university course, I have chosen to undergo a five-week internship, to contribute towards my BSc…
My Work Experience Placement with NWT 9
As I write this blog, there is exactly one month of my placement with the wildlife trust left, which is very scary as the past eight months have absolutely flown by. Nevertheless, I am still as…
My Work Experience Placement with NWT - part 2
The second month of my placement is drawing to a close, it has been a very busy month completing tasks before the weather worsens and the days become shorter. Out of all the projects that I am…
My Work Experience Placement with NWT - part 1
I have just completed the first few weeks of a nine month placement with Northumberland Wildlife Trust and I have already had an amazing range of experiences. The nine month placement comes as…
My Work Experience Placement with NWT - part 6
February has been a strange month, beginning with snowfall and freezing temperatures which are a stark contrast to the 16 degrees we have had towards the end of the month. It is starting to feel…