Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
Enormous flocks of geese, ducks and swans swirl down from wide skies to drop onto the flat, open expanses of flooded grazing marshes in winter. In spring, lapwing tumble overhead and the soft,…
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Coastal
Coastal habitats are found wherever the land meets the sea. With some 17,800km, the UK has one of the longest national coastlines in Europe. The coast is home to many habitats, with cliffs, rocky…
Conservation Grazing - Biodiversity Boost
Large herbivores once shaped our natural landscape - but many of these species are now absent from our ecosystems. Find out how and why conservation grazing can replicate these organic processes…
How to make a coastal garden
Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.
Rush Pasture Habitats and their importance for water voles
Anyone who has taken a walk in the North Pennines in the early summer is bound to have encountered a calling lapwing or curlew circling up over patches of thick rush in amongst grazing stock – for…
Coastal magic brought to your screen
You don’t even need to leave your seat to enjoy the wonders of the Northumberland coastline as the team at ‘Coast Care’, the coastal initiative has created a short legacy film to showcase the…
Wonderful support from Sainsbury’s for coastal initiative
As the year draws to a close, Coast Care, the coastal conservation initiative in north Northumberland, is celebrating the end of a wonderful five-month partnership with Sainsbury’s in Alnwick.
Wildlife Discovery Centre receives cash boost from Coastal Revival Fund
Northumberland Wildlife Trust has landed a share of almost £1million of funding aimed at saving coastal heritage sites for future generations.
Rocky habitat
Rocky habitats are some of the most natural and untouched places in the UK. Often high up in the hills and hard to reach, they are havens for some of our rarest wildlife.
January spruce up for coastal reserve
Northumberland Wildlife Trust has started the New Year carrying out vital conservation work on its Annstead Dunes reserve.
Spring spruce up at coastal reserve
Volunteers from Northumberland Wildlife Trust made the most of the warm weather this week by removing large amounts of Japanese Rose from its Annstead Dunes reserve in Northumberland.
Step forward to become a Coastal Path Warden
Walkers on the Northumberland coast are being asked to become voluntary wardens to help maintain their favourite sections of the Northumberland Coast Path and other walking routes.