Orchard
A visit to a traditional orchard reveals gnarled old trunks of fruit and nut trees bursting with blossoms and young leaves in springtime, with wildflowers and insects populating summer’s long…
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Tie dye at Great Park Orchard
Celebrate Pride month in Great Park’s Community Orchard with a relaxed tie-dying workshop.
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…
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.
Wildlife
Northumberland Wildlife Trust - Wildlife (Wildlife A-Z, Habitat A-Z, Wildlife Advice, Record a Sighting)
Pochard
The once-common pochard is now under threat because its populations are declining rapidly. The UK is an important winter destination for the pochard, with 48,000 birds visiting our wetlands and…
When is a wall not a wall – when it’s a habitat
Here is another update from one of our Wilder Northumberland Network Members, Clarks Bog! Read on to discover what Peter has been up to on the bog!
Restoring Ratty: Finding the right habitat for Ratty!
The project team have been working out the best areas for the first years release of water voles. Releases will take place between May and August and will take place along the Kielder and Scaup…
Wildlife gardening
Northumberland Wildlife Trust - Wildlife Gardening
Wildlife and the law
Northumberland Wildlife Trust - Wildlife and the law
Wildlife advice
Northumberland Wildlife Trust - Wildlife Advice
Bee orchid
The bee orchid is a sneaky mimic - the flower’s velvety lip looks like a female bee. Males fly in to try to mate with it and end up pollinating the flower. Sadly, the right bee species doesn’t…