At the end of February, I made the relatively short journey from Leeds up to Northumberland, or the “proper north” as I am frequently told, to begin a new position as a trainee for Northumberland…

Well this is it, my placement with the Northumberland Wildlife Trust has come to an end. It’s going to be hard to re-adjust to sitting through lectures instead of surveying for water voles or…

The first week and a half of June was the busiest time for the Restoring Ratty team. It was what we had been building up to all year, the next release of water voles into Kielder Forest. For this…

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…

As we move further into spring and on towards summer, we move into the busiest time of the year for the Restoring Ratty team. The biggest event of the summer without a doubt is the June release of…

As I have now been with Northumberland Wildlife Trust for around seven months (which has flown by), I have been lucky enough to see some incredible wildlife. As wildlife photography is a hobby of…

Whilst I’m writing this month’s blog, the sun is out, so are all the daffodils and the curlews are calling, so it is feeling rather spring like. However, back at the start of the month during the…

The water voles certainly seem to think so as there are signs that they are emerging from their winter burrows and it won’t be long before we start surveying the numerous burns.

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…

Almost five months of my work placement have flown by and I could not be having a more enjoyable time. Spending Mondays with the Restoring Ratty team easily beats 9am lectures.