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…

There’s a fundamental and well known principle in geology; it goes like this: the present is the key to the past. Aka Uniformitarianism. What it means is that the processes that are happening…

I’m guessing that when we think of nature and wildlife, pretty well all of us think countryside? Yet if we’ve learned anything in lockdown, it’s that nature and the benefits it brings, are all…

There are lots of places in the world that have a close association with rocks, many are even named after them. Nantwich and other -wich’s in Cheshire are named after salt and brine springs;…

In September, I waved a teary goodbye to Norfolk, where I had spent the last four years at university, and trekked up to Morpeth, which was to be my new home. Originally coming from Brighton, and…

2020 has been a quiet year on the Wildwood site. At least in terms of us humans. Buzzards have continued to cry overhead; the barking of roe deer has still been heard and in general nature has…

A couple of blogs ago we were in Haltwhistle Burn. It’s an SNCI - a Site of Nature Conservation Interest. SNCI’s are one of many designations in England and Wales created to conserve and manage…

The low hum of insect wings and barely audible, a nearby silt-laden river moving lethargically over sand shoals and between branching roots and foliage, were the only sounds. There was no bird…

If you‘ve succumbed to the questionable temptation to read more than one of these geoblogs, you might have noticed that there’s always a little hook in the previous one so it can segue to the next…

Feeling guilty. Feels like I promised to buy you a pint in the pub last week and you’ve ended up with two halves 7 days apart. But better late than never; here’s the second part of the border walk…