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Matt's first three months with Ratty!
At the end of August 2019 I packed away my study books and prepared to start my student placement with Northumberland Wildlife Trust.

What Climate Crisis? Are you listening?
Greta Thunberg’s repeated question: ”Are you listening?” meaning, are you really taking notice enough to act on behalf of this failing world now we have a climate and an extinction emergency on…

The Inglorious 12th – A Distant Call
Monday 12th August, known as the Glorious 12th, marks the start of the grouse shooting season.
My Work Experience Placement with NWT 10
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…

Restoring Ratty - the latest release
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…
My third week of 30 Days Wild
30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts’ campaign which challenges people to do something wild every day for a month – the purpose is to make people feel more connected to the nature around them.

30 Days Wild - Noticing nature’s continuous flow… and keeping it to yourself!
There are moments of natural magic that happen every day just in front of us, around the corner, across the world.
My second week of 30 Days Wild
30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts’ campaign which challenges people to do something wild every day for a month – the purpose is to make people feel more connected to the nature around them.

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 first week of 30 Days Wild!
30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts’ campaign which challenges people to do something wild every day for a month – the purpose is to make people feel more connected to the nature around them.