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Restoring Ratty - a shout out to our volunteers, crumbs we miss you!
The Restoring Ratty team are really missing everyone during this difficult time. Here's a brief hello and update from Kelly Hollings.

Garden Nature Blog - Virtual vs Real Living
Whilst working at home, in between video conferencing, Zoom, Skype and Teams meetings across the virtual airwaves, I immerse myself in my little wild acre of garden. I describe it as ‘my wild…

The five-letter V word
Following Veganuary, trustee Karen Statham explains why she turned to a plant-based diet but avoids the five-letter V word.

Natural solutions to the climate crisis
Will Parsons, The Wildlife Trusts’ public affairs officer, reveals the role natural habitats play in tackling the climate crisis.
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.