
Blogs
Buff tailed bumblebee. Image by: Chris Gomersall/2020VISION.
Take action for wildlife

Blog

My Work Experience Placement with NWT - part 2
The second month of my placement is drawing to a close, it has been a very busy month completing tasks before the weather worsens and the days become shorter. Out of all the projects that I am…

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
There’s only one programme this time of year which truly captures the changes in our seasons, whilst showing the affects it has on our wildlife - it is, of course, Autumnwatch!

My Work Experience Placement with NWT - part 1
I have just completed the first few weeks of a nine month placement with Northumberland Wildlife Trust and I have already had an amazing range of experiences. The nine month placement comes as…

A New Dawn-Chorus?
When you think of a protest march starting in Hyde Park and ending at Downing Street, you don’t immediately think of ‘bird song’ but that will be one of my abiding memories of the People’s Walk…

A Wild and Well Day at Northumberlandia
From mindfulness and tai chi workshops to nature trails, minibeast hunting and bird box making, wild energy was flowing through the Lady of the North at ‘Our Wildlife’ festival on Sunday 16…

Restoring Ratty - Summer frenzy
Goodness, since our last blog, we have released a further 160 water voles back into Kielder Water & Forest Park!
Common by Nature: Weetslade - a parched paradise
Walking at Weetslade Country Park this past weekend, the rolling grasslands of the former colliery site appeared almost Mediterranean. Parched grasses, sapped by what seems like an eternity of…

Restoring Ratty: Rambles and releases!
We’ve had a fab month so far! Currently our project area is in Kielder Water and Forest Park. However, we do aim to cross the boundary because as we’ve come to discover, water voles don’t always…

Behind the scenes of an NWT Internship
Today is the end of my first week as an intern of Northumberland Wildlife Trust. As part of my university course, I have chosen to undergo a five-week internship, to contribute towards my BSc…

Restoring Ratty - Spring madness
May & June are busy months for us. We’re enjoying surveying, plodging about in streams and burns before the midges start feeding off us! Water voles are thoughtful creatures, and it’s only…