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The Pitmen Naturalists 5: Alexander Butters
In the fifth instalment of her series of the citizen scientists of the nineteenth-century coalfield, Maureen Flisher traces the journey…
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Where would we be without our volunteers!? Introducing the North East Nature Archive’s dedicated volunteer team
Mel Tuckett Here at the Natural History Society of Northumbria we are very proud to be celebrating Volunteers’ Week. Nationally,…
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The Pitmen Naturalists: Reflections
Maureen Flisher reflects on the work of unearthing the ‘Pitmen Naturalists’ of the Northumberland coal field from the archive Whilst…
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How Covid impacted our relationship with nature
Nature was a lifeline for many of us during the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. As we mark five years…
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The Pitmen Naturalists 4: Miner Swain
In the fourth instalment of her series on the citizen scientists of the late nineteenth-century Northumbrian coalfield, Maureen Flisher follows…
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Bird Life of Bygone Fenham
Michael Greatbatch explores the work of a forgotten nature diarist in turn-of-the-century Newcastle Bird Life of Bygone Fenham is the…
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Oh what a night! Nature’s Cure at the NHSN Monday Night Lecture
Mel Tuckett shares some of the stories – of change, growth, and nurture – recorded by the Nature’s Cure team…
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The Pitmen Naturalists 3: John Salt (1839-?)
In the third instalment of her series on the unsung citizen scientists of the Northumberland coalfield, Maureen Flisher chases an…
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‘Beyond the bounds of his usual gravity’: Gilbert White’s art of nature writing
Library volunteer Ian Bower rediscovers an early classic of the English countryside in the North East Nature Archive The NHSN’s…
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The Pitmen Naturalists 2: Joseph Taylor (1841 -1925)
In the second instalment of a series on the unsung citizen scientists of the Northumberland coalfield, archives volunteer Maureen Flisher…