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Where would we be without our volunteers!? Introducing the North East Nature Archive’s dedicated volunteer team 
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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,…

4 June 2025

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The Pitmen Naturalists: Reflections
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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…

3 April 2025

How Covid impacted our relationship with nature 
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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…

25 March 2025

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The Pitmen Naturalists 4: Miner Swain
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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…

18 March 2025

Bird Life of Bygone Fenham
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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…

17 March 2025

Oh what a night! Nature’s Cure at the NHSN Monday Night Lecture
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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…

13 March 2025

The Pitmen Naturalists 3: John Salt (1839-?)
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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…

12 March 2025

‘Beyond the bounds of his usual gravity’: Gilbert White’s art of nature writing
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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…

3 March 2025

The Pitmen Naturalists 2: Joseph Taylor (1841 -1925)
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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…

1 March 2025

Mr. Atkinson’s Remarkable Trees
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Mr. Atkinson’s Remarkable Trees

Nick Johnson, project lead of the Northumbria Veteran Tree Project, explores the legacy of George Clayton Atkinson’s pioneering 1876 catalogue…

28 February 2025

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