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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

Taking Wing: 1 Year as Ornithology Co-ordinator at the NHSN 
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Taking Wing: 1 Year as Ornithology Co-ordinator at the NHSN 

From evening talks to adventurous walks, Anna Temple looks back on her first year as NHSN’s Ornithology Co-ordinator As I…

28 February 2025

Community, craft and conversation at Land of Oak and Iron 
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Community, craft and conversation at Land of Oak and Iron 

NHSN Heritage Researcher Rachel Anderson reflects on a community workshop about nature and wellbeing as part of the lottery heritage…

28 February 2025

The Pitmen Naturalists 1: John Simm (1829 – 1904)
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The Pitmen Naturalists 1: John Simm (1829 – 1904)

Library and Archive volunteer Maureen Flisher explores the life and library of a citizen scientist from West Cramlington I was…

20 February 2025

A River Through Time
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A River Through Time

Writer Rob Galpin reflects on his relationship with the Tyne and its wildlife It took me twenty years to notice…

18 February 2025

The Pitmen Naturalists: Introduction
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The Pitmen Naturalists: Introduction

In a new series of blogs, NHSN Archive and Library volunteer Maureen Flisher explores the lives and work of some…

13 February 2025

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