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Best field guides to use at home: Birds
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Best field guides to use at home: Birds

We’ve asked NHSN members to tell us about their favourite field guides for the garden or on walks close to home. In this post, Neil Pont suggests guides for identifying birds….

28 May 2020

Birds | Birdwatching | Books | Field Guides | Library

Discover bee field guides
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Discover bee field guides

We’ve asked NHSN members to tell us about their favourite field guides for the garden or on walks close to home. In this post, Rinke Vinkenoog suggests guides for identifying bees….

28 May 2020

Bees | Books | Bumblebees | Field Guides | Library

Celebrating #Archive30
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Celebrating #Archive30

This year we again took part in #Archive30, a month-long Twitter campaign by Explore Your Archive that invites archives to…

4 May 2020

Archive | Archive30 | ExploreYourArchive | June Holmes

The Robins of Restharrow
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The Robins of Restharrow

Blog post by June Holmes, NHSN’s Archivist. Follow June on Twitter at @ArchivistJune. At the moment, many of us are…

2 May 2020

Archive | Birds | June Holmes

Online library: The wolf, bear and lynx in Durham and Northumberland
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Online library: The wolf, bear and lynx in Durham and Northumberland

Discover the history the bear, wolf and lynx in North East England with local naturalist, Terry Coult…

14 April 2020

Bear | Durham | Lynx | Wolf

From the Museum: The Return of the Samurai
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From the Museum: The Return of the Samurai

From the Museum: The Return of the Samurai Today we’re featuring a blog post by Jo Anderson, assistant keeper of…

31 March 2020

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Book review: Darwin’s Camera, by Phillip Prodger
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Book review: Darwin’s Camera, by Phillip Prodger

Darwin’s Camera: Art and Photography in the Theory of Evolution Phillip Prodger Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009 See library catalogue…

3 March 2020

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Book review: A Prickly Affair – My Life with Hedgehogs, by Hugh Warwick.
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Book review: A Prickly Affair – My Life with Hedgehogs, by Hugh Warwick.

I’ve always had a soft spot for hedgehogs, growing up they were one of the only wild animals I experienced…

22 November 2019

Book Reviews | Hedgehog | Hugh Warwick

Book Review: The Secret Life of the Owl, by John Lewis-Stempel
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Book Review: The Secret Life of the Owl, by John Lewis-Stempel

A wise old owl sat in an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke…

22 November 2019

Book Reviews | John Lewis-Stempel

Book review: Bird Therapy, by Joe Harkness
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Book review: Bird Therapy, by Joe Harkness

World Mental Health Day is 10th October every year.  By happy coincidence, I picked up a new acquisition from the…

29 October 2019

Bird Therapy | Book Reviews

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