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    This week marked an exciting milestone for Gosforth’s Wild Web. After working with many children in schools across the project area, we exceeded 200 children! ...

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Walking the Ouse Burn Part 6: “Waters of Woolsington”
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Walking the Ouse Burn Part 6: “Waters of Woolsington”

It was a lovely sunny spring day when myself, Paul Balmont the Ouse Burn Way Programme Development Manager, and some…

5 June 2025

Bees | Birds | Ouse Burn | Ouseburn | Walking | Woolsington

Volunteer’s Week: Being a Volunteer Ranger at Gosforth Nature Reserve
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Volunteer’s Week: Being a Volunteer Ranger at Gosforth Nature Reserve

Nature is a massive part of my life. When I was younger I spent most of the warmer months climbing…

4 June 2025

Field Skills Programme | Gosforth Nature Reserve | Ranger | Volunteer | Volunteer Ranger | Volunteering

Volunteer’s Week: Being an Education Ranger at Gosforth Nature Reserve
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Volunteer’s Week: Being an Education Ranger at Gosforth Nature Reserve

I began volunteering with the Education Rangers for the Natural History Society of Northumbria in autumn last year (2024). Since…

3 June 2025

Bees | Volunteer

Being a Volunteer Student Naturalist: Amelia Jenkin’s Placement Year at the Natural History Society of Northumbria (2024-25)
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Being a Volunteer Student Naturalist: Amelia Jenkin’s Placement Year at the Natural History Society of Northumbria (2024-25)

As my time at NHSN comes to a close, I have spent a lot of time reflecting on what I…

2 June 2025

Bees | Volunteer

From Nature-Lover to Naturalist: Lekshmi Vijay’s Placement Year with the Natural History Society of Northumbria (2024-25)
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From Nature-Lover to Naturalist: Lekshmi Vijay’s Placement Year with the Natural History Society of Northumbria (2024-25)

When I started my placement year as a Student Naturalist with the Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN), I knew…

30 May 2025

Bees | Volunteer

Walking the Ouse Burn Part 5: ‘A Great Park Surprise!’
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Walking the Ouse Burn Part 5: ‘A Great Park Surprise!’

The latest instalment of the ‘Walking the Ouse Burn’ series took me to Great Park – my first visit to…

30 May 2025

Birds | Botany | Great Park | Invertebrates | Ornithology | Ouse Burn | Ouseburn | The Ouse Burn Way | Walking

Getting Started with Grasses: Woodland Grasses
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Getting Started with Grasses: Woodland Grasses

Discover the common grass species associated with the North East’s woodlands and start identifying your own in the second instalment of a new series of blogs by NHSN Senior Naturalist, James Common….

30 May 2025

Botany | Grass ID | Grasses | James Common

Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: Dragonfly Emergence
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Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: Dragonfly Emergence

In this month’s Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal, NHSN naturalist, Christopher Wren, shares experiencing the emergence of a dragonfly from the shell of the nymph…

28 May 2025

Dragonfly | Gosforth Nature Reserve

Getting Started with Grasses: Meadows and Neutral Grassland
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Getting Started with Grasses: Meadows and Neutral Grassland

Discover the common grass species associated with neutral grassland and start identifying your own with NHSN Senior Naturalist, James Common….

7 May 2025

Botany | Grass ID | Grasses | James Common

NHSN Field Skills – Bees at Gosforth Nature Reserve
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NHSN Field Skills – Bees at Gosforth Nature Reserve

NHSN Field Skills participant, Neha Mujumdar, shares a short account of an exciting trip to Gosforth Nature Reserve With support…

7 May 2025

Field Skills | NHSN Field Skills

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