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Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: Damselflies
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Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: Damselflies

In this month’s Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal, NHSN naturalist, Christopher Wren, turns his attention to the damselflies – shimmering jewels of the wetlands and fleeting symbols of summer…

29 August 2025

Damselflies | Gosforth Nature Reserve | Invertebrates

Remembering Angus Lunn 
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Remembering Angus Lunn 

The Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN) is deeply saddened to learn of the death of naturalist, conservationist, and former Trustee, Angus Lunn MBE. …

18 August 2025

Angus Lunn

Parenting Coots at Killingworth Lake
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Parenting Coots at Killingworth Lake

Sometimes in parenting coots, patience runs out, and even on a quiet lake, a firm beak can speak louder than a thousand meeps….

12 August 2025

Coot | Killingworth | Ornithology

Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: The Lunar Hornet Moth
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Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: The Lunar Hornet Moth

In this month’s Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal, NHSN naturalist, Christopher Wren, shares insights to one of the reserve’s most elusive residents: the Lunar Hornet Moth….

30 July 2025

Gosforth Nature Reserve | Invertebrates | Moth

Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: The life of a fox cub
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Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: The life of a fox cub

Enjoy a closer look at foxes and their cubs! In this month’s Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal, NHSN naturalist, Christopher Wren, shares details about the life of a fox cub….

25 June 2025

Fox | Gosforth Nature Reserve | Mammals

Getting Started with Grasses: Alien Grasses
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Getting Started with Grasses: Alien Grasses

Discover the North East’s alien grasses and start identifying your own in the fifth instalment of a new series of blogs by NHSN Senior Naturalist, James Common….

24 June 2025

Botany | Grass ID | Grasses | James Common

Getting Started with Grasses: Arable Grasses
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Getting Started with Grasses: Arable Grasses

Discover the North East’s common arable grasses and start identifying your own in the fourth instalment of a new series of blogs by NHSN Senior Naturalist, James Common….

17 June 2025

Botany | Grass ID | Grasses | James Common

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

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