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Vacancy for an Ouse Burn Ecologist
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Vacancy for an Ouse Burn Ecologist

Would you love a job where every day is focused on expanding your wildlife knowledge and inspiring a wider range of people to notice, enjoy and care for wildlife along the Ouse Burn in Newcastle?…

19 December 2025

Ecologist | Gosforth Nature Reserve | Job Advert | Ouse Burn

Wildlife Ways: New Funding To Help Communities and Nature Thrive Together Along the Ouse Burn
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Wildlife Ways: New Funding To Help Communities and Nature Thrive Together Along the Ouse Burn

Communities, wildlife and wellbeing will thrive along the Ouse Burn thanks to support from the Reece Foundation. The Natural History…

17 December 2025

Ouse Burn Way | Wildlife Ways

Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: It’s Triplets for the Otters!
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Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: It’s Triplets for the Otters!

In this month’s Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal, NHSN naturalist, Christopher Wren, shares his latest footage of the otters, including this years newest cubs!…

28 November 2025

Gosforth Nature Reserve | Invertebrates | Otter

North East Nature Journal: The Polecat
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North East Nature Journal: The Polecat

This month, NHSN naturalist Chris Wren takes a closer look at one of the North East’s most elusive mammals – the Polecat…

22 October 2025

Chris Wren | Mammals | North East | Polecat

Restoring the Whitecroft Burn
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Restoring the Whitecroft Burn

Find out more about an exciting project improving water quality and creating important habitats at Gosforth Nature Reserve The Whitecroft…

13 October 2025

Gosforth Nature Reserve | Tyne Rivers Trust | Whitecroft Burn

Newcastle’s Nature Network’s Journal: Wetland Plants
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Newcastle’s Nature Network’s Journal: Wetland Plants

Discover the magic of wetlands in this instalment of the Newcastle’s Nature Network’s Journal….

13 October 2025

Botany | Newcastle's Nature Networks

North East Nature Journal: The Greater White-toothed Shrew
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North East Nature Journal: The Greater White-toothed Shrew

This month, NHSN naturalist, Chris Wren takes a focus on the Greater White Toothed Shrew which is found in the North East….

23 September 2025

Greater White Toothed Shrew | North East | shrew

Peace, friendship and stories of nature at Gosforth Nature Reserve
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Peace, friendship and stories of nature at Gosforth Nature Reserve

Nature’s Cure welcomes the women of the Angelou Centre In recent weeks the Nature’s Cure project has been so excited…

15 September 2025

Newcastle’s Nature Network’s Journal: Indicators of Ancient Woodland 
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Newcastle’s Nature Network’s Journal: Indicators of Ancient Woodland 

Discover a new series of blogs, as NHSN’s Naturalists take you on a journey of urban nature discovery with Newcastle Nature Networks….

10 September 2025

Botany | Newcastle's Nature Networks

Meet NHSN’s New Student Naturalists
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Meet NHSN’s New Student Naturalists

Recently, we welcomed Johnny Bullar and Evie Longhorn as NHSN’s new Student Naturalists…

5 September 2025

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