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Get involved with Gosforth’s Wild Web’s A-Z’s
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Get involved with Gosforth’s Wild Web’s A-Z’s

Gosforth’s Wild Web encourages everyone to notice nature near them, find out how you could get involved and make your…

26 September 2024

Gosforth's Wild Web

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

Recently, we welcomed Amelia Jenkins and Lekshmi Vijay as NHSN’s new Student Naturalists. Find out more in their own words…

26 September 2024

Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: Secrets of the Water Shrew
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Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: Secrets of the Water Shrew

Enjoy a closer look at the Water Shrew in a new blog by local naturalist and volunteer, Christopher Wren….

25 September 2024

Gosforth Nature Reserve | Water Shrew

Meet NHSN’s New Assistant Naturalists
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Meet NHSN’s New Assistant Naturalists

Recently, we welcomed Emily Anderson and Hollie Muir as NHSN’s new Assistant Naturalists. Find out more in their own words…

12 September 2024

Gosforth's Wild Web | Hollie Muir

Explorations on Holy Island
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Explorations on Holy Island

NHSN Student Naturalist, Johnny Bullar, takes a trip to Holy Island to explore the wildlife and heritage of this incredibly special place….

20 August 2024

Holy Island | Johnny Bullar

Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: Late Season Dragonflies
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Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: Late Season Dragonflies

Enjoy a closer look at the late season dragonflies you could encounter at Gosforth Nature Reserve in a new blog by local naturalist and volunteer, Christopher Wren….

19 August 2024

Gosforth Nature Reserve

Studying the Gateshead Saltmeadows Kittiwakes
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Studying the Gateshead Saltmeadows Kittiwakes

Local ornithologist, Andy Rickeard, shares how support from NHSN’s Dickinson Memorial Fund has helped Kittiwake research in Gateshead The Kittiwake…

14 August 2024

Dickinson Fund | Kittiwake

Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: Shrews on the Menu
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Gosforth Nature Reserve Journal: Shrews on the Menu

Filmed for the first time at the reserve, explore an interesting interaction between Grey Herons and Water Shrews in a new blog by local naturalist and volunteer, Christopher Wren….

22 July 2024

Gosforth Nature Reserve

Meet our new Student Archivist
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Meet our new Student Archivist

This week, NHSN welcomed Sasha Lawson-Frost as our new Student Archivist. Find out more about Sasha in her own words below….

16 July 2024

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My Experience of NHSN’s Student Award Scheme
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My Experience of NHSN’s Student Award Scheme

From public speaking to important environmental research, Newcastle University Student, Gemma Ball, shares her experience on NHSN’s Student Award Scheme…

10 July 2024

Student Award

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