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Bold Encounters with Insects: Thomas John Bold and the Extreme Wet Winter of 1852–53
Digitization volunteer Sandra Bishop explores a fascinating insight into climate, disease and ecology in the early Transactions of the NHSN…
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Welcoming the “Scientific Stranger”
Heritage Researcher Mel Tuckett opens up the NHSN’s Transactions and discovers the early origins of its community…
Botany ›
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….
Botany | Grass ID | Grasses | James Common
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Behind the Scenes of the NHSN Transactions Project
Heritage Researcher Rachel Anderson reflects on the process of digitising our archive of Transactions and making them freely available online for the first time ever….
Birds ›
Exploring Conrad Dickinson’s Nature Reserves
Recently, NHSN naturalists were treated to a trip around a few nature reserves in Northumberland by Conrad Dickinson, read on to find out more about their adventures……
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Spring in Full Swing: Celebrating May with Gosforth’s Wild Web
What a May it’s been! Sunshine, blossoms, birdsong, and just the right amount of rain to keep things green and buzzing. May 2025 saw Gosforth’s Wild Web in full bloom-connecting people, places, and the wonderful wildlife around us. Whether it was pond-dipping with local school children, bug hunting at a community bioblitz, or recording butterflies fluttering by, this past month has been a beautiful celebration of nature and the people who care about it….
Bees | Citizen Science | Gosforth's Wild Web | Invertebrates
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The Pitmen Naturalists 5: Alexander Butters
In the fifth instalment of her series of the citizen scientists of the nineteenth-century coalfield, Maureen Flisher traces the journey…
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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…
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Where would we be without our volunteers!? Introducing the North East Nature Archive’s dedicated volunteer team
Mel Tuckett Here at the Natural History Society of Northumbria we are very proud to be celebrating Volunteers’ Week. Nationally,…
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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…
Field Skills Programme | Gosforth Nature Reserve | Ranger | Volunteer | Volunteer Ranger | Volunteering