Gosforth Nature Reserve ›
A fresh face at Gosforth Nature Reserve
The importance of Gosforth Nature Reserve cannot be understated. Recognised for its biodiversity and scientific value, since 1929, the site…
Updates from NHSN
Gosforth Nature Reserve ›
A Botanical Success Story at Gosforth Nature Reserve
Last year, on a day marked by blissful weather and the song of woodland birds, NHSN volunteers planted 2000 native…
Archive & Library ›
Book review: Darwin’s Camera, by Phillip Prodger
Darwin’s Camera: Art and Photography in the Theory of Evolution Phillip Prodger Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009 See library catalogue…
Birds ›
A Ringers Year: January 2020
I have just returned from two weeks in the West African Country of The Gambia where I stayed with 12…
Invertebrates ›
Join the buzz around bumblebees in 2020
It’s hard not to admire bumblebees: they’re colourful, perform a vital function in the ecosystem and are sufficiently diverse to…
Botany ›
The North East New Year Plant Hunt-Off – The Results
The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland’s (BSBI) New Year Plant Hunt is an annual event in which botanists, expert and amateur…
Botany | BSBI | Lindisfarne | Nature | New Year Plant Hunt
Birds ›
A Ringers Year: December 2019
We undertook two ringing sessions near my house this month catching 19 new birds and 10 retraps on the 10th,…
Birds ›
A Ringer’s Year: November 2019
We managed two final ringing sessions at Howick by changing days at short notice to dodge the rain and wind. …
Archive & Library ›
Book review: A Prickly Affair – My Life with Hedgehogs, by Hugh Warwick.
I’ve always had a soft spot for hedgehogs, growing up they were one of the only wild animals I experienced…
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Book Review: The Secret Life of the Owl, by John Lewis-Stempel
A wise old owl sat in an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke…