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A Ringers Year: June 2018
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A Ringers Year: June 2018

June 2018: Before I get around to reporting on this months activities I will summarise some returns of ‘controlled’ birds…

2 July 2018

Bird Ringing

Kittiwakes on the Tyne – an extract from the personal diary of Daniel M Turner
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Kittiwakes on the Tyne – an extract from the personal diary of Daniel M Turner

Following the success of our Tyne Kittiwake tour, led by Daniel Turner, we are delighted to share with you an…

27 June 2018

Daniel Turner | Kittiwakes | Tyne Kittiwakes

A closer look at our ‘Women Naturalists’ exhibition
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A closer look at our ‘Women Naturalists’ exhibition

As the Great Exhibition of the North prepares to launch and the Great North Museum: Hancock completes the final preparations…

22 June 2018

GNM: Hancock | Grace Hickling | Great Exhibition of North | Women Naturalists

A visit to St. Abbs Head, led by Graham Bell
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A visit to St. Abbs Head, led by Graham Bell

A small but enthusiastic group of us met at the National Trust car park, near to St. Abbs Head. The…

20 June 2018

Birds | Field Trip | Graham Bell | St. Abbs Head

An update on the Farne islands Arctic terns
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An update on the Farne islands Arctic terns

Since 2015, The Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN) has worked on a ground-breaking project tracking the migration of the…

15 June 2018

Arctic Terns | Chris Redfern | Farne Islands | Geolocator

A closer look at Brady’s Ostracod
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A closer look at Brady’s Ostracod

Of all the treasures in the Great North Museum: Hancock collections, it is often the most nondescript that boast the…

4 June 2018

Brady | Great North Museum: Hancock | Ostracod

2018 Lantern Fund enables young people to enjoy the fabulous Farne Islands
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2018 Lantern Fund enables young people to enjoy the fabulous Farne Islands

This weekend past, young people from the WEYES group experienced a wildlife extravaganza as, supported by the NHSN Lantern Fund…

1 June 2018

Farne Islands | Lantern Fund | Lantern Fund 2018 | WEYES

Community Foundation Grant for Gosforth Park
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Community Foundation Grant for Gosforth Park

Thanks to the generosity of the Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, NHSN have been granted a fantastic…

9 May 2018

Community Foundation | Conservation | Gosforth | Gosforth Nature Reserve

Thanks to HLF as the Society’s ‘Archive Project’ draws to a close
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Thanks to HLF as the Society’s ‘Archive Project’ draws to a close

In October 2014 the Natural History Society of Northumbria began a 3-year project designed to significantly improve access to our…

30 April 2018

Archive | James Common | June Holmes | NHSN | Sarah Seeley

Urban bat walk, 16th April 2018
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Urban bat walk, 16th April 2018

This past Monday, guests were treated to an introductory talk on bat ecology and a bat walk to Newcastle’s Exhibition…

18 April 2018

Bat Walk | Bats

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