With generous support from the Reece Foundation, NHSN has appointed James Common as its new Ouse Burn Naturalist. The role, funded through the Ouse Burn Way, will focus on increasing wildlife recording and engaging people with the remarkable nature of the Ouse Burn corridor….
As darkness fell across the Ouse Burn Way on the 22 May 2026, 8 groups set out simultaneously to discover…
Bats | Big Bat BioBlitz | Mammals | Ouse Burn Way | The Big Bat BioBlitz | The Ouse Burn Way
Exciting news for nature in Newcastle! We welcome Emily Anderson to the Ouse Burn Way team as the city’s first dedicated Ouse Burn Ecologist, a role aimed at improving wildlife habitats and connecting local communities with the Ouse Burn Way….
A chance find during a New Year Plant Hunt reveals a Mediterranean Nettle thriving on a residential street. A vice county first!…
Botany | BSBI | Citizen Science | Ouse Burn Way | The Ouse Burn Way | Wildlife Ways
Communities, wildlife and wellbeing will thrive along the Ouse Burn thanks to support from the Reece Foundation. The Natural History…
This instalment of ‘Walking the Ouse Burn’ was an interesting one! We started at Gosforth Nature Reserve, a place I’ve…
Botany | Fungi | Heathery Lane | Lapwing | Ouse Burn | Ouse Burn Way | Ouseburn | The Ouse Burn Way
I was really excited for this instalment of ‘Walking the Ouse Burn’. Jesmond Dene in particular holds many fond childhood…
Botany | Fungi | Jesmond Dene | Kingfisher | Ouse Burn | Ouse Burn Way | Ouseburn | Paddy Freeman | The Ouse Burn Way
Join Urban Naturalist, Ellie Davison, for a walk along the Ouse Burn from from Jesmond Vale, through Armstrong and Heaton Park, and on towards Benton Bank to look at some of the flora, fauna and funga….
Armstrong Park | Botany | Fungi | Heaton Park | Ouse Burn | Ouse Burn Way | Ouseburn | The Ouse Burn Way
Join Urban Naturalist, Ellie Davison, for a walk from Lower Ouseburn to Heaton Park to learn about the ecology of this bustling area of Newcastle….
Botany | Fungi | Heaton Park | Ouse Burn Way | Ouseburn | The Ouse Burn Way
Ellie Davison, Urban Naturalist, in her new role supported by the Reece Foundation expresses her excitement at the nature and…