Stanley Moss
A fragment of blanket bog remaining from a larger area of bog, marsh and shallow pools now partly drained and/or planted with conifers
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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers
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Dog Walking on Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves
Durham Wildlife Trust manages 37+ nature reserves for the benefit of wildlife. All are regularly visited by wildlife enthusiasts, including children and school groups.
We have a ‘dogs on…
Ordinary moss
Ordinary moss is very common in gardens and woodlands. moss provides shelter for many minibeasts, so encourage it to grow in your garden by providing logs, stone piles and untidy areas.
Big Balsam Bash & Guided Walk – Low Barns Nature Reserve
You’re invited to beat the Balsam at Low Barns Nature Reserve with our reserves team.
Big Balsam Bash & Guided Walk – Low Barns Nature Reserve
You’re invited to beat the Balsam at Low Barns Nature Reserve with our reserves team.
Wildlife Trust to extend nature reserve after appeal success
The future of one of the North East’s most important nature reserves has been secured thanks to the “overwhelming” response to a fundraising appeal.
Marsh hair moss
The marsh hair moss is the largest moss in the UK. Look out for it in damp woodland and on boggy heathlands where it forms large, green and spikey 'cushions'.
Nature Reserves
Most people live within a few miles of a Wildlife Trust nature reserve. From ancient woodlands to meadows and wetlands, they’re just waiting to be explored.
Sphagnum moss
Sphagnum mosses carpet the ground with colour on our marshes, heaths and moors. They play a vital role in the creation of peat bogs: by storing water in their spongy forms, they prevent the decay…
A mindful walk in nature at Low Barns Nature Reserve
So many of us found a new or deeper connection with nature, landscape and season during the last lockdown. As we enter another lockdown, take a walk with me around Low Barns Nature Reserve.
DWT Team
Staff details from Durham Wildlife Trust
Wildlife Trust launches appeal to secure future of nature reserve
A WILDLIFE charity has launched the most ambitious fundraising appeal in its history to secure the future of a North-East nature reserve.