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How to help wildlife at work
Attracting wildlife to your work will help improve their environment – and yours!
Wild Work & Wellbeing Days
A raft of work at Shibdon Pond Nature Reserve
Thanks to the support of The Daniell Trust, there are a number of improvements underway at Shibdon Pond.
We are all better off when we work with nature, not against it.
Head of Conservation for Durham Wildlife Trust, Mark Dinning, shares his thoughts on the recent national discussions regarding the water quality protection scheme called nutrient neutrality.
Working for wildlife
Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd., an independent chemical manufacturing company, is doing their bit to help create a wilder future.
Common sunstar
This large starfish looks just like the sun, with 10-12 arms spreading outwards like rays.
Nutrient neutrality works: pollution rules don't block housebuilding
The Government wants to ditch laws that require housebuilders not to harm rivers. But we know these rules work – they enable houses to be built and rivers to be protected. Here’s how, writes Ali…
Roesel's bush-cricket
The song of the Roesel's bush-cricket is very characteristic: long, monotonous and mechanical. It can be heard in rough grassland, scrub and damp meadows in the south of the UK, but it is…
Greater butterfly-orchid
The Greater butterfly-orchid is a tall orchid of hay meadows, grasslands and ancient woodlands. It has whitish-green flowers that have spreading petals and sepals - a bit like the wings of a…
Ivy bee
The ivy bee is a new arrival to the UK. First recorded here in 2001, it is slowly spreading north. It feeds mainly on the nectar of ivy flowers and can be seen in autumn when this plant is in…
Wasp spider
The wasp spider is a great mimic - looking just like a common wasp keeps it safe from predators, even though it is not dangerous itself. It can be found in southern England, but is spreading north…