Buzzard
Listen out for the cat-like, 'kee-yaa' calls of the buzzard as it soars high over farmland and woodland. Once suffering from severe persecution and pesticide poisoning, it has made a…
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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers
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Honey buzzard
Rare summer visitors, honey buzzards breed in open woodland where they feed on the nests and larvae of bees and wasps.
Ambition to become ‘England’s greenest region’ launched in the North East
Durham Wildlife Trust is pleased to support the North East of England Climate Coalition (NEECCo) which recently launched a collective ambition for the North East region of “Becoming England’s…
Historic day for beavers in England
More support needed for landowners to enable beavers’ return, say The Wildlife Trusts and Beaver Trust.
Free the beaver! A new vision for beavers in England and Wales
The Wildlife Trusts say: end enclosures and take action for beavers to be wild
Natural Communities
Thanks to funding from three Durham County Council AAPs: Weardale, Teesdale and mid-Durham, the Trust will be supporting more people to get involved in volunteering. Ali Laing is the newly appointed Natural Communities Officer and will be working with established volunteers in Deepdale Wood as well as working with new groups in Winston, Evenwood and Cockfield.
Threats to nature: a gamble with our natural world
Short term and ill-informed thinking in relation to nature will have long lasting implications for all of us. But people can, and must, take action to protect our natural world.
A year of natural progress
As a conservation project to return former coalfield areas to nature reaches its first anniversary, Peter Barron finds out how much has been achieved…
Spectacular buzzards and soaring red kites: the wonders of Gateshead during spring.
Spring is here! One of our Healing Nature Project Officer's, Mandy Bell, takes you on a day in the life of a project officer. In carrying out conservation works on our Gateshead sites, she…
Naturally Native
Naturally Native is a project that will save the water vole, one of Britain’s most charismatic mammals, from extinction in the North East of England.
Giant puffball
This football-sized fungus can be seen in autumn, sometimes growing on grass verges.
Giant goby
One of the UK’s rarest marine species, this giant of the rocky shore is a very special fish.