Five Wild Walks to try this Spring
Take a walk on the wild side this spring at one of our nature reserves.
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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers
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Tune into Nature’s spring playlist and help researchers track songbirds
A new project, Nature’s Audio, is inviting people to tune into nature’s amazing spring playlist and help researchers track the variety and distribution of garden birds through the songs they sing…
Signs of Spring
We want to help you discover and explore the wildlife in your gardens, neighbourhoods and green spaces.
Spring Gardening Membership
By becoming a member of Durham Wildlife Trust you can make a real difference for wildlife in our local area.
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…
Toddling through spring with muddy wellies
Our pre-schoolers were back out at Low Barns Nature Reserve in April, enjoying a Muddy Wellies walk and some wildlife spotting.
Early bumblebee
One of our prettiest and smallest bumble bees, the early bumblebee has a bright orange tail and lemon-yellow bands on its body. It is very common and can be found in all kinds of habitats in early…
Spring Wildlife Gardening Guide
Sign up to a wildly different inbox and receive your free wildlife gardening guide, from Durham Wildlife Trust
Upland spring, flush and fen
These tiny habitats, the source of our streams and rivers, are fundamental to the well-being of whole water catchments.
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.
Early purple orchid
The Early purple orchid is one of the first orchids to pop up in spring. Look for its pinkish-purple flowers from April, when bluebells still carpet our woodland floors. Its leaves are dark green…
Early gentian
The early gentian is a rare plant that is only found in the UK. It likes sunny, lowland chalk grasslands, its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming in May and June.