My family history
Whilst researching his family history, Vic found that many of his ancestors were connected to wild places as gamekeepers, shepherds, millers, gardeners or agricultural labourers. His lifelong love…
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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers
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My history lesson
Lancashire Wildlife Trust is working with Moorfield Primary school in Irlam to deliver both indoor and outdoor education on the mossland habitat. This includes the history of the area, and the…
Wildlife volunteers celebrated at festive event
Trust volunteers received recognition and thanks for all their support, during a festive celebration event hosted in Durham.
My history book
Tim has volunteered at Astley Moss for five years, helping to increase the water levels on the bogs back to their historic healthy levels. He especially loves watching the birds return to this…
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.
Celebrating Elke Mackenzie: Explorer, scientist and lichenologist, in honour of LGBTQ+ History Month
Finley Reynolds, Co-Chair of The Wildlife Trusts' Out for Nature network, explores the legacy of Elke Mackenzie—a trailblazing botanist and explorer whose lichenology work shaped natural…
A Celebration of National Lottery Support
November 19th, 2019 marked 25 years since the first National Lottery draw. Overall, The National Lottery is The Wildlife Trusts’ biggest grant funder and over the past quarter of a century, more…
New book uncovers the rocks that roll back Durham’s history
A NEW book published in aid of a North-East wildlife trust promises to help uncover a hidden world of history – by shining the spotlight on special rock formations.
Wildlife trust stages free event to help nature-lovers support green spaces
Nature lovers are being invited to an event aimed at empowering North-East people to get involved in supporting wildlife.
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…
Common bistort
Look for the delicate, pink flowers of Common bistort in wet meadows, pastures and roadside verges. It is also known as 'Pudding Dock' in North England because it was used to make a…