Signs of Spring
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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers
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Five Wild Walks to try this Spring
Take a walk on the wild side this spring at one of our nature reserves.
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…
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.
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…
Chicken of the woods
Chicken of the woods is a sulphur-yellow bracket fungus of trees in woods, parks and gardens. It can often be found in tiered clusters on oak, but also likes beech, chestnut, cherry and even yew…
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.
Spring Wildlife Gardening Newsletter Sign Up
Sign up to a wildly different inbox and receive your free wildlife gardening guide, from Durham Wildlife Trust
Pet owners urged to help keep wildlife and livestock safe this spring
The Wildlife Trusts ask public to keep dogs on leads to protect nature
A Fungal Foray at Tudhoe Mill woods
With autumn comes great contrast; dull grey days and mud are set off by rays of warm sunshine, crimson berries, colourful leaves and fungi, which come in a huge array of shapes, sizes, colours,…
Spiny lobster
Spiny lobster, crawfish, crayfish, rock lobsters - many names, one animal! This pretty lobster was made extinct in many areas through overfishing, but is now making a slow comeback.