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Friends Dawn and Ann meet up every fortnight for a walk and a catch up on one of their local nature reserves.
Friends Dawn and Ann meet up every fortnight for a walk and a catch up on one of their local nature reserves.
Meet staff and volunteers of Durham Wildlife Trust for a guided walk around the reserve. Free to attend and all members welcome.
Meet staff and volunteers of Durham Wildlife Trust for a guided walk around the reserve. Free to attend and all members welcome.
Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd., an independent chemical manufacturing company, is doing their bit to help create a wilder future.
The Tawny mining bee is a furry, gingery bee that can often be seen in parks and gardens during the springtime. Look for a volcano-like mound of earth in the lawn that marks the entrance to its…
The male purple emperor is a stunning butterfly with a brilliant purple sheen. Look for it feeding around the treetops in woodlands, or on damp ground, animal droppings or even carrion in the…
Volunteering on a nature reserve turned Adam’s life around after a difficult time in life. As Assistant Reserve Officer, wildlife is both his stress relief and his career.
This black and grey solitary bee takes to the wing in spring, when it can be seen buzzing around burrows in open ground.
The grizzled skipper has a striking brown-and-white checked wing pattern. It is a fast flier, so is best observed in the morning as it basks in the sun to warm up. It favours chalk grassland and…
The birch polypore only grows on Birch trees. This leathery bracket fungus has a rounded, coffee-coloured cap that was once used for sharpening tools, hence its other name: the 'Razorstrop…
Public urged to pack a picnic not a BBQ