Botany Group
The group aims to provide an interest in, and enjoyment of, all aspects of flora, within and beyond the Durham Wildlife Trust area.
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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers
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IDENTIPLANT with DWT Botany Group
We are offering this national online course teaching the basics of plant taxonomy and field botany. The tutor will bethe BSBI’s Hon. Gen. Sec, Steve Gater.
Botany Group Bryophyte Walk
Bryophyte walk at Castle Eden Dene, Sun. 24th November 2019, report by Lesley Hodgson
Durham Wildlife Trust Botany Group – Lichen Training Day
by Lesley Hodgson
Having enjoyed two of Janet Simkin’s training days previously, I was very happy when she agreed to run one for the group. Places filled up rapidly, and it was very well…
St Mark's Church group plant 1,000 square metres of wildflowers
St Mark’s Church in Merseyside has turned a large unused green space outside the church into a 1,000-square-metre wildflower meadow. The seeds were sown in Autumn 2023 and by Spring the flowers…
We’re going on a nurdle hunt
The Great Global Nurdle Hunt sees people all over the world take to the coast to clean up nurdles - very small pellets of plastic, which serve as raw materials in the manufacture of plastic…
2024: a great year for dragonflies and the rise of a new local species
The British Dragonfly Society (BDS) works in conjunction with Durham Wildlife Trust to actively survey the region between the River Tees and the Tyne for dragonflies and damselflies. Read the…
A 30 Days Wild minibeast hunt
Read our top tips for going on a bug hunt - a perfect 30 Days Wild activity!
How to plant a tree
It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree!
A group of new gardeners in Exeter learn to grow food and help wildlife
Emily Perryman tells us about a group of keen beginner gardeners at Beacon Centre in Exeter.
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…
My new roots
Mary moved to Birmingham for her job and has found volunteering with The Wildlife Trust the perfect way to meet new people and put down roots in a new place.