Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers
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Woodland learning packs
Woodland habitat learning and education packs by Durham Wildlife Trust
Wet woodland
Wet woodlands in the UK can be wild, secretive places. Tangles of trailing creepers, tussocky sedges and lush tall-herbs conceal swampy pools and partially submerged fallen willow trunks, likely…
The woodland drummers
Meet the dawn chorus’s percussion section…
How to make a woodland edge garden for wildlife
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Wildlife volunteers celebrated at festive event
Trust volunteers received recognition and thanks for all their support, during a festive celebration event hosted in Durham.
Sustainable charcoal, crafted in the Low Barns woodland.
For more than two decades, the team at Low Barns Nature Reserve has been making sustainable, locally-sourced charcoal, turning surplus woodland timber into a low‑impact product that supports…
Coppicing – a part of our heritage and good woodland management
Coppicing is a traditional woodland management technique. In this blog, Reserves Manager, Andy Wadds, explains what it is and why we use coppicing in our nature reserves.
A peaceful time to watch wildlife
The peace and quiet created by the reduction in traffic allows us to really savour nature’s spring chorus.
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.
Woodlark
The secretive woodlark can be hard to spot. It nests on the ground on our southern heathlands and uses scattered trees and woodland edges for lookout posts.
Farming with wildlife
Our friends at Jordans tell you a bit more about how they welcome wildlife on their farms, with the help of The Wildlife Trusts.