Wildlife Watch at Low Barns
If your child cares about nature, loves exploring wild places, learning all about wildlife and making new friends, then Watch is for you!
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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers
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Winter wildlife at Low Barns
Low Barns nature reserve is just such a fantastic spot, whatever your cup of tea: be it a leg stretching walk, a laid-back stroll, a calming spell sitting in a hide with a flask and a camera or a…
Wildlife volunteers celebrated at festive event
Trust volunteers received recognition and thanks for all their support, during a festive celebration event hosted in Durham.
Wildlife Watch at Rainton Meadows
If your child cares about nature, loves exploring wild places, learning all about wildlife and making new friends, then Watch is for you!
Durham Wildlife Trust Great North Run 2025 Place
The perfect challenge for 2025. Grab yourself one of our charity Great North Run places and set your sights on that iconic finish line.
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.
Low Barns
One of the county's most important wildlife sites; with a visitor centre and a coffee shop
Low Barns Boardwalk
Unfortunately, the reedbed boardwalk at Low Barns Nature Reserve is closed and requires replacing. Plans for the work are underway.
Low Barns Visitor Centre
Low Barns nature reserve is located next to the River Wear near Witton le Wear. When you arrive at the site you are greeted by a series of old farm buildings, over the 50+ years of Durham Wildlife Trust’s management of the site, these old barns have been converted and adapted to become Low Barns Visitor Centre.
Boardwalk reopens at Low Barns
We are delighted to announce that the reedbed boardwalk at Low Barns Nature Reserve has now reopened.
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.