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New volunteering groups for Gateshead volunteers
Green Connections sessions will bring people together to help wildlife in the Gateshead area
Discover nature's sights and sounds - the Gateshead walkabout
Healing Nature Community Engagement Officer, Rachel Richards, takes you on her morning walk through our wonderful sites in Gateshead, documenting the sights and sounds of all the birdlife, and the…
Great scallop
Great scallops are found around much of the UK and are a favourite seafood for people and starfish alike!
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…
Great willowherb
A tall and hairy plant, Great willowherb displays pretty pink-and-cream flowers. It can be found in damp places, such as wet grasslands, ditches and riversides.
Outdoor Yoga at Rainton Meadows through all the seasons - barmy or bliss!
Rainton Meadows Wild Yoga instructor, Roy Moor, explains how to enjoy outdoor yoga throughout the seasons in this blog.
Great skua
A fierce pirate of the sea, the great skua is renowned for stealing fish from other seabirds and dive-bombing anyone that comes near its nests. It breeds on the Scottish Isles.
Great burnet
The egg-shaped, crimson flower heads of Great burnet give this plant the look of a lollipop! It can be found on floodplain meadows - a declining habitat which is under serious threat.
Great mullein
Great mullein is an impressive, tall plant of waste ground, roadside verges and gardens. Its candle-like flower spikes rise from rosettes of furry, silver-green leaves.
Great reedmace
Great reedmace is familiar to many of us as the archetypal 'bulrush'. Look for its tall stems, sausage-like, brown flower heads and green, flat leaves at the water's edge in our…
The Swans of Hetton Lyons - a photographic journey
Healing Nature Digital Officer, Alex Permain, takes you on a photographic safari around one of our project sites, Hetton Lyons. He explains how you can engage with nature through this digital…