Bishop’s Fen is a 20ha farmland site about 2km south of Bishop Middleham, County Durham. Lying on the floodplain of the River Skerne and is part of the ambitious Great North Fen vision. Durham…

A 61ha wet grassland site reclaimed from intensive agriculture. Lying just north-east of Newton Aycliffe between the A1 and the East Coast Main Line railway, Ricknall Carrs, is one of the historic…

A restored sand quarry, this site hosts a rich mosaic of habitats, and forms part of a wider ecological landscape with the nearby Durham Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Barlow Burn.

A reclaimed colliery site, this reserve has been extensively planted with alder and white poplar in the past. Sycamore, black poplar, silver birch, and broom have also naturally colonised,…