Spring squill
Spring squill is a small, star-shaped purple-blue flower found on coastal grasslands.
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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers
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Signs of Spring
We want to help you discover and explore the wildlife in your gardens, neighbourhoods and green spaces.
Five Wild Walks to try this Spring
Take a walk on the wild side this spring at one of our nature reserves.
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…
Spring Wildlife Gardening Guide
Sign up to a wildly different inbox and receive your free wildlife gardening guide, from Durham Wildlife Trust
Upland spring, flush and fen
These tiny habitats, the source of our streams and rivers, are fundamental to the well-being of whole water catchments.
Tune into Nature’s spring playlist and help researchers track songbirds
A new project, Nature’s Audio, is inviting people to tune into nature’s amazing spring playlist and help researchers track the variety and distribution of garden birds through the songs they sing…
Toddling through spring with muddy wellies
Our pre-schoolers were back out at Low Barns Nature Reserve in April, enjoying a Muddy Wellies walk and some wildlife spotting.
How to build a mini stone wall
Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife.
How to create a mini pond
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts. Any pond can become a feeding ground for birds, hedgehogs and bats – the best…
Pet owners urged to help keep wildlife and livestock safe this spring
The Wildlife Trusts ask public to keep dogs on leads to protect nature
How to grow a wild patch or mini meadow
Whether it's a flowerpot, flowerbed, wild patch in your lawn, or entire meadow, planting wildflowers provides vital resources to support a wide range of insects that couldn't survive in…