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…
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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers
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Wildlife Gardening in Winter
Some interesting and useful advice for anyone with a wildlife garden – or indeed anyone thinking about making their garden more wildlife friendly for the first time.
Hibernation – wildlife’s winter survival strategy
The Wildlife Trusts’ youth activism manager, Arran Wilson, draws on his background as a lecturer in zoology to explore what exactly hibernation is, and which animals rely on it to get through…
Too wintery for the winter waders
On Saturday, 21 January, some of our intrepid members braved the minus 4 degrees Celsius chill and ventured out early to Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve for our fully booked 'Winter Wading…
Surviving Winter
Surviving Winter is an online Wild@Home educational activity pack from Durham Wildlife Trust that will teach all about how wild animals prepare for colder weather.
Winter moth
One of the few moths that fly in winter, often seen in car headlights.
Surviving winter, a water vole’s guide.
From choosing their territory wisely, to building up a food store, find out how water voles prepare for winter - by Emily Marshall
Winter birdwatching: it’s a shore thing
As the seasons change and the days grow colder, damper and darker, there’s still plenty of wildlife at the coast to brighten up a winter wander. In fact, now is a brilliant time to go birdwatching…
Banish the winter blues with Durham Wildlife Trust’s 12 Days Wild challenge!
Go wild this winter and sign up for some festive fun to help nature
‘Recycle’ your Winter Fuel Payment
Donate your winter fuel payment to Durham Wildlife Trust and help to offset your carbon and fuel usage throughout the year by doing wonderful things for wildlife.
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!
What to see and where over winter
Shorter days and colder temperatures trigger changes - spring and summer migrant birds have flown with their young to warmer climates, mammals go to earth, and insects take shelter to await the…