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Starry, starry night Galloway Forest Park is now officially the first Dark Sky Park in the United Kingdom. And although it’s a hop, skip and jump away from the north east of England we thought you would want to share in the celebrations and have a look at what most people are missing because of light pollution. The prestigious award, announced by the International Dark Sky
[...click on headline to read full story] The Annual Tom Dunn Lecture, one of the key events in the North East’s wildlife calendar, is to take place in Durham Town Hall in Market Square, on November 10. The guest speaker is Dr Anne Borland, Reader in Molecular Plant Physiology at the School of Biology at Newcastle University and Director of Moorbank Botanic Garden. Her lecture ‘A perfect storm’ takes the theme of the many threats facing biodiversity on a local and global scale and asks
[...click on headline to read full story] A County Durham couple have stepped forward to help the region’s threatened woodland birds.
Janice and Michael Baker, whose son Matt Baker presents BBC TV’s Countryfile, have shown that a love of the environment runs deep in the family by pledging to improve an 8 hectare (20 acre) ancient wood on their organic sheep farm near Tow Law for species like Pied Flycatcher and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Visitors to the region’s newest museum are getting closer to a wide range of Northumbrian nature with the help of a £20,000 grant from a local developer.
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums has used the funding from the Banks Group, via its Banks Community Fund, to pay for electronic interactive equipment in four learning areas which are built to resemble wildlife observation hides. The hides are now in use at the Natural Northumbria Gallery at the recently-opened Great North Museum:Hancock – and they
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Kate Humble Television presenter Kate Humble has been elected as the new president of the RSPB. The organisation is confident Kate’s infectious enthusiasm for wildlife and wild places will inspire millions of people to get closer to nature. She is only the second female President since the RSPB was founded in 1889 – the
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Woodlands on the Weardale Estate, between Stanhope and Alston, are set for a back to nature make-over. The Forestry Commission is supporting a `back to nature’ plan in Weardale which will see thousands of native trees take root and
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Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene). Photo: James Lindsey at Ecology of Commanster – Click photo to enlarge. Durham Wildlife Trust and Northumbrian Water have launched a new project to protect rare species in the face of climate change, starting with County Durham‘s rarest butterfly. At
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Male Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) – Photo courtesy André Karwath. Click to enlarge… Used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License One of the UK’s rarest types of wildlife habitat will be expanded following
[...click on headline to read full story]  Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve and Joe’s Pond near Houghton-le-Spring has shown itself to be at the top of the class for educational visits by being awarded a Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge.
The Quality Badge scheme combines for the first time learning and safety into one easily recognisable badge for all organisations providing learning outside the classroom experiences. Durham Wildlife Trust Director Jim Cokill said: “Being awarded the Quality Badge is a real coup for
[...click on headline to read full story] Durham Wildlife Trust now hosts parties for children and young people from 3-13 years old at Rainton Meadows.
The parties include pond dipping, mini beast hunts, bird watching, themed games and activities, party food, birthday cake, and goodie bags. Parties can last an hour or two or be a whole day of wildlife activities. The minimum number of children is six, with a maximum of 24, and there must be at least one adult with every six children. For more information, and details of the
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