Thank you, Anna Kucharczyk, for sharing these lovely shots taken at Gosforth Nature Reserve 😍

Have you recently been to the reserve? We'd love to see your pictures 📸

Tag us and use #GosforthNatureReserve , or email them to [email protected]

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Small, yellow and sporting square spots, the 14-spot Ladybird is now on the move 🐞

Look out for this colourful insect now in parks, gardens and grasslands near you.

Spotted one? Share your #NELadybirdSpot sighting -> ow.ly/5Tjh50ROxTM 📸Chris Wren

Do you love inspiring others about North East nature? 🐝
NHSN have a great new job opportunity that might be the one for you! 🫵
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Ever heard of a Bryologist or a Pteridologist? 🤔

There are many different types of expert naturalists. Why not test a friend or family member and see if they can guess the subject area from the name 🦉🐬🌳

Download your own Nature Journal here: bitly.ws/3hmn8

What a fantastic day yesterday was NHSN for a training workshop with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art staff. Visitor experience staff upskilled with kittiwake expertise ahead of our Birds, Bees, Bikes and Trees launch day baltic.art/whats-on/AU-bi…

#DYK the Mother Shipton moth is named after Old Mother Shipton, a 16th-century Yorkshire witch?

Look closely at its patterned wings and you might just see the outline of the witch's face!

Fab to see this #GosforthsWildWeb sighting from Chris Barlow ow.ly/sL4q50ROxBu

Northumberland chosen for biggest 'wild forest' project in England. In The Journal today.
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Just chilling while waiting for nightfall :
A Tawny #Owl and its fledgling slumber in an ash tree near #Hexham #Northumberland
Such moments are so special!
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Here is Clare Freeman, Director of NHSN. Clare was one of our five speakers Tyneside Cinema (Gallery Screen; Great venue!) for our Northeast England Beached Bird Surveys Plastic Warriors event (Sunday 21 April 2024). Photographs by Cain Scrimgeour of Wild Intrigue. Outpost Pictures Poppy Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club

This week in our #GosforthsWildWeb diary

🌻Community group session with Coquet Trust
🦔 School sessions at Mountfield and Simonside Primary School
🥀 Urban Wildlife Walk at Hebburn Riverside Park - only a few tickets left ➡️ ow.ly/hCeT50RMVlW

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Saturday, 18 May 2024.
Lots of kittiwakes working at and sitting at nests along the Tyne Bridge (Newcastle-Gateshead; photo: today). Warm and dry weather & quaysides busy with visitors. With more than 1,000 bridge kittiwakes present the first chicks will be guaranteed quite soon.

Slow worms locked in an embrace, Northumberland NHSN

Beautiful land art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy, created this week by children at Mountfield Primary School. #GosforthsWildWeb is all about noticing and enjoying nature near you 🐛🌸🌈😊

Love #wildflowers ? If so, this could be the event for you!

Join friendly botanists on the lookout for summer flowers in #GosforthsWildWeb . Dasies, dead-nettles, perhaps even an orchid or two, there should be lots to see.

Find out more -> ow.ly/8r8I50RHV48 #botany

Keen to hear more about wildlife in #GosforthsWildWeb ? 🐝🔎

Join us at Gosforth Nature Reserve for a special event celebrating your sightings so far and discover the hidden treasures to be found across urban Newcastle.

Book your place -> ow.ly/U9yp50RHUYP

Out and about in #Newcastle this weekend? 👣🐝

Whatever you're up to, we'd love to hear about the wildlife you've been noticing across #GosforthsWildWeb .

Plants, insects, birds, even lichens, all wildlife counts. Join in and share your sightings ⬇️

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I sometimes wonder how we manage to get any butterflies or moths in my local woods, watching this long tailed tit pick off all the caterpillars like he was at an all you can eat buffet!
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Check out these wonderful shots taken by John Forbes on a recent visit to #GosforthNatureReserve 😍

A tranquil haven, waiting for you this weekend ✨

Plan your visit today ➡️ ow.ly/vjK450QqjZC

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Wildlife in #GosforthsWildWeb this week!

Enjoy just a few recent sightings shared over on iNaturalist 📱

Feeling inspired? Join in -> ow.ly/iIN050RHUQq

Thank you Richard, Pauline and Friends of Rising Sun Country Park for taking part! 🙏

Now is a fantastic time to look closer at the wonderful weeds growing in the cracks on your street.

Whilst out and about, why not use this handy #GosforthsWildWeb spotter sheet to help you identify those you see? ⭐

Download this guide and more ➡️ ow.ly/Cgj450R9bHi