A robin on a seed feeder. Text reads 'Brotton Bird Buddies'.

Brotton Bird Buddies Battles Isolation

The Brotton Bird Buddies project came about during the last year of lockdowns. It successfully managed to combat social isolation while also being of benefit to wildlife. Feeding garden birds is a great way for people to get up close with wildlife in their area. Funding was provided by the Tees Valley Nature Partnership,...

Two male stag beetles, with their great jaws raised, face up to each other on a branch. They will fight for females and territory using their antler-like jaws. Text reads 'Bring Back our Beetles'.

Bring Back Our Beetles

Bring Back Our Beetles is part of the Wild About Gardens campaign. We are calling all gardeners to make better habitat for our wonderful species of beetle. Not all are as imposing as the stag beetle (Lucanus cervus), which is our largest beetle (it is also the largest European beetle) with males measuring up...