The great crested newt has had a really hard time over the last century. This began with the loss of farm ponds that were no longer needed for watering livestock or other farming operations. Newts moved to industrial ponds within brickworks, tilery ponds, gravel pits and water storage reservoirs at airfields and mines. By...
By Emily Marshall – Naturally Native Project Officer for NWT With autumn just around the corner, we are now entering the American mink dispersal season. American mink are an invasive non-native species which can decimate local water vole populations as well as being a problem for other animals like fish and ground nesting birds....
Dan van den Toorn, Reserves Manager, tells us about a project to create three mini meadows at the Batts, Dalton Piercy (near Hartlepool)....
Vic Fairbrother and Ken Hutchinson draw together their experiences in the field and studies of the ring ouzel, which occupies red-list conservation concern. ...