DurhamWildlifeTrust

📝 Full-time, fixed term for 1 year, £30,633 📍 Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve ⏰ Apply by 22 June 💻 Find out more: durhamwt.com/jobs 2/2

📢 Job alert, please share.😊 If you're a creative individual with a track record of developing impactful, data-driven marketing campaigns, we'd love to hear from you. 👉 Development Officer – Marketing (Maternity Cover) 1/2

@gpbwelsh Hi Gareth. Thanks for letting us know about this. When our teams witness such incidents we report them to the police using 101. We would encourage members of the public to do so too. Many thanks.

@durhamwildlife Need to do something about the idiots on off road motorbikes tearing round Hawthorn Dene most weekends

What we've seen recently at Hawthorn Dene. 🌼🍄‍🟫 Explore our nature reserves, from Tees to Tyne 👉 durhamwt.com/visit 📷 Jonathan Phillips

Have you heard?? Our free online wildflower course is now live! Take part to receive your bite-sized lessons into the world of magnesian limestone flora and fauna 🪻🌿 Sign up today or find out more at durhamwt.com/wildflower-cou…

⏰ Only one week to go until 30 Days Wild! Spend time with the family noticing wildlife, planting for pollinators, or just enjoying the wild in your local park or garden.🌿💚 Sign up today to receive your free activity pack 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild

Come along to a fun and family-friendly Moth ID session at Rainton Meadows - tomorrow from 10:00am 🦋 Learn how to identify different species of moth and the importance of moths as pollinators. Find out more below! 👇 durhamwt.com/events/2026-05…

Wildflowers to watch out for around our nature reserves. 🌸 📷Tim Davis

June is almost here. The light lingers a little longer. Bees are buzzing. The grass is growing wild again.🌿 This is your invitation to notice it. 💚 Sign up today and go #30DaysWild 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild

😍 Some recent snaps of Hedleyhope Fell Nature Reserve: one of the largest mid-altitude heathlands remaining in County Durham. This weekend looks great for getting out and exploring your nearby wild spaces. 😎👉 durhamwt.com/visit 📷 Paul Rodgers

Sign up to our online Wildflower Course - whether you are already a wildflower fanatic or just beginning your journey into the world of wildflowers 🌼🌿 Receive an email a day, each one filled with facts about a different type of plant! Find out more at durhamwt.com/wildflower-cou…

🚜 Nature-friendly farming supports wildlife, healthy soils, and thriving rural communities. With more than half of our region shaped by farmland, the way we manage these landscapes has a huge impact on the wildlife that calls them home. Learn more 👉 durhamwt.com/blog/nature-fr…

Listen out for the cat-like, 'kee-yaa' calls of the buzzard as it soars high over farmland and woodland. 📷 Enid Hoseason - Rainton Meadows Photography Group

Join us to support local nature restoration 💚 By becoming a member you could help us to manage over 50 nature reserves between the River Tees and River Tyne, restoring much-needed homes for wildlife at risk🌳🌼 Find out more today at durhamwt.com/join-durham-wi…

A lovely little wildlife snap captured this week at Low Barns Nature Reserve.😍 📷 Caitlin Elwin

By signing up you will receive a series of bite-sized lessons on how to identify a range of wildflowers PLUS where to find them and when to see them in flower 🔍 Find out more or sign up to receive your free lessons below: durhamwt.com/wildflower-cou…

Want to learn more about the wildflowers of our magnesian limestone grasslands? 🌼🌿 Sign up to our free online beginner’s course this summer! 👇durhamwt.com/wildflower-cou…

🐦 A wood sandpiper – this medium-sized wading bird has a fine straight bill, yellowish legs and a white stripe from the bill over the eye to the back of the neck. 📷 Thanks to Brian Howes for sharing this image: L: Temminck's stint and R: Wood sandpiper 2/2

Two rare passage migrant visitors to Rainton Meadows last week: 🐦 A temminck's stint - a tiny, migratory wader with yellow legs and a white chest. 1/2 📷 Brian Howes

Vintage crisp packets found on a recent litter pick. A reminder that what we drop lasts far longer than we think! 🚮 We run regular litter picks and beach cleans, you can join in and help us keep our precious wild spaces tidy 👉 durhamwt.com/events