Past events and organisation details

Please see details below of our past talks and walks, which includes contact details. If you require futher information, please get in touch. Our contact details are on the home page.

Butterfly Conservation

Our first meeting of the year was an illustrated talk on Butterfly Conservation by Dr David Wainwright. David has been involved in saving butterflies, moths and their habitats for many years working both strategically as well as with numerous practical projects relating to individual species.

You can find out about the work of Butterfly Conservation in the Northeast at their website: https://butterfly-conservation.org/in-your-area/north-east-england-branch

Details of butterfly and moth recording schemes in the Northeast are at:

http://www.northeast-butterflies.org.uk/recording.html

You can contact the Northeast branch at their website at:

Butterfly Conservation - North East Branch - Contact details (northeast-butterflies.org.uk)

Badger talk

We had a talk on the State of the Badger Project which aimed to determine, nationally, how many badgers remain following the cull. Victoria, the Badger Trusts Research Coordinator told us about the study project areas for setts, habitat signs and data collected.

You can find out how to get involved locally with helping badgers on the Durham County Badger Group's website: Durham County Badger Group

Occasionally the website has technical issues and if you don't receive a pretty quick response please let the Secretary know on johnsonlesley333@gmail.com  Lesley Johnson - Secretary & Planning Officer - 07963818252  or the Chairman Paul Truby (paul.truby@icloud.com). Phone Paul Truby  07868 522154.E-mail: durhamcountybadgers@gmail.org.uk

Adders

North Pennines Landscape conservation officers talked to us about a project called 'Adders Up' and how to look for signs of this shy and mysterious creature. We then had a walk in Ashes Quarry to look for Adders. Unfortunatley, we did not see any but there are details below where you can find out more about the project and how you can get involved, as well as the upcoming events.

Adders Up – North Pennines National Landscape

Upcoming Events – North Pennines National Landscape

Low Barnes Nature Reserve

We joined the Lanchester Wildlife Group for a walk around Low Barns Nature Reserve. Carol lead us around the reserve, visiting hides and the newly re-opened reedbed boardwalk. We saw some very interesting insects and heard (sometimes saw) unusual birds. The reserve is run by the Durham Wildlife Trust. You can visit the website below and the volunteer page, which tells you how to get involved. The reserve is worth a visit and the Durham Wildlife Group has many other reserves, so it may be worth becoming a member.

Low Barns | Durham (durhamwt.com)

Get Involved | Durham (durhamwt.com)

Carol Inskipp took the photos at Low Barnes Nature Reserve, which can be seen in our photo gallery.

Wear Rivers Trust

You can find out about the work of the Wear Rivers Trust by following the links below and there are opportunities to get involved as a volunteer with any of the following projects:

Tree planting

Balsam bashing

Electro-fishing

Natural Flood Management

Erosion Repairs

Wear Rivers Trust (wear-rivers-trust.org.uk)

Get Involved – Wear Rivers Trust (wear-rivers-trust.org.uk)