NHSN
@nenature.bsky.social
Inspiring wonder in the natural world, from the Tees to the Tweed, since 1829. Visit us at #GosforthNatureReserve or Great North Museum: Hancock.
https://www.nhsn.org.uk/
📧 nhsn@ncl.ac.uk
https://www.nhsn.org.uk/
📧 nhsn@ncl.ac.uk
Coming up next week at NHSN's Winter Talks
Impacts of Heavy Metal Pollution on the Common Frog, Tom Childs, Newcastle University🐸
Championing Northumbria’s Bats, Nicola Faulks, Northumberland Bat Group🦇
📍Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University. Doors open 6pm, talks start 18:29
Impacts of Heavy Metal Pollution on the Common Frog, Tom Childs, Newcastle University🐸
Championing Northumbria’s Bats, Nicola Faulks, Northumberland Bat Group🦇
📍Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University. Doors open 6pm, talks start 18:29
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Coming up next week at NHSN's Winter Talks
Impacts of Heavy Metal Pollution on the Common Frog, Tom Childs, Newcastle University🐸
Championing Northumbria’s Bats, Nicola Faulks, Northumberland Bat Group🦇
📍Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University. Doors open 6pm, talks start 18:29
Impacts of Heavy Metal Pollution on the Common Frog, Tom Childs, Newcastle University🐸
Championing Northumbria’s Bats, Nicola Faulks, Northumberland Bat Group🦇
📍Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University. Doors open 6pm, talks start 18:29
Now is the perfect time to get out and about and discover the fanartic array of fungi there is to see in woodlands.🍄
Join beginners and enthusiasts alike for a session spotting woodland fungi.
Book your place today!👇
ow.ly/9EOZ50XkNsQ
ow.ly/wlCI50XkNsO
Join beginners and enthusiasts alike for a session spotting woodland fungi.
Book your place today!👇
ow.ly/9EOZ50XkNsQ
ow.ly/wlCI50XkNsO
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Now is the perfect time to get out and about and discover the fanartic array of fungi there is to see in woodlands.🍄
Join beginners and enthusiasts alike for a session spotting woodland fungi.
Book your place today!👇
ow.ly/9EOZ50XkNsQ
ow.ly/wlCI50XkNsO
Join beginners and enthusiasts alike for a session spotting woodland fungi.
Book your place today!👇
ow.ly/9EOZ50XkNsQ
ow.ly/wlCI50XkNsO
Coming up next week at NHSN's Winter Talks
Rewilding in Northumberland, with Lucy Ingham, Northumberland Wildlife Trust🦌
Wallington Beavers, with Helen McDonald, National Trust🦫
📍Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University. Doors open 6pm, talks start at 18:29👏
Rewilding in Northumberland, with Lucy Ingham, Northumberland Wildlife Trust🦌
Wallington Beavers, with Helen McDonald, National Trust🦫
📍Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University. Doors open 6pm, talks start at 18:29👏
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Coming up next week at NHSN's Winter Talks
Rewilding in Northumberland, with Lucy Ingham, Northumberland Wildlife Trust🦌
Wallington Beavers, with Helen McDonald, National Trust🦫
📍Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University. Doors open 6pm, talks start at 18:29👏
Rewilding in Northumberland, with Lucy Ingham, Northumberland Wildlife Trust🦌
Wallington Beavers, with Helen McDonald, National Trust🦫
📍Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University. Doors open 6pm, talks start at 18:29👏
New on the blog: our library and archive volunteer Alan takes a tour through some of the strange and fabulous stuff he's recently found in just one small corner of our North East Nature Archive www.nhsn.org.uk/an-embarrass...
An embarrassment of riches
Library and archive volunteer Alan Hart explores some of the wild and wonderful treasures to be found in a bundle of correspondence from the North East Nature Archive I have just completed transcripti...
www.nhsn.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New on the blog: our library and archive volunteer Alan takes a tour through some of the strange and fabulous stuff he's recently found in just one small corner of our North East Nature Archive www.nhsn.org.uk/an-embarrass...
Reposted by NHSN
A colourful display of #waxcaps on today's @nenature.bsky.social fungi foray. Scarlet, Parrot, Butter, Blackening and Golden were recognisable, but several others, not so much! 🍄
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A colourful display of #waxcaps on today's @nenature.bsky.social fungi foray. Scarlet, Parrot, Butter, Blackening and Golden were recognisable, but several others, not so much! 🍄
Reposted by NHSN
The lads at @neheritagelib.bsky.social do excellent work and I'm very chuffed to be representing @nenature.bsky.social in this year's NE History Compendium
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The lads at @neheritagelib.bsky.social do excellent work and I'm very chuffed to be representing @nenature.bsky.social in this year's NE History Compendium
We really enjoyed hearing from Grant about his Space Penguins last night! Check out our forthcoming program of Monday Night Talks here: www.nhsn.org.uk/wp-content/u...
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We really enjoyed hearing from Grant about his Space Penguins last night! Check out our forthcoming program of Monday Night Talks here: www.nhsn.org.uk/wp-content/u...
We really love this moving blog from our fantastic volunteer Julia, about the life and work of the pioneering North-east bryologist and moss maven Evelyn Lobley: www.nhsn.org.uk/evelyn-m-lob...
Evelyn M. Lobley: Champion of the small, but mighty, mosses
Library and Archive volunteer Julia Rand explores the life and legacy of one of the North East's most influential bryologists Evelyn Lobley, undated photograph Evelyn Lobley (1902 – 1977) was a local ...
www.nhsn.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We really love this moving blog from our fantastic volunteer Julia, about the life and work of the pioneering North-east bryologist and moss maven Evelyn Lobley: www.nhsn.org.uk/evelyn-m-lob...
Did you know that Great North Museum: Hancock once had its own live condor? Us neither, until our brilliant volunteer Julia found it in our Society Transactions: www.nhsn.org.uk/that-condor-...
That Condor Moment
NHSN library and archive volunteer Julia Black explores the life and legacy of the Hancock Museum's very own condor While preparing the Summary for one of the recently digitised NHSN Transactions, I w...
www.nhsn.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Did you know that Great North Museum: Hancock once had its own live condor? Us neither, until our brilliant volunteer Julia found it in our Society Transactions: www.nhsn.org.uk/that-condor-...
It's #GiftAidAwarenessDay and we want to say a massive thank you to all of our members who #TickTheBox!
When you #TickTheBox, we can claim an extra 25p on every £1 donated! It has never been more important to #TickTheBox.
Please refer to our Gift Aid FAQs at www.nhsn.org.uk/gift-aid-faq/
When you #TickTheBox, we can claim an extra 25p on every £1 donated! It has never been more important to #TickTheBox.
Please refer to our Gift Aid FAQs at www.nhsn.org.uk/gift-aid-faq/
October 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's #GiftAidAwarenessDay and we want to say a massive thank you to all of our members who #TickTheBox!
When you #TickTheBox, we can claim an extra 25p on every £1 donated! It has never been more important to #TickTheBox.
Please refer to our Gift Aid FAQs at www.nhsn.org.uk/gift-aid-faq/
When you #TickTheBox, we can claim an extra 25p on every £1 donated! It has never been more important to #TickTheBox.
Please refer to our Gift Aid FAQs at www.nhsn.org.uk/gift-aid-faq/
Due to a last-minute cancellation, we now have one space available on our Introduction to Creative Nature Journaling with Steve Pardue.
Be inspired by the treasures of NHSN's North East Nature Archive and discover new ways to connect with nature through art.
Book here: https://ow.ly/i5rW50X3rEP
Be inspired by the treasures of NHSN's North East Nature Archive and discover new ways to connect with nature through art.
Book here: https://ow.ly/i5rW50X3rEP
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Due to a last-minute cancellation, we now have one space available on our Introduction to Creative Nature Journaling with Steve Pardue.
Be inspired by the treasures of NHSN's North East Nature Archive and discover new ways to connect with nature through art.
Book here: https://ow.ly/i5rW50X3rEP
Be inspired by the treasures of NHSN's North East Nature Archive and discover new ways to connect with nature through art.
Book here: https://ow.ly/i5rW50X3rEP
Your photos of the week are here!🍄
Enjoy autumnal delights of...🍂
Snipe © Brian Rutter
Small Staghorn © Les Allan
Honey Fungus © Les Allan
Fox Moth catepillar © Peter Fawcett
If you would like to share any of your photos, get in touch via nhsn@ncl.ac.uk
Enjoy autumnal delights of...🍂
Snipe © Brian Rutter
Small Staghorn © Les Allan
Honey Fungus © Les Allan
Fox Moth catepillar © Peter Fawcett
If you would like to share any of your photos, get in touch via nhsn@ncl.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Your photos of the week are here!🍄
Enjoy autumnal delights of...🍂
Snipe © Brian Rutter
Small Staghorn © Les Allan
Honey Fungus © Les Allan
Fox Moth catepillar © Peter Fawcett
If you would like to share any of your photos, get in touch via nhsn@ncl.ac.uk
Enjoy autumnal delights of...🍂
Snipe © Brian Rutter
Small Staghorn © Les Allan
Honey Fungus © Les Allan
Fox Moth catepillar © Peter Fawcett
If you would like to share any of your photos, get in touch via nhsn@ncl.ac.uk
New on the blog - Sandra Bishop writes about an Arctic journey to Svalbard undertaken by the Newcastle explorer, hunter and naturalist Abel Chapman, from our Transactions: www.nhsn.org.uk/from-north-s...
From North Shields to the Frozen North: A Victorian Adventure
Sandra Bishop explores a tale of travels in the High Arctic from the NHSN's Transaction In the summer of 1881, thirty-year-old Abel Chapman set sail for Spitzbergen. It was a true Arctic adventure: si...
www.nhsn.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New on the blog - Sandra Bishop writes about an Arctic journey to Svalbard undertaken by the Newcastle explorer, hunter and naturalist Abel Chapman, from our Transactions: www.nhsn.org.uk/from-north-s...
A timeless shot of a Cormorant at #GosforthNatureReserve
Cormorants can be spotted in inland freshwater and along the coast.🌊
Did you know that although Cormorants are amazing divers, there feathers aren't actually waterproof?
📸Thank you to Ray Haldane for these wonderful photos.
Cormorants can be spotted in inland freshwater and along the coast.🌊
Did you know that although Cormorants are amazing divers, there feathers aren't actually waterproof?
📸Thank you to Ray Haldane for these wonderful photos.
September 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A timeless shot of a Cormorant at #GosforthNatureReserve
Cormorants can be spotted in inland freshwater and along the coast.🌊
Did you know that although Cormorants are amazing divers, there feathers aren't actually waterproof?
📸Thank you to Ray Haldane for these wonderful photos.
Cormorants can be spotted in inland freshwater and along the coast.🌊
Did you know that although Cormorants are amazing divers, there feathers aren't actually waterproof?
📸Thank you to Ray Haldane for these wonderful photos.
Reposted by NHSN
Join us on Tues 16 Sept as we talk to Mike Pratt, one of the North East's foremost conservationists.
His latest book explores how we might reconnect with nature in the face of ecological change and how human contact with the natural world can nurture our health and wellbeing.
bit.ly/45TYmZ4
His latest book explores how we might reconnect with nature in the face of ecological change and how human contact with the natural world can nurture our health and wellbeing.
bit.ly/45TYmZ4
Mike Pratt: Infinite Wonder - book talk
Mike Pratt in conversation about his new book 'Infinite Wonder: Loving Nature Back to Health' and career as an author and conservationist
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Join us on Tues 16 Sept as we talk to Mike Pratt, one of the North East's foremost conservationists.
His latest book explores how we might reconnect with nature in the face of ecological change and how human contact with the natural world can nurture our health and wellbeing.
bit.ly/45TYmZ4
His latest book explores how we might reconnect with nature in the face of ecological change and how human contact with the natural world can nurture our health and wellbeing.
bit.ly/45TYmZ4
As part of our #NaturesCure project, we've been inviting clients of the Angelou Centre in Newcastle to Gosforth Nature Reserve for guided walks and to talk about what nature means to them. Our heritage researcher Mel picks up the story: www.nhsn.org.uk/peace-friend...
Peace, friendship and stories of nature at Gosforth Nature Reserve
Nature’s Cure welcomes the women of the Angelou Centre In recent weeks the Nature’s Cure project has been so excited to welcome the Angelou Centre Walking Group. The Angelou Centre is in the West End
www.nhsn.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
As part of our #NaturesCure project, we've been inviting clients of the Angelou Centre in Newcastle to Gosforth Nature Reserve for guided walks and to talk about what nature means to them. Our heritage researcher Mel picks up the story: www.nhsn.org.uk/peace-friend...
Join us on Tues 16 Sept as we talk to Mike Pratt, one of the North East's foremost conservationists.
His latest book explores how we might reconnect with nature in the face of ecological change and how human contact with the natural world can nurture our health and wellbeing.
bit.ly/45TYmZ4
His latest book explores how we might reconnect with nature in the face of ecological change and how human contact with the natural world can nurture our health and wellbeing.
bit.ly/45TYmZ4
Mike Pratt: Infinite Wonder - book talk
Mike Pratt in conversation about his new book 'Infinite Wonder: Loving Nature Back to Health' and career as an author and conservationist
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Join us on Tues 16 Sept as we talk to Mike Pratt, one of the North East's foremost conservationists.
His latest book explores how we might reconnect with nature in the face of ecological change and how human contact with the natural world can nurture our health and wellbeing.
bit.ly/45TYmZ4
His latest book explores how we might reconnect with nature in the face of ecological change and how human contact with the natural world can nurture our health and wellbeing.
bit.ly/45TYmZ4
Have you ever wanted to do historical research, but not been sure how to go about it? Join our heritage researchers @rach-anderson.bsky.social and @petermitchellnhsn.bsky.social in Oct for a specially curated course on finding your way through the archival maze: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introdu...
An Introduction to Archive Research Skills
Join Heritage Researchers Dr Peter Mitchell and Dr Rachel Anderson for a practical, two-part course on mastering archival research skills.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Have you ever wanted to do historical research, but not been sure how to go about it? Join our heritage researchers @rach-anderson.bsky.social and @petermitchellnhsn.bsky.social in Oct for a specially curated course on finding your way through the archival maze: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introdu...
On 16 September, we're really looking forward to hosting Mike Pratt of @northwildlife.bsky.social for a talk about his life and career in North East nature - and a reading from his new book! Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mike-pratt...
Mike Pratt: Infinite Wonder - book talk
Mike Pratt in conversation about his new book 'Infinite Wonder: Loving Nature Back to Health' and career as an author and conservationist
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
On 16 September, we're really looking forward to hosting Mike Pratt of @northwildlife.bsky.social for a talk about his life and career in North East nature - and a reading from his new book! Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mike-pratt...
Today's new book at the NHSN office: Exmoor (Collins New Naturalist series no.150) by Flemming Ulf-Hansen. To go in our complete collection of New Naturalists!
August 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Today's new book at the NHSN office: Exmoor (Collins New Naturalist series no.150) by Flemming Ulf-Hansen. To go in our complete collection of New Naturalists!
We at NHSN are very sad to note the passing of Angus Lunn MBE. We've tried to pay tribute here to his incredible life and career as an educator, naturalist and conservationist, and to everything he did for nature in the North East: www.nhsn.org.uk/remembering-...
Remembering Angus Lunn
The Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN) is deeply saddened to learn of the death of naturalist, conservationist, and former Trustee, Angus Lunn MBE.
www.nhsn.org.uk
August 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We at NHSN are very sad to note the passing of Angus Lunn MBE. We've tried to pay tribute here to his incredible life and career as an educator, naturalist and conservationist, and to everything he did for nature in the North East: www.nhsn.org.uk/remembering-...
Reposted by NHSN
Ever wondered what the inside of a tree sounds like? This and other mysteries are part of our new blog on nature workshops and community: www.nhsn.org.uk/natures-cure...
Nature's Cure: a day out in Gosforth Nature Reserve
Exploring how nature shapes our lives with a group of North East asylum seekers and refugees Photo: Simone J. Rudolphi. As part of our Nature’s Cure project, we’ve been working with local communities ...
www.nhsn.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ever wondered what the inside of a tree sounds like? This and other mysteries are part of our new blog on nature workshops and community: www.nhsn.org.uk/natures-cure...