News

Northumbrian Water Ouseburn improvements due to start earlier than planned.

Work on the £6m storm overflow project for the Ouse Burn is now expected to begin this autumn, as part of Northumbrian Water’s wider commitment...

Project Update: Nature Recovery in the Ouse Burn

Over spring and summer, I’ve been working with the Project Board and local partners to pull together a joined-up approach to nature recovery across the...

A new species of butterfly for Newcastle!

On Saturday 15th August, a Brown Argus butterfly was spotted in the new City Stadium wildflower meadows during a seed collection session. The meadows were...

New Ouse Burn Naturalist Builds on Strong Foundations

With continued support from the Reece Foundation, the Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN), has appointed James Common as the new Ouse Burn Naturalist, building...

A busy few months for Ouse Burn Way and NHSN

It has been another fantastic few months of activity across Ouse Burn Way, with the Northumberland and Newcastle Society (NHSN) delivering a packed programme of...

Big Bat BioBlitz records six species along the Ouse Burn

In May, 152 people simultaneously set out in 8 groups across the Ouse Burn Way to discover the bats using this important urban wildlife corridor....