Durham Countryside Service and Volunteers

28/05/2026

Celebrating in Wharton Park this afternoon in the beautiful community garden.💚🫶🐝🌱

National Children's Gardening Week

27/05/2026

We had such a lovely morning at our Wild Waldridge Walk.

Why not pop in and see us in Wharton Park tomorrow from 2pm or book onto our summer bioblitzes?

26/05/2026

What lovely school holiday weather. See you in the park on Thursday! Or on the Wild Waldridge Walk tomorrow (Wednesday) if you're coming...😎🦋🐞🌞🌻

Come along to Wharton Park on Thursday 28 May and drop into the community garden for a FREE event. Meet with park staff and the Friends of Wharton Park to learn more about wildlife-friendly gardening to celebrate National Childrens Gardening Week. Help to make bee houses and plant seeds to take home for plants that bees and people love.

Date: Thursday 28 May 2026
Time: 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Price: Free drop in workshop

22/05/2026

Surveying the birds on a morning with our coastal Ranger yesterday during our Up With The Larks event. Thank you to everyone who came and observed the Skylark's very showy flight and to our Ranger for explaining it all so well, particularly the 'Scrubstep' way to remember a birdcall. Thanks to Heritage Coast Partnership for joining us too. It was a marvellous morning. 🐦🐦
Thanks to S for the additional images.👍

21/05/2026

21/05/2026

Psst you still have time to book onto our FREE Wild Waldridge nature walk. Learn about habitats and biodiversity and maybe spot and hear a few of the very special things that live here.🌸🦋🐛🐞🐝🐦

Check out our events or scan for more information.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1627561918422632?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

20/05/2026

TOMORROW Thursday 21st May 8am, Blackhall Rocks Local Nature Reserve Up with the Larks! Skylark survey at Blackhall Rocks ALL WELCOME. Please DM to let us know you're coming.

19/05/2026

Here are our June Guided Walks for your diary...

14/05/2026

Please join us next Tuesday for another fascinating free walk and talk with our Rangers. Meeting behind Shotton Hub on the Railway Path at 1030am. Wildflower and Folklore Walk Shotton Colliery all welcome please book following the link, DM or email us at [email protected] 🌸🌼🪻

13/05/2026

Come and learn about the world of wildflowers tomorrow at the beautiful Local Nature Reserve. FREE please DM for details or follow the event link to book Wildflower and Folklore Walk Wingate Quarry 🪻🌼🌸

"No rain, no flowers", as the saying goes. Perhaps this wet weather means an abundance of wildflowers later in the year? Come and learn about them, improve your identification skills and hear tales of how they were used in days gone by on our Wildflowers and Folklore Walks this May. Free but booking required.

Wingate Quarry booking link:
https://events.durham.gov.uk/1/Home/Details/3090?eventDate=14-05-2026%2000%3A00

Shotton Colliery booking link: https://events.durham.gov.uk/1/Home/Details/3091?eventDate=19-05-2026%2000%3A00