A major nature recovery project to reverse the decline of habitats on the Northumberland Coast. Led by @NaturalEngland & funded by @Lifeprogramme
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May 27
New @TForumlearning Education Pack is now available for KS2 & Second Level learners: packed with activities on river wildlife, trees, plants, pollution, flooding and local heritage.
Download @DestTweedUK today!
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ALT Photo credit Phil Wilkinson
ALT Photo credit Phil Wilkinson
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May 18
Celebrating 95,000 trees planted by @tweed_forum hitting project target 64ha native riparian woodlands to improve water quality of the River Tweed buffering 8km of watercourse. Thanks Keith, Treeline Scotland @ForestryLS @LIFEprogramme #RiparianWoodlands #Ecologicalrestoration
ALT tree saplings planted in the riparian zone
ALT Keith of Treeline Woodlands Ltd planting the last tree
ALT View of a sapling down the tree tube
ALT AI generated image of what the area might look like once the tree are grown in
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Feb 2
World Wetlands Day #WWD2026 celebrating the impact of small wet areas in the landscape. With Haywood Contracting we constructed 15 settlement ponds around Budle Bay, Northumberland @lindisfarnennr to capture excess nutrients before they enter the bay
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5 Dec 2025
Watch our 4-minute film youtu.be/SgTmobee-BU showing scientists from @NE_Northumbria and @newcastlemarine piloting habitat-sensitive methods for removing macro algal mats from the intertidal area of Budle Bay @lindisfarnennr @LIFEprogramme #Natura2000
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26 Nov 2025
In #NationalTreeWeek we celebrate > 42,000 native broadleaf trees planted by @tweed_forum along the River Tweed to buffer diffuse agricultural pollution & improve water quality - 49,000 more to go! #ScottishForestry #Forestrygrantscheme @LIFEprogramme #Natura2000
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13 Nov 2025
Today @lindisfarne_nnr welcomed Utrecht University to the Lindisfarne coast where they have been modelling sea level rise scenarios as part of a @Belmont_Forum Climate Change project alongside @newcastlemarine @clare_fitz @lifeprogramme #natura2000 @NE_Northumbria
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11 Nov 2025
Team @newcastlemarine Networking and Replicating our early response toolkit for detecting marine Invasive Species in the North Sea with @Havforskningen and @NIVAforskning @LIFEprogramme #Natura2000 #INNS
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9 Oct 2025
Fantastic day looking at amazing contributions citizen scientists make to our work on water quality & invasive species. Thank you Coquet River Action Group & Greener Berwick @EnvAgencyYNE @NE_Northumbria @tweed_forum @TyneRiversTrust @LIFEprogramme & Catchment Sensitive Farming
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12 Sep 2025
Scientists from @NE_Northumbria @newcastlemarine & @EnvAgencyYNE have been piloting different habitat-sensitive methods for removing ~2.6t macro algal mats from the intertidal area of Budle Bay @lindisfarne_nnr. Thanks to Sam Coates and crew from SCS East Anglia @LIFEprogramme
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6 Jun 2025
It's #NationalVolunteersWeek! We're celebrating all our wonderful @lindisfarne_nnr volunteers who play a vital role in supporting wildlife on the #northumberlandcoast @LIFEprogramme @NE_Northumbria 🐦🦭🌊 bit.ly/4dRxn2E
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LIFE WADER retweeted
3 Jun 2025
Work starts on major nature restoration scheme for special Northumberland river. In The Journal today, @NE_Northumbria @NorthWildlife @Mike_Pratt_NWT @EnvAgencyYNE @tweed_forum @_Northumberland @LifeWader
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LIFE WADER retweeted
6 Jun 2025
Coaxing Northumberland river off the straight and narrow. @NE_Northumbria @EnvAgencyYNE @tweed_forum @NlandNP @NorthWildlife @Mike_Pratt_NWT culturednortheast.co.uk/p/ri…
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4 Jun 2025
Breaking nature news! One of the largest river restoration projects in the UK has commenced in the Breamish Valley, Northumberland. Reinstating the meandering system - the project will bring huge benefits for wildlife, ecology and man bit.ly/4jBJX7p @LIFEprogramme 🌊
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16 May 2025
Managing invasive species is vital to protecting our environment. It's also important to record and share INNS management data as well as sitings, to support all of our efforts to tackle INNS effectively. Use innsmapper.org to record management activity. @InvasivesSp
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15 May 2025
Be plant wise! - Planning on picking some wild garlic this spring? make sure you pick the right one or you could accidentally spread invasive non-native plants in our woodlands @InvasiveSp @ecology_ncl @NE_Northumbria @tweed_forum @EnvAgencyYNE @LIFEprogramme #INNSweek
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14 May 2025
Be Plant Wise! - Invasive plant removal in action today at Druridge Bay, Northumberland with @coast_care @ecology_ncl @InvasiveSp @LIFEprogramme
#INNSweek
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14 May 2025
The Northumberland dunes are a rare and important habitat for many plants and animals. LIFE WADER is working to protect this ecosystem from the impacts of invasive non-native plants @InvasiveSp @NE_Northumbria @NorthWildlife @coast_care @LIFEprogramme #INNSweek
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13 May 2025
We're asking everyone that spends time on or in the water to Check-Clean-Dry boats, clothing, footwear and equipment after use to keep them free of invasive non-native species nonnativespecies.org/what-ca… #INNSweek @newcastlemarine @EnvAgencyYNE @tweed_forum @NE_Northumbria
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13 May 2025
Help us to control invasive non-native plants like pirri-pirri along the Northumberland coast – please check your clothing and dog’s fur to make sure you’re not spreading plant material. @InvasiveSp @LIFEprogramme #INNSweek @lindisfarne_nnr
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12 May 2025
Invasive non-native species damage our environment. Across the Northumberland coastline we are managing harmful species to protect our native biodiversity To learn more vist visitwww.lifewader.co.uk/inv… @InvasiveSp @LIFEprogramme #INNSweek
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