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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Jul 18

www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/news/2025/te...

Tees area awarded £649,000 Heritage Lottery funding to improve green spaces

REDCAR & Cleveland Borough Council, Middlesbrough Council, Stockton Borough Council and Tees Valley Wildlife Trust have welcomed the news announced today (Friday 18 July) that their bid for a £649,000...

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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Jul 8

We are out across our Nature Reserves this week, with risk of fires increasing in the warmer weather, we’d like to remind people that there are no fires or BBQs allowed on our nature reserve. Please behave responsibly. If you do see a fire or illegal activity please report it!

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · Jun 29

L: Terrestrial form of Brackish Water-crowfoot in dried-up pond on Coatham Marsh @teeswildlife.bsky.social reserve. R: Pink Water-speedwell with galls of the weevil Gymnetron villosulum, a beetle listed as Nationally Scarce but actually frequent where its host plant occurs.
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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Jun 26

Wow, what a find! Thanks for letting us know, and thanks to James for finding it 👍🏻

Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you Andrew, we have big plans for Coatham going forward!

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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Jun 8

Thank you @pwf3.bsky.social for sharing this wonderful picture

Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Jun 8

Another magnificent migrant! Whitethroats travel from Africa to spend summer in the UK, with the males arriving around 10 days earlier than the females in order to set up their territories

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pwf3.bsky.social @pwf3.bsky.social · Jun 8

Whitethroat Portract Marsh

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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Jun 8

Lovely picture!

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Andrew Wappat @andrewwappat.bsky.social · Jun 1

Great white egret, Coatham Marsh TWT NR. Still hunting today at 9am. #birds #ukbirding @teeswildlife.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Jun 1

Lovely picture Andrew!

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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · May 28

Thanks to Richard Leeson for these wonderful pictures

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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · May 28

Portrack Marsh SSSI is a great place to see Sand Martins throughout Summer before they head back to Africa in October

#sandmartins #wonderfulwetlands #birds #conservation #migration

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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · May 1

Love nature? Want to make a real difference in your local environment? Come and get stuck in with the Portrack Marsh Conservation Volunteers!

Meeting at 10:00 on the last Saturday of every month by the Portrack Marsh bench and 'Welcome to' sign

#conservation #volunteering #nature

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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Apr 24

Signs ups for #30dayswild are officially open.
Join thousands of nature lovers this June in exploring the wild with fun challenges, creative ideas and magical outdoor moments.
Its free to take part -so why not go wild with is sign up today!
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Chris S @macrodactyla.bsky.social · Apr 22

Chiffchaff, Fox Covert, Marske. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #ukbirding #nebirding

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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · Apr 22

Little Tern x21 on the beach this morning at Seaton Carew including new returnee blue DM - ringed locally in 2019.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · Apr 22

Wheatear x2 & Short-eared Owl on Seaton Common this morning.
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Damian Money @damianmoney.bsky.social · Apr 23

Oystercatcher and Ringed Plover from Redcar @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social #NEbirding

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mikesmallthatsa.bsky.social @mikesmallthatsa.bsky.social · Apr 23

Chiff-Chaff at Marske this morning. @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Damian Money @damianmoney.bsky.social · Apr 23

Kittiwakes at Cowbar @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #NEbirding

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Simon Stobart @sherburnsi.bsky.social · Apr 23

Sleeping Barn Owl on Teesside.
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Neil Simms @rns55.bsky.social · Apr 23

Good to see Sedge Warblers returning to Margrove ponds. Love their scratchy little song @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #birds

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Simon Stobart @sherburnsi.bsky.social · Apr 24

Gadwall in flight.
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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Apr 2

Tree planting season is over! 🌳
Thanks to the fantastic help of many volunteers, we planted an amazing 8132 trees this season! 🌱
This means that as part of Climate Action Middlesbrough we have planted 29,600 trees! 🥳
A big thanks to everyone who helped us!
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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust @teeswildlife.bsky.social · Mar 26

Signs of Spring at Bowesfield, great day to be out and about exploring nature
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Dave Brown 🏄‍♂️💙🦆🌿 @supantics.bsky.social · Mar 26

1st frog spawn of the year at Bowesfield this am plus lovely Roe Deer doe
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