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Did you know that caterpillars can transform into moths or butterflies! Our colleagues from Castle Eden Dene National Nature Reserve, visited us yesterday and found this Burnet Moth caterpillar. They are commonly found in grasslands, woodland rides and sand dunes.

It was beautiful on the Reserve today, we climbed to the top of the dunes and were met with this view!
It was great to see so many people enjoying the fresh air and exercise with friends and family. We also chatted to those of you who connect with nature through bird watching.

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Thanks to Jo & Mark from the The Cleveland Naturalists' Field Club who joined us at North Gare this afternoon. We're looking forward to planning nature walks with them in June and July, and sharing about the natural history TeesmouthNNR. More info on these events coming soon!

Welcome to all our visitors at the Seal Sands bird hide. We're loving seeing all your posts on what was once a blank chalkboard. Now look at all the birds you're seeing on the intertidal mudflats! Thank you for visiting our nature reserve, keep on sharing!

Our volunteers have been busy collecting rubbish and plastic washed up by recent high tides. It's great to see all these items removed from the beach before they cause more damage to the marine environment. Thanks Chris, Emily & Mike (& CJ🐾) #saveourseas #beachclean #volunteers

Tees Rivers Trust were at North Gare last week planting seagrass. They're aiming to restore it to the Tees Estuary & surrounding coastline. Its a key part of carbon capture and makes a fantastic habitat.

This video was created by some of our younger volunteers, highlighting the importance of keeping dogs on a lead whilst in the NNR and other areas along the coast. ⁦Natural England NE⁩ ⁦LIFE WADER⁩ ⁦LIFE Programme⁩

Over the Easter holidays one of our volunteers Mike was at North Gare helping to keep our beach clean for our visitors and wildlife. Here he is being helped by kind members of public who wanted to help. Thanks everyone!

Photos courtesy of Mike Nixon
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The Seaton Carew Sea Swimmers from Hartlepool recently joined us at the Seal Sands to learn about the history of our seals at the Seal Sands. We were joined by the BDMLR Area Coordinator who also shared great facts on our colony of Common and Grey Seals. bdmlr.org.uk/what-to-do-if

Planting day! A great morning planting seagrass at North Gare beach. Big thank you to our volunteers and other helpers for getting very muddy and getting rather damp towards the end with us 🌧️
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To celebrate our seals on International Seal Day in March we organised a seal watch and everyone enjoyed learning more about these amazing 'pinnipeds'. Did you know we have Common and Grey Seals at the Seal Sands!

We recently caught up with DurhamWildlifeTrust/ExploreSeaScapes for a Coastal Bird Walk at North Gare beach. In 2 hours we saw 18 species of birds! Please give these birds the space they need to rest and keep your dogs on a lead to limit disturbance. Photos courtesy of Richard Cowan.

Dream job alert! Would you like to spend the summer helping the endangered shorebirds of Northumberland? 🐦‍⬛🪶 Then look no further! bit.ly/4cgSjPw ⁦⁦Natural England NE Lindisfarne NNR Space for Shorebirds Northumberland Coast Care North Please RT to spread the word, thank you 🤗

Did you know North Gare and Seal Sands are both part of the Teesmouth National Nature Reserve? Managed by Natural England this covers over 350 hectares of dunes, grazing marsh and one of the largest areas of intertidal mudflats on the north-east coast!

After a well earned Christmas break our volunteers were back at Teesmouth NNR this week. One of our regular volunteers Chris did a great job at removing some of the rubbish from the beach which had been washed up over the holidays. That's a lot of lobster pots!