Coast South Tyneside

05/11/2026

Despite a little drizzle, we had a lovely bird ringing demo session last Sunday with the fantastic Whitburn conservation group! 🐦‍⬛

These trained professionals showed us how to identify the birds, what takes place during the ringing process, and how ringing helps us understand our bird populations further!

Thank you to everyone who attended, and the fantastic ringing team who delivered the session! We look forward to a next one come spring, with additional wildlife activities to get involved in - keep your eyes peeled! 👀🐦‍⬛

02/11/2026

A little late Happy Halloween - wading bird style! 🎃

We had a fantastic afternoon last week getting a little spooky with our wading birding birds at The Word southtynesidelibraries

To our coastal birds we seem like a monster or a really scary ghost “oooooOoo 👻”, so instead of eating and sleeping these birds spend their time walking and flying away, reducing their energy to where they may not survive.

Through our games and fantastic witchy bird badges, we learnt together how we can help protect these wonderful birds by keeping the monsters and ghosts (us!) away, giving the birds space to feed, rest and thrive!🪶 🎃👻

27/07/2026

📢 Big shout out and huge thanks to the team at Nurdle who have worked across the weekend to support council teams with clean-up activity of spilled plastic pellets.

Protecting our coastline remains our priority and great progress is being made.

📆 The clean-up could take a long time due to tides changing. We will soon share information on how people can get involved with the clean-up. For now, we ask people not to handle the pellets. This is so we can monitor how much of the spill has been collected and how much is left to collect.

If you do inadvertently handle any nurdles, remember to wash your hands after, just as you would with any other items of debris you might handle on the beach.

23/07/2026

A positive update on the nurdle clean up progress along our coastline 🌊

27/06/2026

What a fantastic day we had at the Westoe Village Fair today – with the highest number of scores squeezed onto the bird feeding game board ever! 🐛

The sun was shining, and it was wonderful to see so many people out enjoying the performances and stalls. We loved chatting with members of the community about our local coastal wildlife, how they can support it, and ways to get more involved. 🌞

Thank you to everyone who came to say hello – we can’t wait to see you again! 💙

26/06/2026

A fantastic opportunity to learn more about the amazing plants growing all around us! 🌱🪻🌾🍀🌷🌸

Join James Common, Senior Naturalist at the Natural History Society of Northumbria and author of Urban Flora of Newcastle and North Tyneside, for engaging walks exploring the surprising variety of plants thriving in our urban areas.

Meet outside Libraries on dates below. *1pm except for Whitburn 1.30pm.

9 July The Word
16 July Hebburn Central Library
28 July Jarrow Focus Library
6 Aug Cleadon Park Library
11 Aug Whitburn Community Library*

FREE, booking required. https://tinyurl.com/52av4ten

27/05/2026

What a fantastic start to the rock pooling season! 🌊

Our find of the day came from this brilliant young rockpooler who discovered a Bloody Henry sea star… or should we say, Patrick, is that you?! ⭐😂

In partnership with the National Trust, we welcomed a fantastic group to explore the rocky shore, learning how to identify local species while always putting the welfare of the animals and their habitats first.

Curious to learn more about our amazing intertidal wildlife and how to help protect it? Head over to the National Trust Souter events page and book onto one of our four upcoming FREE sessions this summer!

26/05/2026

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🌿 Explore Wild Plants – Evening Talk 🌿

Discover the hidden world of wild plants growing right on your doorstep!

Join James Common, Senior Naturalist at the Natural History Society of Northumbria and author of Urban Flora of Newcastle and North Tyneside, for an engaging talk exploring the surprising variety of plants thriving in our towns and cities.

📅 Thursday 4 June, 5:30pm – 6:30pm
📍 The Word
✅ FREE event – no booking required

Find out how your own observations can help reveal what’s growing locally and learn about upcoming wild plant walks you can get involved in.

https://theworduk.org/whats-on/explore-wild-plants-evening-talk/

20/05/2026

We’re saddened to report that a significant section of fencing and signage at the Nesting Project site at Jackie's beach, was deliberately removed and burned in an antisocial behaviour (ASB) arson incident on Friday.

As you can see, parts of the protective fencing have been destroyed, leaving the area more vulnerable to disturbance and trampling. This is particularly concerning as we are currently monitoring two pairs of birds showing active nesting behaviour on site.

Despite this setback, we remain hopeful. These birds are resilient, and we hope they will continue their nesting attempts.

On a more positive note, this Monday our team, alongside dedicated Nesting Project volunteers and Becky from Coast Sunderland, worked quickly to repair the damage. Together we reinstalled sections of fencing, replaced signage, and cleared away debris from the incident.

Just as the wildlife shows resilience, so too does our incredible community of volunteers and supporters. Together, we will keep protecting this space for our nesting birds! 🥚🐣

We would like to extend all our thanks to everyone who helped during the emergency repairs, reported the damage, and continues to support the project. Your kindness and community spirit make a real difference and together, we will keep moving forward 🌿🧡

16/05/2026

What a fantastic two saturdays celebrating nature with cannywilddi for Nature Discovery Festival 2026!! Today we had our pop up with fantastic guided wildlife and foraging walks from Wild Intrigue and cramlingtonforager. 🌱🌳🦆🐦🐟

It had been so amazing to join with other amazing groups working to support the incredible wildlife of our borough 🧡

There are more events coming up in the next week so check out cannywilddi for more information! And - keep your eyes peeled for our COAST summer events release coming up very soon! 👀