Category: Miscellaneous

Title: Introduction to Bees on Sunday 30th September Location: Murton Hall P[onteland Description: An illustrated talk by club member Christopher Benjamin on keeping bees Start Time: 14:00:00 Date: 2012:09:30

Title: Harvest Meal on Friday November 2nd Location: Anglers Arms, Weldon Bridge Description: We are having a Harvest Meal instead of our usual Christmas Dinner to avoid the busy time Start Time: 19:30 Date: 2012:11:02

Title: Chainbridge Honey Farm Open Day 10am Sunday September 1st 2013 Location: Horncliffe, Berwick Link out: Click here Description: Open Day with proceeds going to Berwick rotarians charities, There is a  visitors centre, vintage vehicles and craft stalls e.c.t. A good family day out Start Time: 10:00am Date: 2013-09 01 End Time: 16:00pm

How many have seen a pub called the Durham Ox? ( How many have been in a pub called the Durham Ox?) The Durham or Teeswater Cattle, native to Northern England and Teesdale are now called “Shorthorn Cattle”. The Durham Ox was born in 1796 and was first exhibited at Darlington Market when three years…

The recent discovery of pox virus in grey squirrels in the Scottish Borders is bad news for Scotland’s remaining red squirrel population. Red squirrels once occupied most of the lowland woods in the UK but today, the only remaining populations of any consequence are in northern England and Scotland. The larger American grey squirrel was…

You should be aware that Tick numbers are on the increase, as are cases of Lymes disease from their bites. Ticks are active from March to October in rural locations. They are second only to mosquitoes for carrying disease to humans. People most at risk are those participating in outdoor activities, trecking,, hiking,, climbing ,…

Some of our members have been warned to watch out for horse thieves operating in our area so we thought we’d pass on the information so you can keep an eye on your own animals. Information given was that a white transit van was seen taking photographs of horses in fields and later seen with…

Looking after hedgehogs is not as easy as the TV adverts lead us to believe.  Over two days during this warm November we retrieved two very small hedgehogs out foraging in the garden.   We’d heard the current advice that such creatures needed rescue, so we set them up with meat cat food and water in…