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Do your bit for wildlife

Springwatch is back!

Springwatch is back and this year there's a new theme: "Do One Thing" - an invitation to do YOUR bit for the wildlife where you live.

Whether you live in a town, city, or the countryside, there's a lot that can be done to help and encourage local wildlife - and the Springwatch Festival is coming to the North East to give you some ideas.

What: Springwatch Festival in the North East

The bus will be at Blaydon on Saturday

Where: Blaydon Burn and Newcastle's Leazes Park

When: Blaydon Burn from 1-4pm on Saturday 9 June and at Leazes Park in Newcastle on both Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 June, from 12-5pm. Both events are free.

Do your thing

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Blue Bus will be broadcasting from the events over the weekend and there will be lots of things to see and do, including a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ "Pledge Tree" where you can make a promise to "Do One Thing" for wildlife.

Marian presents Garden Mania

Below are more details of some of the activities on offer:

Springwatch Festival, Blaydon Burn, Saturday 9 June

• From 1-4pm
• ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Newcastle's Summer of Fun show with Tom Davies will broadcast live from the event
• ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ "Pledge Tree" where you can make a promise to do something for wildlife over the coming year
• Limited-edition hessian goody bags, wildflower seed packets and t-shirts up for grabs
• Bird box building, face paints, nature trails, history walks and other hands-on activities
• Other organisations including RSPB, Northern Kites and the Wildlife Trust will also be there
• People are asked to use public transport as parking will be limited

Springwatch Green Festival, Leazes Park, Newcastle, Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 June

• The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ will be there from 12-5pm on both days (the overall event continues until 10.30pm on Sunday)
• Learn more about the famous ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Natural History Unit
• ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ "Pledge Tree" where you can make a promise to do something for wildlife over the coming year
• On Sunday ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Newcastle's Marian Foster and Kathy Secker will broadcast their shows live from the event.
• In Garden Mania the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Newcastle gardening team will be answering your green-fingered questions live on air
• Toddlers can hunt a leaf and get a prize while older children can track down nature in the park and learn more about local wildlife