A Year in the Life of the Town Moor

A hotel night watchman comes to the moor every day. To him, the cows are precious.

St James' Park started off life as a sloping bit of grazing land on the Town Moor.

The Town Moor witnessed a bizarre and devastating explosion in the 19th Century.

Although close to the city centre, the moor can be a bleak and lonely place in winter.

A Daubenton's Bat has company as it hunts for insects over Exhibition Park lake.

There is an appreciative audience of cows for two accordion players on the Town Moor.

Award-winning sound recordist Chris Watson's down to earth aspirations.

Farmer Brian Mannors explains one of his cows' more endearing - to some - qualities.

Living under Newcastle, in the Victoria Tunnel, during an air raid.

The detritus of Christmas blowing in the wind near Exhibition Park.

Sound recordist Chris Watson swaps dawn chorus for human chorus at St James' Park.

Mallard ducks are so common in Britain it is easy to overlook how beautiful the male is.

Have you ever wondered how wildlife sound recordists amuse themselves at Christmas?

The robin may look appealing on Christmas cards but it has a dark side, says Chris Watson.

Winter's frosts and howling winds envelope Newcastle's Town Moor.

Sound recordist Chris Watson swaps wildlife for people at a winter Town Moor Park Run.

Sitting on the Town Moor, Newcastle's football stadium is one of the few in a city centre.

The avenues of trees which border the Town Moor are threatened by disease and age.

Author Terry Deary tells a horrible history tale for Halloween.

Long tailed tits stick together in tribes, calling incessantly to each other.

Wrens have a striking trill but are less keen on showing themselves.

Children from West Jesmond Primary School muck in on the Town Moor allotments.

Historian John Grundy reveals the Town Moor's aviation past.

Bats can venture into cities and can even be heard on the Town Moor, with the right kit.