Thank you for your support of Northumberland Land Trust this year. Here is a recap of 2024, highlighting the beauty and diversity of life in our 14 nature reserves.
Each one of you has played a part in ensuring these natural spaces and the creatures that live in them are protected now and in the future.
Trail Camera Highlights
First, a video from trail cameras we set up at the Lone Pine Marsh beaver dam this spring. All these animals used the dam in a two week period. The dam is almost two metres wide and 30 metres long, and the animals use it as a bridge across the marsh. The Canada Geese had a nest right on the dam. It was quite a thrill to get video footage of the fisher!
The trail camera footage below was taken in November this year at the Lone Pine Marsh. The Great Horned Owl was a huge surprise! The beavers have made a wide path through the forest by cutting down small trees and dragging them to the marsh.
These views inside our nature reserves serve as a reminder of just what we are working for.
Snapshots of Nature
NLT’s protected lands are home to a stunning variety of creatures, from the tiny tree frog hiding in the grass to the huge black bear lumbering through the forest. Thank you to everyone who shared photos with us this year. It’s fascinating to see our nature reserves through many different lenses.
Moth morning at Bonebakker NR
Grey Treefrog at Lone Pine Marsh - Rich Fernandez
Fox kit at de Lint Nature Reserve - Leslie Abram
Praying Mantis at McEwen NR - Sabrina Hasselfelt
Black Bear Wilkinson NR trail camera
Tallgrass Prairie at Pelton NR - Elayne Linn
Bobolink Lone Pine Marsh - Leslie Abram
Fall forest at Lone Pine Marsh - Hilda van Netten
Pelton NR - Elayne Linn
Haddon forest - Gerry Carr
Lone Pine Marsh in winter- Leslie Abram
Monarch butterfly
Spring peeper Lone Pine Marsh - Leslie Abram
Clematis at Wilkinson NR - Gerry Carr
Io Moth - Tyne Bonebakker
Doe and Fawn - de Lint NR - Gerti Crashley
Tree Swallows- Lone Pine Marsh -Leslie Abram
Tallgrass Prairie at Pelton NR - Elayne Linn
Fox kits at de Lint NR - Leslie Abram
de Kleer Nature Reserve - Gerry Carr
de Lint Nature Reserve - Norm Rae
Tree Swallow nest Leckey NR - Andrew Buntin
Pelton NR forest - Gerry Carr
Canada Geese at Lone Pine Marsh - John Charlton
Land Stewardship
Let’s give a shout out to our volunteers, who rolled up their sleeves and helped look after our nature reserves. They always look like they are having a great time – and they are.
Buckthorn cutting Munn NR
Lone Pine Marsh DSV removal
Controlled burn Pelton NR
tallgrass prairie seed collection
preparing for controlled burn Leckey NR
DSV removal Laurie Lawson OEC
New Lone Pine planting
trail clearing McColl NR
bat acoustic monitor Bonebakker NR
Birding Marathon at Jack van Nostrand NR
de Kleer NR trail clearing and buckthorn cut
buckthorn crew at Kennedy NR
Community
Natural spaces are not just good for wildlife, they are good for people too. We love the sense of community that comes from our nature walks and events.
de Lint Nature Reserve sign goes up
de Lint Nature Reserve grand opening
Grassland birds walk at Bonebakker NR
Northumberland Photo Club at de Lint NR
Arts Day at Lone Pine Marsh
Wood Duck Box by Kat Kinch
NLT Gala
Jack van Nostrand NR
tallgrass walk at Pelton NR
Picnic shelter opening day
Property steward meeting at picnic shelter
November walk at Lone Pine Marsh
walk in the Kennedy's woods
Mothy Morning at Bonebakker NR
walk at McRae property
Looking Ahead
Three more beautiful nature reserves will be under NLT’s protection in 2025: The Haddon Nature Reserve donated by Dari Haddon, the Willow Lane Nature Reserve donated by Robert Leckie and Cherlyn Wilson, and the Biddy Creek Wetland which we are purchasing in partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada.
Haddon forest
Willow Lane
