A Year In The Life Of The Town Moor: Winter

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

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

The skies over Tyneside used to turn black with gathering starlings at dusk.

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

The secretive tufted duck was tracked down on Exhibition Park lake during the winter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not everyone welcomes the Town Moor's remarkably adaptable and successful fox.

World War Two graffiti has survived on the Victoria Tunnel walls for almost 80 years.

Away from the urban squeeze, the moor provides a New Year's Eve firework vantage point.

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

The surprisingly musical tinkling sound of ice cracking on Exhibition Park lake.

Why defunct Victorian mining tunnels under the moor were brought back into service.

Hidden in a corner of Exhibition Park is the Town Moor's model train club.

One of the area's biggest, the Park Run on the moor often attracts more than 600 runners.

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