An eight-year-old wildlife campaigner from North Tyneside joined a protest in London calling on the Government to act on climate change. More than 350 charities, businesses and direct action groups took part in the Restore Nature Now march on Saturday (June 22), which saw an estimated 60,000 protesters march from Hyde Park to the Houses of Parliament, urging politicians to act to protect the environment. As the march went down Whitehall, boos could be heard as the crowd passed Downing Street, with many shouting their disapproval.
One of those marching was Seren Studholme from Wallsend , who joined a group of Northumberland Wildlife Trust supporters who travelled from the North East in the early hours of Saturday morning. Seren is already a keen conservationist who loves hedgehogs, and has her own hedgehog house in the family garden. Read more: 'Contaminated groundwater' continues to be root cause of Cullercoats 'poor' water quality Keep up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from the North East with our free newsletter She created her own placards especially for the march, which read: "We can bee the change", and "Protect Pollinators.
" The Redesdale Primary School pupil joined her mum Rhiannon on the march, with the aim of "making her voice heard for the little guys". Rhiannon told ChronicleLive: "She used her voice from beginning to end shouting protect our pollinators all the way. She was super excited to see all the different costumes and puppets.
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