Study highlights trees’ importance to fish as climate warms

912882475 d9omR S Study highlights trees’ importance to fish as climate warmsPlanting trees along stream banks could play an important part in protecting sensitive fish such as salmon and trout from rising temperatures as the climate warms, a new study has found. Salmon and trout are among the most temperature-sensitive of Britain’s native cold-water species, typically preferring water temperatures

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Your chance to meet Keilder’s Osprey family

912877022 UT73F S Your chance to meet Keilder’s Osprey familyThree osprey chicks are ready to make more natural history in Northumberland – and now youngsters are being invited to suggest names for each of them.

The record breaking birds in Kielder Water & Forest Park are the second brood to hatch in the north east after their siblings successfully fledged year

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A great ‘spore’ for England

900581169 AMzpH S A great ‘spore’ for EnglandIt might not look much but this little fella is as rare as a good start for England in the World Cup. As the eyes of the world focused on the first football fixture of the tournament, keen-eyed conservationists are already celebrating a special goal for England – the first sighting of a very rare fungus

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