Take off for Northumberland’s rare ospreys

955542939 XZu6U S Take off for Northumberlands rare ospreysNorthumberland’s  three  osprey  chicks  have taken to the air for the very first time.

The young birds, named Aqua, Splash and Spray, and only the second osprey family raised in North East England since records began 200 years ago, have all successfully flown in Kielder Water and the forest park.

Over the past week

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Listen up! Children to tune in to the sounds of nature

826347888 PgBcE S Listen up! Children to tune in to the sounds of natureMost of us can picture a hedgehog, blue tit or grasshopper, but what does one sound like?

Members of the Wildlife Watch, the Wildlife Trusts’ network of groups for children, are now able to find out thanks to some new state of the art

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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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Film released of history making ospreys

Stunning new footage of Northumberland’s record breaking ospreys has been released by the Kielder Partnership. The adult osprey’s have been re-united in 155,000 acre Kielder Water & Forest Park after making their separate ways back from sub-Saharan Africa.

Last year the couple entered the record books by raising the first osprey chicks born in the North East of England for at least 200 years.

Now one of the two cameras trained on the nest – or

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Vole numbers help Kielder's owl population to soar

854036017 ikbFT S Vole numbers help Kielders owl population to soarTawny owl numbers in Kielder Forest are soaring as the UK’s longest running research project on the bird enters its 30th year. Despite the harsh winter tawnies are benefiting from a remarkable recovery in the vole population locally.

The diminutive mammals are a favourite food for birds of prey, but

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Osprey couple back at Kielder

831736488 kovhv S Osprey couple back at KielderKielder Water & Forest Park’s record breaking ospreys are a couple once again!

The Kielder Partnership can reveal that the female bird – who mothered three chicks last year, the first born in the North East of England for at least 200 years – has returned to the same nest she used last year, where she

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Osprey alert at Kielder

802242250 7VZt9 S Osprey alert at KielderRangers in Kielder Water & Forest Park are scanning the skies for the return of ospreys which last year nested in Northumberland for the first time in at least 200 years. The Kielder Partnership says it’s likely that the iconic birds will return to nest once again in the 62,000 hectare (155,000 acre) Northumberland wilderness, after the pair

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TV presenter backs bid to help threatened woodland birds

A County Durham couple have stepped forward to help the region’s threatened woodland birds.

Janice and Michael Baker, whose son Matt Baker presents BBC TV’s Countryfile, have shown that a love of the environment runs deep in the family by pledging to improve an 8 hectare (20 acre) ancient wood on their organic sheep farm near Tow Law for species like Pied Flycatcher and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

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Bird lovers choose Kate for president

Kate Humble

Kate Humble

Television presenter Kate Humble has been elected as the new president of the RSPB.

The organisation is confident Kate’s infectious enthusiasm for wildlife and wild places will inspire millions of people to get closer to nature.

She is only the second female

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Birds that bathe make a cleaner getaway

Four European Starlings including juveniles taking a garden fountain in Phoenix Garden, London, UK. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.

Four European Starlings including juveniles bathing in a garden fountain. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.

Newcastle University scientists investigating why starlings bathe so often have discovered it alters their escape

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