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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Nature Watch RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!  Rangers 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)
[...click on headline to read full story] 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. 
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 President since the RSPB was founded in 1889 – the
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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 behaviour. And clean birds make the most accurate
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Marsh harrier chicks celebrating life in Northumberland. Northumberland Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce that up to four Marsh Harrier chicks have recently fledged at its East Chevington reserve. What makes this breeding even more exciting is the fact that this is the first confirmed breeding of Marsh Harriers in Northumberland since circa 1880. This latest news come hot of the heels
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Rescuing a trapped bird of prey. Wild birds are suffering from near record levels of persecution. During 2008 the RSPB received 1,206 reports of shooting, poisoning, trapping and disturbance of birds and of the theft of birds and their eggs. While the figure is slightly down from the all-time high of 1,228 reports in 2007, it remains the second highest we’ve ever recorded. Many more
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