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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)
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Starry, starry night
Galloway Forest Park is now officially the first Dark Sky Park in the United Kingdom.
And although it’s a hop, skip and jump away from the north east of England we thought you would want to share in the celebrations and have a look at what most people are missing because of light pollution.
The prestigious award, announced by the International Dark Sky
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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.
Woodlands on the Weardale Estate, between Stanhope and Alston, are set for a back to nature make-over.
The Forestry Commission is supporting a `back to nature’ plan in Weardale which will see thousands of native trees take root and
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