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Mouth swabs to probe rare blood lines

By David Pike

Goshawk chicks in Kielder Water & Forest Park are having their mouths swabbed in a bid to discover more about the creature’s blood lines in the 62,000 hectare (155,000 acre) Northumberland wilderness.

The bird, once persecuted to extinction and which reappeared in Kielder in the 1960s, is one of the rarest in

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A star turn for rare bat colony

By David Pike

The Forestry Commission has announced that the rare Barbastelle bat has established a maternity colony in Lincolnshire woodland – a first for the county and one of the very few such sites identified in Britain.

The bat is generally regarded as a southern English species, but research has revealed that it is

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Forestry Commission records Cumbrian red squirrel numbers

By David Pike

The Forestry Commission has carried out the first ever full survey of the Red Squirrels Reserve at Whinlatter Forest, Dodd Wood, Wythop and Setmurthy near Keswick as part of efforts to help conservation.

Numbers of red squirrels were counted using 75 traps located within the reserve.

A total of 416 red squirrels

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Butterfly survey provides conservation platform

By David Pike

The results of one of the biggest ever surveys of the UK’s butterfly population have been announced. The big butterfly count organised by the charity Butterfly Conservation in partnership with Marks & Spencer was carried out by members of the public and has been based on a staggering 187,000 individual sightings.

It reveals the top ten

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First baby beavers arrive in Scotland

By David Pike

The first baby beavers to be born in the wild for about 400 years have been spotted in Scotland, it has been announced. Last May the trial reintroduction of beavers began with the babies, known as kits, thought to have been born about eight weeks ago.

About the size of a large

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Take off for Northumberland’s rare ospreys

By Newsdesk

Northumberland’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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Study highlights trees’ importance to fish as climate warms

By David Pike

Planting 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

By David Pike

Three 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

By David Pike

It 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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Tees Valley’s ‘rainforest’ to be surveyed

By David Pike

The Forestry Commission is backing a root and branch survey to assess the condition of the Tees Valley’s precious ancient woodlands. A grant of £4,000 has been made to the Tees Valley Biodiversity Partnership to undertake the task, which will take 18 months to complete and cover an area from Hartlepool and Redcar and

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euVue – North East Nature Watch

Mouth swabs to probe rare blood lines

A star turn for rare bat colony

Forestry Commission records Cumbrian red squirrel numbers

Butterfly survey provides conservation platform

First baby beavers arrive in Scotland

Take off for Northumberland’s rare ospreys

Study highlights trees’ importance to fish as climate warms

Your chance to meet Keilder’s Osprey family

A great ‘spore’ for England

Tees Valley’s ‘rainforest’ to be surveyed

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