Rare seal’s visit delights Northumberland Wildlife Trust

beardy S Rare seal’s visit delights Northumberland Wildlife TrustNorthumberland Wildlife Trust is delighted that a rare bearded seal visited Beadnell Beach at the weekend – May 29.

This visit is the first ever record of a bearded seal to Northumberland since records began.

The young seal was spotted quite happily lying on the beach and appeared quite fit, fat and

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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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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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More happy returns for Northumberland's bird records

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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

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Top flight for nature conservation

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RAF Cranwell cadets help out at Holburn Moss. Photo Derek Hornsby – Click pic to enlarge

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A group of 16 helicopter cadets from RAF Cranwell touched down at Holburn Moss to help Northumberland Wildlife Trust with the removal of birch trees and

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