Mouth swabs to probe rare blood lines

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1182395927 28fNK S Mouth swabs to probe rare blood linesGoshawk 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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February 9th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Birds, Conservation, Forests and Woodland | No comments yet, be the first to kick things off...

TV presenter backs bid to help threatened woodland birds

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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.

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November 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Birds, Conservation, Durham Wildlife Trust, Environment, Forests and Woodland, Northumberland Wildlife Trust, Rspb, Tees Valley Wildlife Trust, The Wildlife Trusts, Urban Wild Places | No comments yet, be the first to kick things off...
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