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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Weardale woodland plans are great for wildlife

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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

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