Wildlife watching in the North East
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Recent North East news
- Pigeon fanciers investigated by police for Peregrine persecution
- Cetacean sightings from the Newcastle to Amsterdam ferry
- Peregrine persecution on grouse moors
- Farne Island seal research
- 500-acre woodland to be created at Northumberland farm
- New haven for rare high brown butterfly
- Rare Forester moth thriving near Middlesbrough
- Second osprey pair breed successfully at Kielder Water
- Avocets breeding in Northumberland
- Peregrine falcon persecution on the increase
- Northumberland wildlife site rescued from decline
- First avocet chicks for Northumberland - Eaten by a heron
- UK Wildlife Photography Competition 2011 launched
- Pine Marten rediscovered in Cumbria after 10 years!
- Leucistic sparrow on Lindisfarne
More North East news
- £300,000 to help save England’s Hen Harriers
- Help find Britain's disappearing oil beetles
- Crossbill numbers soaring in Kielder
- First ospreys arrive back in the UK
- Northumberland Wildlife Trust photography competition 2011 winners
- Rangers scale new heights to help love-struck osprey
- Hen harrier persecution leads to 20% decline
- Toads on the roads – Please be careful
- Hen harrier report focuses on illegal persecution
- Find a wood near you - New website launched listing 14,000 woods in the UK to visit
- DNA tests to establish blood lines of Kielder's goshawks
- More osprey homes being built in Kielder Park
- UK landscapes could be at risk of another major tree epidemic, say researchers
- Three-week-old seal pups survive 350-mile swim
- Major new wildlife exhibition launched in London
Second osprey pair breed successfully at Kielder WaterThe Northumbrian wilderness becomes the only location in England for over 170 years where more than a single pair of naturally re-colonising ospreys have bred successfully at the same time. The new birds have nested on an artificial platform erected by the Forestry Commission on top of a tall spruce tree.
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Pine Marten rediscovered in Cumbria after 10 years! England's rarest mammal, the pine marten, is living in the Forestry Commission's Grizedale Forest in Cumbria. DNA tests have provided the first unequivocal evidence for 10 years that this shy and elusive animal is in the Lake District.
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First ospreys arrive back in the UKThe ospreys are back. EJ has arrived at Loch Garten, and the romantically named 03(97) is back at his nest at Rutland Water, and other ospreys have been sighted all over the UK, but as yet there is now sign of the 'Lady of the Loch', the amazing 25 year old bird from The Loch of the Lowes.
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Birdcrime still on the rise in the UK – 384 reported incidents in 20092009 was another shocking year for the persecution of birds of prey with incidents of shooting, trapping and poisoning, according to the RSPB's 20th annual Birdcrime report.
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Pine Marten rediscovered in England! Conservationists are ecstatic at the news that England's rarest mammal, the pine marten, has been found in the Cheviot Hills in Northumberland.
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UK wildlife photography competition - 2009 - resultsSuccessful wildlife and wilderness photography does not necessarily involve long flights and equally long immigration queues. The inaugural Wildlife Extra UK wildlife photography competition is not only a fabulous example of just how beautiful the British Isles are, but also that it does not need a fat pay cheque to seduce talented photographers into wanting their work displayed. There are no remote cameras involved (yes, that is a dig) and no ludicrous Photoshop sorcery either, just a litany of belting images.
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Ospreys breed in Northumberland for first time in over two centuriesFor the first time in at least 200 years ospreys are nesting and are believed to have hatched chicks in Northumberland.
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Bird crime stats jump 40%July 2008. Reported crimes against birds of prey escalated to an unwelcome record in 2007, increasing by 40 per cent on 2006.
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Black Grouse turn the corner in England as numbers climb above 1000.Although times have been hard for the Black grouse, conservationists hope that the species may have turned the corner after years of decline thanks to more sensitive land management.
Kielder wildlife events
Celebration of wildlife in Kielder Forest
Date: March - May 2009.
- 29 March Goshawk
- 18 April Deer safari
- 3 May Dawn chorus -
- 9 May Badger
- 8 May Owl night
- 17 May Owl night
- 23 May Bat night
- 24 May Lakeside wildlife
- 27 May Deer safari
- 30 May Family Wildlife Day, Leaplish