Wildlife and bird watching in the North West of England
County by county
Recent North West news
- England’s hen harrier reaches new low - Just 4 pairs
- Peregrine persecution on grouse moors
- Water vole spotters asked to report sightings online
- Whooper swans’ record-breaking early arrival
- 14 Spoonbills fledged in Norfolk
- Rare sand lizards released back to the wild on Merseyside
- Tracking young Scottish osprey’s zigzag tour of Britain
- Heron eating a crab photo
- Kent sightings confirm otters recently found every county in England
- 30 more red kites arrive in Lake District
- New outbreak of deadly squirrel pox hits Lancashire
- Delight as £3.5 billion Mersey barrage plans shelved
- Rare dragonfly emerges in Cumbria after reintroduction
- Thousands of rare marsh fritillary caterpillars released in Lake District
- UK Wildlife Photography Competition 2011 launched
More North West news
- Pine Marten rediscovered in Cumbria after 10 years!
- Major new nature reserve opens in Lancashire
- Water voles making a comeback… in North West England at least
- Grizedale Forest’s red kite chicks survive their first winter
- £300,000 to help save England’s Hen Harriers
- Army lands to be planted with thousands of trees
- Help find Britain's disappearing oil beetles
- Plant a tree, build an ecosystem
- Is it a bird? Is it a hedgehog…
- 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
- UK landscapes could be at risk of another major tree epidemic, say researchers
- Rally called to save Lakeland’s forests
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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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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Hen harrier. Persecution is prime cause of disappearance, says Natural England – Could be reintroduced to new areasDetailed monitoring work since 2002 has shown that the critically low breeding numbers and patchy distribution of the hen harrier in England is a result of persecution - both in the breeding season, and at communal roosts in the winter - especially on areas managed for red grouse or with game rearing interests.
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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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Bearded tits thriving in Lancashire.Bearded tits are thriving at RSPB Leighton Moss thanks to some innovative conservation work.
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