End of an era for Coquetmouth Group
Members of Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s Coquetmouth Group took part in their last ever group activity this week - a walk round the wildlife charity’s East Chevington reserve.
Members of Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s Coquetmouth Group took part in their last ever group activity this week - a walk round the wildlife charity’s East Chevington reserve.
The Restoring Ratty project will reintroduce water voles back into the Kielder area where they have been absent for 30 years. The project will last 5 years and we will keep you updated on progress…
Over the winter we have been preparing for our next releases, organizing our events and School programs and repairing a new bird hide ready to install on the forest drive.
As we move further into spring and on towards summer, we move into the busiest time of the year for the Restoring Ratty team. The biggest event of the summer without a doubt is the June release of…
Restoring Ratty staff and volunteers visited our water vole contractors Derek Gow Consultancy in Devon to see our water voles and learn more about the breeding and release process.
The first week and a half of June was the busiest time for the Restoring Ratty team. It was what we had been building up to all year, the next release of water voles into Kielder Forest. For this…
Our volunteers have been helping monitor the Kielder area for mink as well as helping Red Squirrels United to survey the area for squirrels. If that wasn't enough they been helping out Derek…
May & June are busy months for us. We’re enjoying surveying, plodging about in streams and burns before the midges start feeding off us! Water voles are thoughtful creatures, and it’s only…
The winter is a quiet time for the Restoring Ratty team, before the spring surveys start again, which will then lead into the next release of water voles in the summer. In preparation for the…