The ‘Weeties’ are back in town
Great news! Now that the lockdown appears to be easing slightly, Northumberland Wildlife Trust has opened the gates to the car park at its Weetslade Country Park site in North Tyneside.
Great news! Now that the lockdown appears to be easing slightly, Northumberland Wildlife Trust has opened the gates to the car park at its Weetslade Country Park site in North Tyneside.
Spring may not officially begin until 21 March, but at Northumberland Wildlife Trust, spring begins when the frogs return to the pond at its St Nicholas Park reserve in Gosforth, and, as they have…
This week, a further 240 water voles have been released into streams flowing into the east end of Kielder Reservoir (to link with water voles released last year), by the ‘Restoring Ratty’ water…
It never really quite feels like spring is really here to me until I start thinking seriously about ospreys, and the coming months. The returning ospreys signal the start of one of our most…
Naturally Native Project Officer Emily Marshall, takes a look at water voles in the Uplands and how these special areas are providing a refuge for Britain's fastest declining mammal.
I’m not by nature an early riser, but often to catch the best of wildlife you need to be up and about when species are most active, at either end of the day. That was certainly the case a couple…
I just love this time of year, everything so vibrant and wildlife often so visible and the light enhancing the whole landscape. I’ve taken up running of late and have managed, taking to heart the…
Following a slow start to the Kielder Water & Forest Park osprey season, hampered by the Beast from the East, the breeding season is well underway with three eggs in each of the four nests.…
This week, despite the rainy weather, a further 284 water voles have been released into streams flowing into the east end of Kielder Reservoir, by the ‘Restoring Ratty’ water vole reintroduction…
Conservation group Red Squirrels Northern England (RSNE) which works to protect red squirrels in the region and further afield, has published the results from its ninth annual squirrel monitoring…
A large part of our project involves working with schools; we are rolling out a 3 way school partnership where the schools can learn from each other. We are lucky to be able to work with other…