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The Ospreys have landed


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Adult osprey in flight.

For the first time in at least 200 years ospreys are nesting and are believed to have had chicks in Northumberland.

A long-term project to encourage the species back to the region has struck gold with a pair of birds nesting on a platform specially erected for the purpose

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Kielder Castle is home sweet home for bats


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Brown Log Eared Bat

A year long study of bats in Kielder Water & Forest Park has discovered that the creature likes to hang-out in real style – at historic 18th century Kielder Castle.

The former hunting lodge of the Dukes of Northumberland, built in 1776 and now

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Rangers Develop New Des-res for Wildlife


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Abseiling wildlife rangers in Kielder Water & Forest Park have come to the aid of the peregrine falcon – until recently one of the most persecuted birds in Britain.

The Forestry Commission has sent in a specially trained team to excavate a

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