euVue – North East Nature Watch

First baby beavers arrive in Scotland

Wednesday, 18 August 2010, 12:26 pm

The first baby beavers to be born in the wild for about 400 years have been spotted in Scotland, it has been announced. Last May the trial reintroduction of beavers began with the babies, known as kits, thought to have been born about eight weeks ago. About the size of a large guinea pig, beaver kits weigh about one [...click on headline to read full story]

Source: euVue – North East Nature Watch | David Pike

Take off for Northumberland’s rare ospreys

Monday, 2 August 2010, 10:02 am

Northumberland’s  three  osprey  chicks  have taken to the air for the very first time. The young birds, named Aqua, Splash and Spray, and only the second osprey family raised in North East England since records began 200 years ago, have all successfully flown in Kielder Water and the forest park. Over the past week rangers have been monitoring CCTV coverage beamed [...click on headline to read full story]

Source: euVue – North East Nature Watch | Newsdesk

New era for restoring natural environment

Thursday, 29 July 2010, 5:08 pm

The Coalition Government’s White Paper on the Natural Environment provides a real opportunity to lay the foundations of nature conservation for the 21st century, according to The Wildlife Trusts. The conservation organisation’s comments come ahead of a public consultation and set out its recovery plans for the UK’s wildlife and fragmented habitats on land and at sea. The Wildlife Trusts believe [...click on headline to read full story]

Source: euVue – North East Nature Watch | Newsdesk