Tyne Tees Wildlife

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Farne Islands to reopen to visitors after two-year closure due to avian flu

Visitor boats are set to operate again off the Northumberland coast - giving people the chance to clap eyes on the 200,000 puffins, Arctic terns and kittiwakes.

19 Feb

Tyne Bridge kittiwakes could live in 'hotels' during £32m repair job

The so-called hotels would shelter the birds nesting on the bridge for the duration of the £32m maintenance works.

14 Nov 2023

Team ring rare osprey chicks in Northern England stronghold

Ospreys returned to Kielder Forest, Northumberland, for the first time in at least 200 years in 2009.

14 Jul 2023

Watch rare ospreys care for chicks in forest nest

Badger dies after being trapped in 'barbaric' snare

Tawny owl 'baby boom' fed by rising vole numbers

Improved water quality helping dragonflies thrive at nature reserve

Hen harrier chicks found dead with broken bones after 'deliberate' attack

'Untold damage' to wildlife after section of nature reserve is destroyed by fire

1,300 fish rescued after becoming stranded when Northumberland river burst banks

Tyne Bridge maintenance 'biggest ever threat' for Newcastle kittiwakes

ITV bees: How to make space for pollinators in your garden

20 life-sized bronze lions unveiled in Newcastle

First Little Tern chicks due to hatch at Seaton Carew

First for region as Northumberland Zoo welcomes snow leopards to collection