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Ratty On the Tyne!?

When I was a young teenager, I was always roaming the countryside looking for and learning about wildlife and places, etching out my own territory where I gradually got to know all that lived there. One of my favourite animals to watch was the water rat, or water vole, as its more accurately called. A small burn near where I lived was the place to… Read More »Ratty On the Tyne!?

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New to the Wild

During August I had the pleasure of getting along to two rather special days at work with Northumberland Wildlife Trust. The first was in a remarkably midge free Kielder Forest where the final release was made as part of Restoring Ratty.  This project has seen more than 2000 water voles released into some of the small burns and ditches around the forest as part of… Read More »New to the Wild