6+ hour, 11+ min ago  (540+ words) It was the wildlife equivalent of watching paint dry. Volunteers have been "wall watching" at a purpose-built artificial sand martin nesting bank at the mouth of the Ouseburn in Newcastle near the Free Trade Inn. The structure, with 48 nesting holes…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (246+ words) It will be a case of taking tea in style after a porcelain 213-piece service sold for "3, 000 at a Tyneside auction. The Herend dinner, tea and coffee service in the famed "Rothschild Bird" pattern was sold by Newcastle auctioneers Anderson…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (756+ words) The biggest landscape investigation ever undertaken by The Wildlife Trusts is underway at the centre of a campaign to buy a Northumberland estate. The unique scientific surveys into the wildlife, ecology and history of the 9, 500-acre Rothbury Estate will plot…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (764+ words) A new study has singled out Northumberland and the North Pennines as prime areas for the re-establishment of golden eagles in England. The government has awarded "1m in funding to explore a recovery programme and reintroduction of golden eagles, following the…...