Wildlife and bird watching in the North West of England
County by county
Recent North West news
- Rare moth reintroduction a success – with cows help
- Huge pod of Bottlenose dolphins seen off the Isle of Man.
- Record brood of 9 Whooper swan cygnets arrive at Martin Mere
- Twin leucistic moorhens in the north west UK
- Hen harrier persecution means no population increase again in England
- Natterjack toads, one of Britain’s rarest amphibians, reintroduced into Cumbria
- British wildlife watching increasingly popular
- Wildlife news RSS feed now available.
- Bird crime stats jump 40%
- Three peregrine chicks stolen from nest.
- Bird conservation statistics reveal north-south divide
- Black-winged stilts breeding in Cheshire
- Lake District Ospreys - first photographs
- Whinlatter Forest Park Launched as a flagship Red Squirrel Reserve
More North West news
- Lake District Ospreys, Bassenthwaite.
- Bitterns Start Booming in the UK.
- Avocets Arrive in Britain three weeks early
- Black-tailed Godwit Protection. RSPB Needs Volunteers.
- New Maps Reveal Cumbria’s Wind Farm Sensitive Zones
- Manchester Peregrines hatch 4 chicks
- Bearded tits thriving in Lancashire.
- Bumper year for Hen Harriers in Lancashire
- Otters return to the rivers of Cheshire.
- Squirrel Pox sweeping through colony of Red Squirrels in Formby
- Cheshire Wildlife Trust urges marine consultation.
- Two Common Dolphins returned to the sea after successful rescue on Cumbrian coast
- New osprey nesting platforms erected in Cumbria
- 'Albino' Bearded tit spotted in Lancashire.
- Seven new butterflies recorded at National Trust site in ten years
Bird crime stats jump 40%July 2008. Reported crimes against birds of prey escalated to an unwelcome record in 2007, increasing by 40 per cent on 2006.
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Bearded tits thriving in Lancashire.Bearded tits are thriving at RSPB Leighton Moss thanks to some innovative conservation work.
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