News 2023

20/04/23 Black Kite arrival: 1st seen, an adult at Prudhoe.

30/04/23: Honey-buzzard arrival: 1st seen, a pair at Ordley in active display.

23/06/23: Honey-buzzard numbers maintained with successful spring survey in the settled weather: display period 30/4-16/6: 27 sites occupied, 38 adults seen - 24 male, 14 female.

23/06/23: Osprey site occupied on the Tyne near Hexham -- first breeding on a river system in Northumberland in recent times.

24/06/23: Black Kite numbers maintained: display period 20/4-31/5: 7 sites occupied; 2 with pairs seen: total 9 adults seen.

30/12/23: Hobby is showing some resilience at lower population levels than previously with 6 sites occupied in 2023 (Population of the Hobby in SW Northumberland).

01/01/24: Goshawk shows poor productivity for second year running, persecution suspected (Population of the Goshawk in SW Northumberland).

07/01/24: Osprey raised one young from a site on the River Tyne (Population of the Osprey in SW Northumberland).

13/01/24: Black Kite fantastic colonisation continues: 12 sites occupied, 17 adults seen, 16+ juveniles fledged (Population of the Black Kite in Northumberland).

21/01/24: Red Kite perplexing results for 2023, 43 sites occupied, just 11 broods with 18+ juveniles fledged (Population of the Red Kite in SW Northumberland).

04/02/24: Honey-buzzard breeding numbers maintained in core area; overall 29 sites found occupied with 43 adult seen; productivity unknown as NR absent in Georgia but 5+ juveniles known to be fledged by mid-August (Population of the Honey-buzzard in SW Northumberland).