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A consultation is underway to officially return beavers at the national level across Britain, for the benefit of our ecosystems

YOU can soak up the great outdoors - quite literally - by staying in a luxury treehouse or log cabin with a hot tub.It doesn't have to cost a fortune

Widespread Ring Ouzels accompanied decent tallies of Black Kite and Red-rumped Swallow as spring migration ramped up.

A major Garganey influx and returning spring migrants made for an enjoyable month of birding.

ALMOST exactly five years on from its first test, Slowing the Flow (STF) in Pickering has once more proved its efficacy and value for money. A couple of months with frequent pulses of heavy rain have left catchments across the whole North York Moors fully saturated, causing rainfall to run off rapidly into watercourses with virtually no infiltration. Against this backdrop, two days of persistent steady rain from Storm Cristoph on 19-20 January caused all the rivers to rise quickly to near r...

STAFF were shocked to discover that a pair of beavers actually had two babies this year - rather than one as thought in July. Forestry England staff searched CCTV and discovered two kits had been born, joining their parents and two older siblings to make a family of six. The team looking after the beavers are keeping an eye on their movements with CCTV cameras installed around their enclosure. “I had my suspicions for a while, but beavers can be quite camera-shy,” said Cath Bashfo...

A MOUNTAIN rescue team has helped a walker with a hip injury.  Volunteers from Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team (SRMRT) assisted the Yorkshire Ambulance Service in the extraction of the individual after sustaining the injury from a falling tree. The incident occured at Cropton Forest this morning (Wednesday) at around 11.21am. A spokesperson said: “15 team members and two team vehicles travelling to the scene when we were stood down, as there were sufficient people on sce...