Wet weather in June is not good for many species with young in the nest, small naked chicks can chill easily while parents are off finding food. Some species may fair better than others, wet weather will be better for birds looking for earthworms, such as ring ouzel.The RSPB Conservation Science Research Assistant on the Ring Ouzel Trial Management Project found a ring ouzel nest with week old young on the reserve yesterday. We will have to see how they do in this weather as they are still quite small. (photo – Chris McCarty)

RSPB Conservation Science have been busy on the reserve attaching geolocators to whinchats. These devices record time and light, but have to be retrieved to obtain the data, which is the difficult bit. With this information we will be able to find out where the birds go for the winter and when and how they get there and back. Within a few weeks we should have the data back from the first tag back from last year. Meanwhile this year’s juveniles are fledging and old enough now to sit on top of the vegetation rather than under. (photo – Adam Moan)

The satellite tagged osprey keeps appearing on Tindale Tarn. This bird regularly flies from Geltsdale back to Keilder where it was hatched in 2014. More info can be found on the blog https://kielderospreys.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/uv-settled-not-yet/