• First Black Grouse Count of the Year
    Geltsdale had it's first Black Grouse count of 2018 last Wednesday 21st March with a total of 41 male birds. Although the birds were a little subdued it was a good first count this early in the...
  • Black grouse and short eared owl
    Steve W managed to snap this photo from his car on the track to the visitor centre. It shows adult female black grouse with one of her offspring (another had just dropped into the grass) with a short...
  • Black Grouse Lek Exhibition at Stagsike Visitor Centre
    The Stagsike gallery is currently hosting an exciting new exhibition, which will continue until the end of January 2013 by David Williams of Calico Images. Dublin born David has been taking photographs...
  • Black Grouse: An elusive bird with an unusual mating ritual
    Black grouse (scientific name tetrao tetrix) have been spotted at RSPB Geltsdale, so this week we are profiling this distinctive, endangered bird, its habits, the threats it faces, and what you can do...
  • Bobbing Jacks and Bubbling Grouse
    We’re well into December now, and it’s been quite a while since my last blog. We’ve had a very mixed bag of weather, from long periods of squally rain to beautifully still, ice-spiked days. Today, because...