A FIVE-YEAR management plan to protect Bassenthwaite Lake has been produced. The Lake District National Park Authority, who owns the lake, is inviting the public's feedback on the newly released ...

Britain's rarest freshwater fish is staging a revival in the Lake District after decades of decline. As recently as 2008 the vendace, a delicate fish known as a fresh-water herring, was on the brink ...

The solar-powered transmitters are attached to the chicks by a harness Two osprey chicks have been fitted with satellite tags in a bid to discover where they spend the winter after leaving their Lake ...

Two adult vendace, Britain’s rarest freshwater fish and a relic of the last ice age, were found in Bassenthwaite Lake in north-West England last month, more than a decade after being declared ‘locally ...

The Lakes Distillery near Bassenthwaite is bought by English sparkling winemaker Nyetimber. The Environment Agency plans to build a series of ponds to remove heavy metals from Gategill. An English ...

The lake is described as being special for wildlife, including ospreys A five-year plan to protect Bassenthwaite Lake has been produced. The Lake District National Park (LDNP), which owns the lake, is ...

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Why 'wander lonely as a cloud' around the Lake District when you can take man's best friend along for the ride? The Pheasant Inn in Bassenthwaite offers dog-friendly accommodation, so our pooch Penny ...

Hopes are high that one of a pair of nesting ospreys has returned to a site in the Lake District. In 2001, a male osprey became the first to nest in the Lakes in 150 years. Since then, it has returned ...

BELINDA CARLISLE once told us that Heaven is a Place on Earth…and she’s not wrong as I discovered it’s roughly 24 miles from Carlisle. Armathwaite Hotel and Spa is one of the Lake District’s best kept ...

Two osprey chicks have been fitted with satellite tags in a bid to discover where they spend the winter after leaving their Lake District birthplace. The six-week-old males will stay in the vicinity ...