THE heavy recent rain has marred sport on the region's rivers, while flood water entering the reservoirs at Whittle Dene has coloured the water and made conditions tough for angling. However, this did not stop Barry Evans from taking a 25lb net of mixed fish from the Great Southern.

RARE Terns have a safe new summer holiday home. The ground-nesting seasonal visitors to Northumberland are to have somewhere safe to lay their eggs. Arctic and common terns, which normally nest along the coast, have been spotted at Northumbrian Water's Whittle Dene reservoir site.

A NESTING platform has been built to provide a safe haven for birds at a Northumberland reservoir. Arctic and common terns, which normally nest along the coast, have been spotted at Northumbrian Water's Whittle Dene reservoir.