Cheers! Have a beer and drink to Ratty
Earlier this year, Sam and Red Kellie, owners of The First and Last Brewery in Elsdon, created a beer called Ratty on behalf of Northumberland Wildlife Trust to mark the reintroduction of water voles to the Kielder area.
A trial of 500 pints sold out in record time and now bottles of the pale ale are available at Leaplish Waterside Park at Kielder and Bellingham Garage Services.
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Hide AdWith 20p from every bottle sold being donated to the project, Kelly Hollings and Graham Holyoak, Restoring Ratty project officers, are keen to hear from anybody with a licence who would be willing to sell bottles on their behalf. They can be contacted at restoringratty@northwt.org.uk or via the Restoring Ratty Facebook page.
Since 2017, 965 water voles have been reintroduced by the Restoring Ratty project.