A Reserve of Two Halves: Barkbooth Lot
Tucked away from the main tourist routes Barkbooth Lot is a wonderfully peaceful place to visit
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Barkbooth Lot
Rough fell, grassland, wetland and wooded areas provide a diverse habitat where dragonflies, damselflies and the rare high brown fritillary butterfly abound.
Conservation Day at Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve
Come and help make a difference at this special reserve in the Winster valley
Conservation Day at Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve
Come and help make a difference at this special reserve in the Winster valley
Steve Doyle
An instrumental force in bringing species of butterfly back from the brink in Cumbria.
Two males and one female chick for the Foulshaw ospreys
Three five-week-old osprey chicks (thought to be two males and one female) were tagged with ID rings at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve near Witherslack recently, one of Cumbria’s key breeding sites…
Two spotted goby
These colourful little fish are a delight for snorkellers or shallow water divers to photograph, rarely being scared off by their presence!
Our two year apprenticeship begins
We have just joined Cumbria Wildlife Trust as Apprentices Conservation Officers and thought we’d introduce ourselves!
My haven
I was privileged to be able to be a volunteer at the start of the Skylarks project. It was my way of “pay back” for all the time I had used Skylarks Nature Reserve before Nottinghamshire Wildlife…
Wild, Wet and Twig Who’s Who (Staveley Woodlands December Blog)
I thought I would start my recount of December with a big “Happy New Year” for 2020. I hope you all have lots of wonderful wild plans for the year ahead.
Harvest mouse
The harvest mouse is tiny - an adult can weigh as little as a 2p piece! It prefers habitats with long grass, but you are most likely to spot its round, woven-grass nests.
Cold conservation days and coppice coup chatter - January 2020 Blog
We have had another wet month with the occasional beautiful sunny day. The tree nursery is starting to bulge at the seams with trees, with over 400 now and about 500 growing in people’s gardens…