Birds of Morecambe Bay (and the Solway!)
Scott, the Trust's Southern Reserves Officer, is a keen birder and shares what wetland birds you're likely to spot on the mudflats of Morecambe Bay and the Solway Firth.
Blog: Guest blogger
Get closer to the field and a little more behind the scenes by reading about the wild experiences, wildlife insights and recollections of staff and volunteers – writers from all over the organisation, from our Reserve Officers to our student placements.
We welcome guest bloggers! If you have something to write home about - whether you've got a trail cam in your garden, or you've been bird watching, or visited one of our nature reserves - if it's to do with Cumbria's wildlife and wild places then we'd love to hear from you!
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The Bog Graham Round – how runners can help to restore our uplands
Ross Brannigan from the Green Runners explains why he's urging the running community to support our Skiddaw Forest project.
Why is leaf litter so important for wildlife?
Autumn is here and the leaves are beginning to fall but what’s hiding just beneath that crispy, crunchy surface and why is leaf litter so important?
Ellie, from Lancashire Wildlife Trust,…
Pollinators - a poem by Gosling Sike's writer in residence
Susan is Gosling Sike's writer in residence and shares her thoughts and short poem on pollinators.
The Irthington Nature’s Friends story
During lockdown, residents of a village called Irthington, near Carlisle, came together as a Nature's Friends group (led by Sam and Danny Poland) to transform their local area for wildlife…
Learning to Read the Landscape
I remember running through a field with my best friend on her parents’ farm when I was about ten years old.
Have you seen any bumblebees this winter?
The search for bumblebees active in winter
The secret world of fungi
What do you think of when you hear the word fungi?
My experience of fostering hedgehogs
Tanya St. Pierre is Cumbria Wildlife Trusts’s ‘Planting for Pollinators’ Project Manager and fosters hedgehogs in her spare time.
Swifts, swallows and martins
How to identify swifts, swallows, sand martins and house martins