Busy bioblitzing!
My name is Jenny and I have just finished my second year at Durham University studying Biological Sciences. I am doing a summer placement with Cumbria Wildlife Trust, based at Eycott Hill Nature…
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Learning about Lichens
Emily Dodd, a student from the University of Cumbria, joined a two-day course at Mungrisdale Village Hall and Eycott Hill Nature Reserve to learn all about lichens…
Wading through Eycott Hill’s Winter Wonderland
It was a chilly morning, but that didn’t stop me from getting out of bed and travelling to Eycott Hill – and was I glad to have done so!
Mammal Tracking
Cumbria Wildlife Trust hosted a day’s course with Stuart Colgate from Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre to introduce people to the field tracks and signs of British mammals. Emily Dodd, a wildlife…
In search of fantastic fungi
Recently I joined Paul Nichol of Cumbria Fungi Group and several enthusiastic fungi foragers to learn about marvellous mushroom and terrific toadstools.
The Trolls of Eycott Hill – they’re bad ‘uns!
Ladles and jellyspoons, welcome to the first theatrical performance of ‘The Trolls of Eycott Hill’!