Wildlife Watching
A poem by Susan Cartwright-Smith, Gosling Sike writer-in-residence and Wildlife Watch Leader for Houghton Watch Group
Blog: Gosling Sike
Image: Tom Marshall
We welcome guest bloggers! If you've something to write home about - whether you've got a trail cam in your garden, or you've made a bird box, or visited one of our nature reserves - if it's to do with Cumbria's wildlife & wild places then we'd love to hear from you!
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Meet Gosling Sike’s bees
On the search for bees, the Planting for Pollinators Conservation Officers have been enjoying sunny breaks in Gosling Sike’s Wildlife Garden. Here’s a closer look at just some of the bees you can…
I took a path
A poem by Gosling Sike writer-in-residence Susan Cartwright-Smith
Storms - a poem by Susan Cartwright-Smith
Storms - a poem by Gosling Sike writer-in-residence Susan Cartwright-Smith, February 2022.
Poems & prose inspired by nature | part 2
Gosling Sike’s regular Tuesday volunteer group from Carlisle Mencap had a break from weeding recently and worked with writer-in-residence Susan Cartwright-Smith to pen poetry and prose inspired by…
Poems & prose inspired by nature
Gosling Sike’s regular volunteer group from Carlisle Mencap had a break from weeding recently and worked with writer-in-residence Susan Cartwright-Smith to pen poetry and prose inspired by the…
Volunteers at Gosling Sike
Over the past few months we’ve been working with volunteers from Carlisle Mencap at our wildlife garden at Gosling Sike, Houghton, near Carlisle.
A winter poem
The latest poem by writer in residence Susan Cartwright-Smith.
November at Gosling Sike
The latest Gosling Sike-inspired poem by writer in residence Susan Cartwright-Smith.
Poem: 'Spiral Down'
A poem inspired by Gosling Sike by writer-in-residence Susan Cartwright-Smith.