Why I Volunteer as a Wildlife Watch Group Leader
Read on to find out what being a Wildlife Watch Group Leader means to volunteer Seb Sillitoe.
Blog: Volunteering
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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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Trust a wild life
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Planting for Pollinators above Windermere
Volunteers Paul Whitaker and Natalie Thorp jump on the train to Windermere, to help the Planting for Pollinators team improve a community woodland by planting spring bulbs, wildflower plugs and…
Peaty Volunteer Sammy Kitchen Keeps Her Eyes on the Bog
Volunteering is at the core of everything we do for wildlife, people and places. We value every volunteer for their contributions however big or small. We also know that volunteering can help…
Student Placement Vicky Slugocki
Student Placement Vicky Slugocki shares her experience as a researcher
Marine Champion Lizzie
Marine Champion volunteer Lizzie Pennefather shares her experience as a volunteer on our coastline.
Look what's in the garden
Duddon Support Group enjoy open garden day with 100 visitors
Tales from a Cattle Checker by Susan Richardson
Imagine going on a safari… in wellies. Armed with a pair of binoculars, you’re only looking for one species, each weighing half a tonne… but allegedly friendly.
Duddon Support Group run new children's wildlife gardening class
Young people get creative at Duddon Support Group event
Education and Volunteering Team volunteers Jan and Judith
Volunteers, Jan McArthur and Judith Wallen support Jamie Normington, the Trust's Education and Volunteering Officer. If you make a volunteer enquiry or register as a new volunteer, chances…