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!
Once annually, we recruit for students on a recognised sandwich-year course to join one of our teams for up to 10 months to gain real-life experience in the field, office and within the community…
The grey seal colony at South Walney Nature Reserve is growing, with several pups being born here each year since 2015.
However, young seals and their mothers are incredibly vulnerable to…
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,…
The Government wants to ditch laws that require housebuilders not to harm rivers. But we know these rules work – they enable houses to be built and rivers to be protected. Here’s how, writes Ali…
Insect expert Ben Keywood from Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust takes a closer look at craneflies.
Abi, who volunteers some of her time to the Trust, headed to the Furness Peninsula by bike to explore our South Walney Nature Reserve and wrote about her experience.
It’s nearly time for our family of Foulshaw Ospreys to leave us and make their way to their wintering grounds. Our amazing volunteer, Jenny Cornell, who has been following the ospreys throughout…
Late summer is the best time to discover one of the UK’s chunkiest caterpillars, the elephant hawk-moth.
Discover ten surprising species found in the UK’s seas.
We've been holding our breath as the young ospreys take their first flights out of the nest. #FoulshawOspreys volunteer Jenny Cornell shares some of the footage, and the dates the three…
