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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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Farming with wildlife

Our friends at Jordans tell you a bit more about how they welcome wildlife on their farms, with the help of The Wildlife Trusts.

The Sky Beneath the Stone by Alex Mullarky book cover

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.

Red tail queen photo Charlotte Rankin

Looking out for spring's pollinators

With daylight lasting longer each day, spring is well underway across Cumbria. This means that many of our early pollinators have emerged after a long winter.

Swift photo Nick Upton

Swift Lodge – a true home for swifts

Covid, and the lockdowns that came with it, has meant that many of us are spending more time at home, and perhaps looking for ways to extend the living space.

Cedar Manor - new wildlife borders

A new improved garden for bees, birds and deer

Cedar Manor is a family-owned small, luxury hotel in Windermere. The owners, Caroline and Jonathan Kaye, have improved their hotel grounds for wildlife over the last two years and below they tell…

Pied flycatcher

I took a path

A poem by Gosling Sike writer-in-residence Susan Cartwright-Smith

wildlife friendly gardening

Put your garden to the test!

Our two-minute survey can score your garden and offer ideas to make it even better for wildlife, but why is this so important?

image of a grasshopper warbler bird singing  -copyright amy lewis

Spring

A poem by Gosling Sike writer-in-residence Susan Cartwright-Smith

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