Crab Apples, Sloe Berries, meeting 'The Rusland Shepherdess' at Syke farm!
10th October 2016 - Fruit collecting and tree tagging with Jamie and Annie Meanwell
10th October 2016 - Fruit collecting and tree tagging with Jamie and Annie Meanwell
We are working hard to protect and restore peatlands across Cumbria and they are a top priority for us
Niamh loves to feed the birds, so makes natural feeders out of pinecones and berries, to help them through the winter. She’ll tie this to a branch so that the birds can feast from it safely.
Cold Springs Community Nature Reserve will benefit from new funding for Eden Rivers Trust's Access to Eden partnership
Eden Rivers Trust has been given a helping hand from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop a major project that will improve access to the River Eden
Despite its name, Spurge laurel is not a laurel - it just looks like one! It has glossy, dark green leaves and black, poisonous berries, and can be found in woodlands in southern England, in…
Sea-buckthorn is a spiny, thicket-forming shrub of sand dunes. It's native to the east coast of England but considered an invasive species elsewhere. It is most obvious in autumn when it is…
Look for the unusual flowers of lords-and-ladies in spring woodlands: a pale green sheath surrounds a spike of tiny, yellow flowers. This spike eventually forms a familiar, short stalk of striking…
A climbing plant of hedgerows and woodlands, Black bryony produces greenish flowers in summer and red, shiny berries in autumn. It is a poisonous plant.
A climbing plant of hedgerows and woodlands, White bryony produces greenish flowers in summer and red, shiny berries in winter. It is a poisonous plant.
An uncommon hedgerow and woodland tree of central and eastern England, Purging buckthorn displays yellow-green flowers in spring, and poisonous, black berries in autumn.
An uncommon tree of wet woodlands, riverbanks and heathlands, Alder buckthorn displays pale green flowers in spring, and red berries that turn purple in autumn.