Surveying seals at South Walney
I finally visited what, in my experience, has been one of our most talked about reserves: South Walney.
I finally visited what, in my experience, has been one of our most talked about reserves: South Walney.
Tents, camping chairs and wellington boots were among items collected by BAE Systems apprentices who swapped the Barrow shipyard for beachcombing on Walney as part of their training programme.
Our first taste of life as the new apprentices came on the second day with a visit to Nibthwaite Farm in the Rusland Valley to do some hedgerow surveying. We were joined by Kate Cartmell Done and…
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.
Unbelievably, we are fast approaching one year of being conservation apprentices here at Cumbria Wildlife Trust! We’re definitely not the newbies anymore; Isaac and I are now both deep into our…
With stunning views across Morecambe bay, this shingle island reserve is full of interest and a fantastic place for bird watching. South Walney Nature Reserve is home to the only grey seal colony…
For the first time over 500 grey seals have been recorded at our nature reserve near Barrow
An informative three days at the Cumbria BogLIFE conference in Penrith
The first grey seal pup to be born this breeding season has been seen at South Walney Nature Reserve