Weird warm spell in February prompts wildlife to spring into action too early
The warm weather we had this February has caused lots of wildlife to appear earlier than it normally would.
The warm weather we had this February has caused lots of wildlife to appear earlier than it normally would.
Guest blog by Gosling Sike writer in residence Susan Cartwright-Smith including a poem This Land Is A Gift.
We have had another wet month with the occasional beautiful sunny day. The tree nursery is starting to bulge at the seams with trees, with over 400 now and about 500 growing in people’s gardens…
I thought I would start my recount of December with a big “Happy New Year” for 2020. I hope you all have lots of wonderful wild plans for the year ahead.
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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…
Kate Cartmell Done will be leaving for university in Bangor very shortly. While she’ll be dearly missed here for all her fantastic work, Cumbria Wildlife Trust has decided to take on 2 new…
This month, February, has flown by! I’ve enjoyed several sunny days, witnessed some drone action and helped with the recruitment process for the next six marine trainees.
Storms - a poem by Gosling Sike writer-in-residence Susan Cartwright-Smith, February 2022.
How exciting! We’ve had a marsh harrier sighting, which was spotted at Foulshaw Moss nature reserve this week (15 February) by David, our Conservation Manager here at Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
As warned by Kate CD, blogging regularly would become more and more difficult to fit in as Isaac and I got busier at the Trust – so this my attempt to squeeze two packed months into one blog post…