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Nature Diary No. 1 March 2020 by Peter and Sylvia Woodhead
Our Nature blog for March 2020, with plants and wildlife seen on on local walks.
Cumbria beavers update (March 2023)
March 2021 Wildlife Gardening Enews
Spring news from the garden at Plumgarths.
Cold conservation days and coppice coup chatter - January 2020 Blog
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…
Wild, Wet and Twig Who’s Who (Staveley Woodlands December Blog)
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.
Hedgerow surveying in the Rusland Valley
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…
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First week as Cumbria Wildlife Trust apprentice Conservation officers!
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…
Crab Apples, Sloe Berries, meeting 'The Rusland Shepherdess' at Syke farm!
10th October 2016 - Fruit collecting and tree tagging with Jamie and Annie Meanwell
Hairy violet
Living up to its name, the hairy violet is covered in fine hairs. Look for its delicate, violet flowers blooming from March to June on chalk grasslands, in particular.
Conservation Apprentice Sian's look back over November & December
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…