A fond farewell
My last couple of months at Cumbria Wildlife Trust have gone in a flash and it’s time for me to move onto pastures new. In this post I look back on my apprenticeship and reflect on what I’ve…
My last couple of months at Cumbria Wildlife Trust have gone in a flash and it’s time for me to move onto pastures new. In this post I look back on my apprenticeship and reflect on what I’ve…
The nodding, blue bells of the harebell are a summer delight of grasslands, sand dunes, hedgerows and cliffs. They are attractive to all kinds of insects, too.
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.
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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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 beautiful beetle is fond of damp meadows and woodland rides, where it's often found on umbellifers or thistles.
10th October 2016 - Fruit collecting and tree tagging with Jamie and Annie Meanwell
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…
Look out for the small Holly Blue in your garden or local park. It is the first blue butterfly to emerge in spring, and a second generation appears in summer. The caterpillars are fond of holly…