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.
Get closer to the field and a little more behind the scenes by reading about the wild experiences, wildlife insights and recollections of staff and volunteers – writers from all over the organisation, from our Reserve Officers to our student placements.
We welcome guest bloggers! If you have something to write home about - whether you've got a trail cam in your garden, or you've been bird watching, or visited one of our nature reserves - if it's to do with Cumbria's wildlife and wild places then we'd love to hear from you!
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.
During November we have had a big push in the tree nursery, getting our first load of trees planted and protected from the resident deer population. As some of these young hazel trees are already…
As we are creeping through autumn and the nights are drawing in, the mornings are starting get frosty. The crisp leaves that have been blown from the trees in the woods are really crunching…
There is definitely an Autumnal feel to the weather at the moment, with warm wet days followed by crisp, sunny, dry ones. All the leaves are turning to deep auburn and brown and slowly drifting…
My name’s William, and over the past summer I have been volunteering with Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
August has been a busy month, with the school holidays in full swing the woodlands have been visited by many intrepid explorers.
The first week in September usually marks the end of osprey season at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve as the birds begin their epic migration.
By Ella Hendrix - Writer, Labrador Lover and Hiker
As the world finally begins to wake up to the importance of our wildlife in keeping ecosystems alive and maintaining the delicate…