May 2009
Dear
Last week saw local dignatories, trustees and volunteers celebrating the new extension of Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve at its official opening with Tim Scoones, producer of BBC Springwatch. Its a great place to visit particularly at this time of year with the bluebells just beginnning to show. We were also had another reason to celebrate this week as Lord Inglewood accepted two cheques from the Furness Building Society and the Tourism and Conservation Partnership towards the tireless work of the Trust's Save our Squirrels project.
Peter Bullard
Director
Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve extension Officially Opened
An extension of the land at Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve, near Crosthwaite, has been officially opened by Tim Scoones, Producer of Springwatch. A celebration event was held among the emerging bluebells at the woodland on Thursday 23 April.
Barkbooth Lot is a mosaic of scrub, bracken, wetland and flower-rich grassland with two small man-made tarns, situated towards the head of the Winster valley. It represents a rare mix of habitats in an area where most low fell land has been improved by agriculture. We have been fortunate to be able to double the size of this wonderful nature reserve. More
Cumbrian Wildlife Magazine goes online
The Trust's magazine Cumbrian Wildlife has a little extra this spring, with links from the magazine to special web pages dedicated to pictures and articles that delve deeper into issues discussed in the magazine. You can even submit your photos and sightings of spring through flickr, or have a peek at videos of conservation work at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve. Click this link to go to the Magazine Extra pages.
Wildlife Walks and Talks
03 May Birds and breakfast at Broughton 04 May Explore Stennerskeugh and Fell End Clouds
06 May Early Birds
18 May Hutton Roof woodlands
20 May Wildflowers at Watermillock church
23 May Visit to Eskmeals Dunes Nature Reserve
27 May Wild Ennerdale
29 May Seabirds and mammals of South Walney Nature Reserve
Conservation Work Parties.
14 May Conservation work party at Wreay Woods Nature Reserve
27 May Conservation work party at Drumburgh Moss Nature Reserve
28 May River Kent Himalayan balsam removal work party
Learning about Wildlife
22 May White-faced darter dragonfly monitoring
29 May Meathop Moss Nature Reserve moth evening
Family Days
25 May - 30th June The Great Big Summer Flower Hunt!
Wildlife Week
30 May Biodiversity challenge
30 May The limestone flora of Farleton Knot
31 May Hedgerow medicines and remedies
31 May Guided walk around Brown Robin Nature Reserve
Focus on: Bloomin beautiful bluebells on our nature reserves
Its bluebell time! What better place to see them at their best than on Cumbria Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves. There are fantastic shows in the south of the county at Dorothy Farrers Spring Wood Nature Reserve and at our new wooded extension at Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve. Wreay Woods Nature Reserve offers a great display in the north of the county. Whilst there why not take some pictures and submit them to our flickr page?
Green gifts: Give a hedgehog, barn owl or peat bog to loved ones and help conserve Cumbria's Wildlife
How about giving your mum a hedgehog on her birthday? or a barn owl for great uncle Joe? or maybe a slice of peat bog for your best friend? Giving a virtual green gift from Cumbria Wildlife Trust not only helps to support our work conserving Cumbria's wildlife but also offers a unique and special gift for your loved ones.