June 2009
Dear
Summer is finally with us and to celebrate we have a whole host of activities planned for you and your family to enjoy. Come and join us for our Birds & Bees Garden Bonanza at Plumgarths on 14 June and Cumbria's first ever Worm Charming Family Day in Barrow on 6 June, or why not join one of our competitions for a chance to win fabulous prizes and get out into the great outdoors. See below for more infomation on all these events.
Peter Bullard
Director
Gosling Sike Farm residents meeting a success
Plans for an organic farm donated to the Trust this year were welcomed by local residents last month in a meeting arranged by the Trust.
Gosling Sike Farm, just outside Carlisle, will be maintained as a wildlife-rich small holding, with plans to build an education centre and possibly a shop or cafe. Residents were overwhealmingly in favour of the plans for the farm, but concerns raised were taken on board by the Trust. For pictures of the farm click here.
Trust competitions promote wildlife and wildplaces
This month sees the launch of several competitions which aim to promote some of our on-going projects and the wildlife of Cumbria. Why not have a go and see what you can achieve?
Why not try out your photography skills in our Hay-Day Photography Competition? See what you can create in our Design a Red Squirrel Feeder Competition. Perhaps you might have a unique skill at coaxing worms from the ground? If so why not come along to our Worm Charming Family Day in Barrow. See what flowers you and the kids can find in our Big Summer Flower Hunt, and you could win prizes.
01 June - 29 June The Great Big Summer Flower Hunt!
Wildlife Week walk - Latterbarrow and Meathop Moss
Wild flowers in the city
04 June River Kent Himalayan balsam removal work party
05 June White-faced darter dragonfly monitoring - north Cumbria
06 June Mammal Group Taster day
Worm charming family day
07 June Cycle the Trust's south Cumbria nature reserves
Open farm Sunday at The Croft and Gosling Sike Farm
11 June A visit to Lamonby roadside verges
13 June Seabirds and mammals of South Walney Nature Reserve
River Kent Himalayan balsam removal work party
Conservation work party at Wreay Woods Nature Reserve
Discover Cote Garth Allotment and Longrigg Scar
14 June Conservation work party at Meathop Moss Nature Reserve
The Birds and Bees Garden Bonanza
16 June The wildlife of Humphrey Head Nature Reserve
17 June A botanical walk at Beckermet :: Wildlife Walks & Talks
18 June A walking working party at Argill Woods Nature Reserve
19 June White-faced darter dragonfly monitoring - north Cumbria
20 June Discover Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve
Rocks and fossils - Bluecaster and Wraymire Gill
21 June Conservation work party at Next Ness Nature Reserve
24 June Conservation work party at Drumburgh Moss Nature Reserve
Evening meadow walk in Ravenstonedale
25 June River Kent Himalayan balsam removal work party
Conservation work party at Wreay Woods Nature Reserve
27 June - Visit Tarn Sike Nature Reserve
River Kent Himalayan balsam removal work party
28 June Himalayan balsam removal work party
Focus on: South Walney Nature Reserve
It's the perfect time to visit South Walney Nature Reserve near Barrow with its amazing array of breeding birds, including lesser black backed and herring gulls, eider duck, greater black backed gull, shelduck, oystercatcher and many more. There are trails and hides on the reserve from which you can watch the birds. There's also an array of flowering plants, from pyramidal orchid to viper's bugloss.
Summer days out with Cumbria Wildlife Trust
There are some great family days' out coming up in June with the Trust. Come and join us for the Bird's & The Bees Bonanza on Sunday 14 June here at the Trust headquarters at Plumgarths in Kendal. There'll be stalls, owls, story telling, music, refreshments and much more.
Or how about trying your hand at worm charming at our Worm Charming Family Day in Barrow Park, Barrow. You will have 30 minutes, on a 3 metre by 3 metre plot to coax as many worms as you can from the ground. There are great prizes for the winners. There will be plenty more going on on the day including worm dancing, stalls, face painting and refreshments.