In This Issue

Flower Power: the wildflower grasslands of Cumbria exhibition
International Dawn Chorus Day, Sunday 2 May
Donations secure an additional 48 acres for Wildlife Trust’s Orton Moss Nature Reserve
Trust staff take a walk on the wildside in Keswick to Barrow walk

Also This Month

Can you investigate the potential for running an oral history project?

The volunteer will do this by identifying valleys and dales and people who have lived in them since the war and are willing to talk to us about their memories of the nature that existed at this time. Basic natural history skills and an interest in people and an ability to listen are important along with an interest in the history of the lakes and knowledge of traditional land management. For more information contact Neil Harnott on neilh@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk or ring 01539 816300.

Current volunteering opportunities
There is always something that you can do to help out at Cumbria Wildlife Trust. You can lend a hand in the office, use your specific surveying skills in the field or turn up to a conservation work party on one of our nature reserves.
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April's Events

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Conservation Work Parties

14 Wreay Woods Nature Reserve
21 Drumburgh Moss Nature Reserve
25 Wreay Woods Nature Reserve

Wildlife Walks and Talks

09 Penrith and Ullswater Local Support Group AGM and a talk
10 North West Local Support Group AGM and nibbles
14 Photography evening
14 The value of Cumbria Wildlife Trust's nature reserves
18 Wildlife 'Welly' walk in the woods
10 Cumbria's reptiles and amphibians
21 Borrowdale, the secret valley
25 Wildlife 'Welly' walk in the woods
27 Evening walk with the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC)

Family days out

10 Eden Dippers
13 Kendal Kingfishers

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April 2010

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Flower Power: the wildflower grasslands of Cumbria exhibition at Tullie House 24 April to 9 July

This collaborative exhibition between Cumbria Wildlife Trust and Tullie House celebrates the delights of the county’s flower-rich grasslands, looking at the beauty of the flowers and the different places in which they grow, as well as the folklore surrounding them. It also explores some of the insects and birds that depend on them. The display also looks at projects led by Cumbria Wildlife Trust to enhance and recreate new wildflower meadows in Cumbria. In some places wildflowers are colonising new ground on old industrial sites – flower power indeed!
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International Dawn Chorus Day
Sunday 2 May

International Dawn Chorus Day is an annual celebration of the world’s oldest wake-up call – the dawn chorus – and the beauty of bird song. Come along to an event near you to experience a wildlife moment you'll never forget. Read More »

Donations secure an additional 48 acres for Wildlife Trust’s Orton Moss Nature Reserve

Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s northern members have helped to guarantee the future of a moss near Great Orton, Carlisle by helping to purchase more than 48 acres of land. This mostly impenetrable wet woodland is a former raised mire and adjoins Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s current Orton Moss Nature Reserve, increasing the reserve’s size from a mere 6.5 acres to a substantial 55 acres. Read More »

Trust staff take a walk on the wildside in Keswick to Barrow walk

Ten staff from Cumbria Wildilfe Trust are taking part in the 40 mile walk from Keswick to Barrow on Saturday 8 May. Michelle Waller, Senior Development Officer, said: "The walk raises vital funds for local charities and we have nominated South Lakes Society for the Blind and Cumbria Wildlife Trust - two chariites that are close to our hearts."

If you would like to sponsor Cumbria Wildlife Trust's team please send cheques made payable to 'Keswick to Barrow Walk Committee' to Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Plumgarths, Crook Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 8LX.