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February 2011
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Houghton Primary School tells us how to improve farm for wildlife
Year 6 pupils from Houghton Primary School have come up with some wonderful ideas on how to improve wildlife at Cumbria Wildlife Trust's new organic farm. The 10-  and 11-year-olds suggested building log piles at Gosling Sike Farm to attract snakes, lizards, frogs and toads, as well as small mammals such as voles.
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Sponsor a love nest
Celebrate Valentine's day with some wild love...
...and know that you are showing your love for wildlife too.
There are over 200 species of bird found in Cumbria – but many are under threat or in decline. Your gift will help Cumbria Wildlife Trust to provide havens where birds can  build their nests, to protect their eggs and young from predators and help us to ensure they have places to find food for their fledglings.
Click here to Sponsor a Love Nest
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Why not visit one of Cumbria’s many wetlands this Wednesday to celebrate World Wetlands?
2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
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