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Learning to Read the Landscape
I remember running through a field with my best friend on her parents’ farm when I was about ten years old.
Discover a landscape millions of years in the making
The landscape of Eycott Hill Nature Reserve tells a story that was millions of years in the making. From deep oceans, to volcanic eruptions, tropical seas, and icy glaciers, the geological story…
Celebrating a landscape millions of years in the making
Cumbria Wildlife Trust are celebrating the special geology of Eycott Hill Nature Reserve with a new activity that visitors can enjoy year round.
On the afternoon of Friday 12th October a…
Great diving beetle
The Great diving beetle is a large and voracious predator of ponds and slow-moving waterways. Blackish-green in colour, it can be spotted coming to the surface to replenish the air supply it…
Local landscape artist leads our festival celebrating the arts and nature
We're launching our 60th anniversary celebration of the Arts in Nature with a series of workshops led by artist Julia Garner
Discover the Cumbria hiding beneath your feet
With England’s highest peaks and deepest lakes, Cumbria boasts an amazing variety of landscapes and wonderful wildlife habitats - as a new book explains, this is all thanks to rocks
How to identify diving ducks
Diving ducks can be seen year-round, but winter brings a boost in numbers as birds arrive from Northern Europe and Russia. This guide will help you identify them.
Biting stonecrop
Also known as 'Goldmoss' due to its dense, low-growing nature and yellow flowers, Biting stonecrop can be seen on well-drained ground like sand dunes, shingle, grasslands, walls and…
Tawny mining bee
The Tawny mining bee is a furry, gingery bee that can often be seen in parks and gardens during the springtime. Look for a volcano-like mound of earth in the lawn that marks the entrance to its…