Scots pine
The Scots pine is the native pine of Scotland and once stood in huge forests. It suffered large declines, however, as it was felled for timber and fuel. Today, it is making a comeback - good news…
The Scots pine is the native pine of Scotland and once stood in huge forests. It suffered large declines, however, as it was felled for timber and fuel. Today, it is making a comeback - good news…
Rocky habitats are some of the most natural and untouched places in the UK. Often high up in the hills and hard to reach, they are havens for some of our rarest wildlife.
Walk around the lower woodlands that are dripping with mosses and lichens, then onto a wander through the new plantation ending with a look at the ancient Beech trees in Craggy Wood.
Cumbria Wildlife Trust calls for more funding to urgently restore Cumbria’s eroding and damaged peat bogs.
These upland, mixed broadleaf woodlands are part of the Lake District's remaining fragments of temperate rainforest, rich in mosses, ferns and liverworts.
Bluebells and wild garlic…
Largely confined to the north of the UK, the rare pine marten is nocturnal and very hard to spot. However, it can be enticed to visit a peanut-laden birdtable.
Danielle Chalmers has been taken on by Cumbria Wildlife Trust to manage our newest nature reserve, Craggy Wood, and its neighbour, Dorothy Farrer’s Spring Wood, near Staveley.
Join us for one of our conservation days in Staveley Woodlands Nature Reserve.
Join us for one of our conservation days in Staveley Woodlands Nature Reserve.
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!