Discover the joys of spectacular upland hay meadows in the Westmorland Dales
To celebrate National Meadows Day, we're running a series of public events at one of our newest nature reserves, Bowber Head Farm
To celebrate National Meadows Day, we're running a series of public events at one of our newest nature reserves, Bowber Head Farm
National Meadows Day takes place on Saturday 7 July
These beautiful, herb-rich meadows are at their best between late-May and mid-July (after which they are cut for hay, weather permitting). Later, after the haycut, pale fields with geometric…
If you’ve been to Eycott Hill Nature Reserve recently you might have noticed our lovely hay meadow.
Elegant, airy woodlands of silver-barked birches found across the northern uplands. Often transient in feel, with scattered trees growing over the heathy field layer of the surrounding moorland,…
Bowber Head Farm, a traditional farm between Kirkby Stephen and Sedbergh, near Ravenstonedale, has been transferred to the care of Cumbria Wildlife Trust. It includes an internationally-important…
The Daffodil Hotel and Spa in Grasmere pledges its support for wildlife as a corporate member of Cumbria Wildlife Trust
These grasslands, occupying much of the UK's heavily-grazed upland landscape, are of greater cultural than wildlife interest, but remain a habitat to some scarce and declining species.
Limited in distribution, this sweetly-scented, short-cropped, springy grassland is famed for its abundance of rare and scarce species.
These tiny habitats, the source of our streams and rivers, are fundamental to the well-being of whole water catchments.
The Lakeland store at Windermere is donating £20,000 to Cumbria Wildlife Trust to help restore flower-rich meadows