Protecting wildlife and wild places for the future
© Les Fitton
The Wildlife Trusts play a very important part in protecting our natural heritage. I would encourage anyone who cares about wildlife to join them.
President Emeritus, The Wildlife Trusts
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Livsey family, winners of Beached Art sand sculpture competition 2018, with Mike Starkie, Mayor of Copeland (right)
There's (probably) a Nature Reserve a few miles from you just waiting to be explored...
Latest Cumbria wildlife news
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Atlantic salmon return to Eycott Hill Nature Reserve
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Visting the Solway shore
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