A fond farewell
My last couple of months at Cumbria Wildlife Trust have gone in a flash and it’s time for me to move onto pastures new. In this post I look back on my apprenticeship and reflect on what I’ve…
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An introduction into the complex world of birding!
Surveying wading birds at Hodbarrow Reserve
Watching cetaceans from Maryport coast
On Wednesday Isaac and I split up and did different things for the day. As he went off to learn how to use a scythe, I chose to have a slightly less physically taxing day and attended a ‘Seawatch…
Hedgerow surveying in the Rusland Valley
Our first taste of life as the new apprentices came on the second day with a visit to Nibthwaite Farm in the Rusland Valley to do some hedgerow surveying. We were joined by Kate Cartmell Done and…
Moth ID course at Mungrisdale!
Identifying Moths and Eycott Hill visit
First week as Cumbria Wildlife Trust apprentice Conservation officers!
Kate Cartmell Done will be leaving for university in Bangor very shortly. While she’ll be dearly missed here for all her fantastic work, Cumbria Wildlife Trust has decided to take on 2 new…
From sunny Beached Art festival to marine mammal surveys off the Isle of Cumbrae before ending up to my waist in a ditch at Next Ness
Things have been ramping up as I try to tie up loose ends and prepare for university, and I have spent some time on the Isle of Cumbrae learning to survey marine mammals. Here is my summary for…
Wildlife Bioblitz at Eycott Hill Nature Reserve
During a Wildlife Bioblitz in mid July with local experts, Cumbria Wildlife Trust staff, and the Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre, and of course everyone who attended from beginners to experts, 27…
Flight feathers are ready…we have lift off!
After lots of practice flapping about the nest the #FoulshawOspreys chicks have fledged.
Eyes on Eycott Hill - an animated film
Eyes on Eycott Hill is a wonderful animated film produced by a group from the Edington Centre in Penrith. The work was inspired by site visits to the nature reserve and stories written by children…