Nature and you

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Red squirrel at Smardale Nature Reserve

© Andrew Walter

Nature and you survey

Please will you spare a few moments of your time to answer this short survey? 

Nature and you - how did nature help you? 

The headline fact is that nature is in trouble.  Recent months in particular have shown that not only does nature need us, but we all need nature. This has been clearer than ever during lockdown and with restrictions to the way we live. 

Many of us and our family and friends have found solace in the natural world. Supporters like you have been in touch to let us know how nature is helping them through the Covid-19 situation.  Each of our lives has been touched in one way or another.  To some nature was a welcome distraction, a lifeline and a refuge – to others a place to exercise and to breathe fresh air.  

Please will you spare a few moments of your time to answer this short survey?

It should take just a few minutes – a little longer if you would like to share with us an experience personal to you or your family, or if you would like to tell us your more detailed opinions and concerns. 

Survey questions

1. How much of Cumbria’s land do you think is managed for nature?
2. Would you say any of these have applied to you during lockdown and the Covid-19 pandemic?
3. Who did you spend lockdown with?
4A. How did you get closer to nature this summer (if an activity is new to you please go to 4B)?
4B. Did you try a new outdoor activity during lockdown?
5. Other people have been in touch to tell us how nature has helped them cope with stress and restrictions imposed because of Covid-19. Has nature helped you in this way at all?
6. Thinking about where you have you enjoyed nature – since March, what type of habitat, landscape or places have you enjoyed?
7. Considering the current rate of loss of biodiversity, how important is it to you that the Government, Local and Regional Authorities and Councils do more to ensure nature’s recovery?
8. Would you like to see beavers back in their natural habitat in Cumbria?

Your details

If you are a member of Cumbria Widlife and know your membership number please enter it here. Thank you
We’d love to share with you the findings from this survey, to send you news of wildlife in the county, and to give you the opportunity to help nature’s recovery in Cumbria. To do this – we just need your email address:

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With huge thanks, this survey has been funded by the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund