We are working in partnership with Forestry England to restore a 630 hectare conifer plantation to native woodland. Partner in Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery.
Duddon Valley, Cumbria
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The Autumn newsletter is here. Latest news on montane woodland plans, site maintenance, acrobatic squirrel, new volunteer dates (including our first hedge laying days), update on the Nature Rich Miterdale project, heatwaves & trees cover research & more. Link in bio ⤵️
With the reintroduction of the pine marten to Cumbria it's great to see them alongside red squirrels at Hardknott Forest again, as they are in Scotland where these came from. The two species are able to co-exist & the agile reds are very rarely able to be caught by martens. (1/2)
A place has just come up for our Autumn residential. Stay at comfortable accomodation in the middle of Hardknott Forest & plant trees, remove tree tubes & other good stuff. It costs £65 or £10 low waged for the weekend. Get in touch for more info. [email protected]
A few pics from Friday's conference at @CumbriaUni Ambleside campus. Pine martens are back in Cumbria thanks to the efforts of all these people. Great talks & good craic too.
@vincentwildlife
Absolutely no-one has been asking what's in the Autumn newsletter, which is due out tomorrow (once I've double checked all the links and font sizes). But nothing puts us off, so you can look forward to...(1/2)
Sign up here➡️mailchi.mp/fab56d180ac7/uppe… or link in bio
We don't do shout-outs, as the term makes me feel ill, so a cheery "well done everybody" to all these folks who have planted wildflowers for the project in past couple of weeks. Special thanks to local #YHA staff for their regular visits. (1/2)
It's been great working with @WoodlandTrust staff Pete Leeson and Steve Hebblethwaite on this high level tree planting exclosure at the top of Wrynose Pass. Even a small(ish) site like this has a wide variety of variables to deal with - soil type, exposure, deer impact...
Join us on Sunday (11th) for a day of wildflower planting by the River Duddon. We'll be planting 600 of the first wildflowers grown in our own nursery. Two places left. @FlowerdewBob
@Wild_flowerHour @ForestryEngland
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Sometimes a picture can paint a thousand words. But not this picture, it's just Paddy pointing at cowclap.
I thought I'd be getting home early the other day, but felt sorry for Paddy trying to sort this lot. I pulled over to help with some arm waving & random noises. Him having named his dog John (after me?) was confusing (GET OUT OF IT JOHN you useless ******) but we got it done.
Just before the school summer holidays we visited Broughton Primary to work with a couple of classes and set up cam traps. This was a great follow up after they visited us at Hardknott Forest in the Spring. One pupil had made and installed a hedgehog home - look what turned up!
It looks like flapjack's back on the menu. Volunteering restarted yesterday after a summer break, and that meant a tasty treat for our vols.
Caution may contain nuts!*
*And that's just the volunteer group.
(We can do jokes, but we usually choose not to).
Vol dates in bio.
It was interesting helping University of Leeds
researcher Ben collecting data last week. He's looking at the effect of tree canopy cover on temperature & soil moisture. More in our autumn newsletter. Sign up link in bio.
@Forestry_UK @climatemessages
Two spaces left if you fancy joining us to remove non-native tree and restore wild woodland on Sunday 13th Sept. Share if you can.
@NatureVolUK @CumbriaCVS @Forestry_UK
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