Cumbria Wildlife Trust
The Great Big Green Week – what’s going on in your area?
The Great Big Green Week – what’s going on in your area? Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council are informing the public that Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS), a climate change charity, are sharing events that they have provided funding for during The Great Big Green Week, 10-18 June 2023. Cumbria County Council originally […]
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Discover the Cumbria hiding beneath your feet
Discover the Cumbria hiding beneath your feet With England’s highest peaks and deepest lakes, Cumbria boasts an amazing variety of landscapes and wonderful wildlife habitats – as a new book explains, this is all thanks to rocks Want to hear the full incredible story of the landscape of Cumbria? To celebrate our 60th anniversary […]
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Dynamic Dunescapes – Discover your dunes
Featured Image courtesy of Norbutas Photography Dynamic Dunescapes – Discover your dunes. With people staying closer to home, 2020 has proven to be the year we discover the hidden gems on our doorstep. Cumbria has its share of beauty spots but with tourists swarming from all over the country, we’ve turned our attention to the […]
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Enter the Cumbria Wildlife Trust Photo Competition
Why not make the most of the weather and take part in our garden wildlife photography competition? Whether your outside space is a window box or a few acres, we’d love to see the wildlife you’re enjoying on your doorstep. We may be in lockdown, but the flowers are in bloom, bees are buzzing, insects […]
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Cumbria Wildlife Trust Calendar winner announced
Photo by Peter Boardman In its second year the Cumbria Wildlife Trust calendar looks set for a bright future. This year there were 220 entries for the the Wildlife Photography Competition that ran over four weeks in the summer. Photo by Mike Warren The winner was a stunning shot by Peter Boardman of Brough who captured this […]
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Bee Event Creates A Buzz Around Egremont
Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s first ‘Get Cumbria Buzzing’ event in West Cumbria is a great success. Over 200 people created a real buzz at the Florence Arts Centre in Egremont recently, at an event which celebrated bees and also helped to preserve an important piece of the town’s industrial heritage. People of all ages were drawn to […]
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Get Cumbria Buzzing At Florence Arts Centre
Florence Arts Centre and Cumbria Wildlife Trust are giving people a chance to get Cumbria buzzing with pollinators – bumblebees, butterflies and hoverflies! On August 19th, a day of pollinator themed arts, crafts and activities under the banner Get Cumbria Buzzing is planned, including: bug hunts, making willow insects, stone & tile painting, a bug […]
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Eycott Hill Nature Reserve: Events This August
A series of free events at Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Eycott Hill Nature Reserve this August will allow visitors to unleash their inner artist, enjoy free guided walks, and learn more about caterpillars and their favourite foods! On Saturday 4th August aspiring artists can learn how to create stunning pastel landscapes at a workshop with local […]
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New Conservation Campaign To Protect Wildlife At Sea
Cumbria Wildlife Trust is urging people in Cumbria to sign up to a new e-petition to help with the conservation of wildlife in several special sites in the Irish Sea. The charity is urging people to sign the new e-petition on International Mud Day (29 June), as several of the proposed conservation sites are important […]
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Battle to protect Cumbria’s seas receives a boost
Cumbria Wildlife Trust is welcoming the possibility of 41 new Marine Conservation Zones. Wildlife in two of Cumbria’s marine areas could receive protection after the Government announced a consultation on 41 proposed Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) around the UK. Sites on the Solway Firth and West of Copeland are among the areas which will now go […]
