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Whilst we search the web for stories we come across many websites that very worth of a mention in our webwatch feature as they deserve a wider audience. Many searches done on the web are done using Google. Whilst this is a mighty fine search engine it does seem to favour certain larger websites. Leave the motorway [caption id="attachment_1184" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Webwatch - Naturearoundme"][/caption] Anyone with an interest in nature knows that to find real gems you should venture off the main paths and motorways and get into the quieter areas only frequented by those in the know. This is the same for the web ...

Seabird couple keep up their record

Legendary love birds Peckster and Flip are back at their summer residence at no. 33 Staple Newk, RSPB Bempton Cliffs. The celebrity seabird couple have amazed RSPB staff and volunteers for years by being the first of Bempton’s almost 9,000 pairs of gannets to return to their nest, lay an egg, raise a chick and then see them off into the big wide world. And this year is no different. [caption id="attachment_1176" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="Pair 33 Peckster and Flip - Credit steverace.com"][/caption] “When Peckster and Flip are back, we know that spring is around the corner,” said Alan Dalton, who helps run the reserve ...

Sean Bean supports British woodland.

Screen legend Sean Bean has lent his support and his distinctive voice to a new national tree planting campaign from the Woodland Trust. [caption id="attachment_1157" align="alignleft" width="226" caption="Sean Bean in the recording studio"][/caption] Sean Bean, who is a charismatic actor and Woodland Trust member, has recorded a personal commentary for a new Trust video spearheading the charity’s campaign to double native tree cover in the UK. Recognised for his starring roles as Sharpe in the Napoleonic Wars drama and Boromir in Lord of the Rings, Sean is currently gracing the cinema screens as Zeus in the film adaptation of Percy Jackson & the ...

Daffodil bus returns to Farndale

A popular shuttle bus offering a frequent service between Hutton-le-Hole and the picturesque valley of Farndale with its carpet of wild daffodils begins its five week run on Sunday 21 March. The Daffodil Bus – part of the North York Moors National Park Authority’s Moorsbus service – will run on Sundays from 21 March until 18 April plus Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday. [caption id="attachment_1148" align="alignright" width="206" caption="Daffodil"][/caption] With some 50,000 people visiting Farndale each year to see the daffodils, the shuttle bus helps keep congestion on the narrow roads to a minimum. Last year saw 1636 passengers make use of ...

Lake District Trees at Aintree

Trees from the Forestry Commission estate at Grizedale Forest in south Cumbria will once again be making a star appearance at this year’s John Smith’s Grand National race, at Aintree in Liverpool on 10 April 2010 Over 60 tonnes of spruce branches from Grizedale are used for the event’s 30 jump fences. [caption id="attachment_1140" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Grand National - Pic Aintree"][/caption] The fence-building programme begins a month before the Grand National meeting is run, with spruce sourced and transported from Grizedale Forest to Aintree. There are currently 98 potential runners and riders for the four and a half mile long course, which will then ...

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Podcast: Frozen River in North Cumbria

January 9, 2010 ·
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Three weeks of sub zero temperatures in parts of the UK have led to rivers and large stretches of water to start freezing. In north Cumbria large clumps of ice have started to form on the River Eden in Carlisle. Ice floats downstream on the River Eden Some...
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March 20, 2010 ·
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Sean Bean supports British woodland.

March 13, 2010 ·
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Screen legend Sean Bean has lent his support and his distinctive voice to a new national tree planting campaign from the Woodland Trust. Sean Bean in the recording studio Sean Bean, who is a charismatic actor and Woodland Trust member, has recorded a...
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Seabird couple keep up their record

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Children Help Barn Owls

Wildlife experts from the World Owl Trust and Forestry Commission have teamed up with local schools to help protect barn owls in south Cumbria. Tythe the Barn Owl with children from Hawkshead and Levens Valley Schools, along with Kate Jordan Education Officer for Grizedale and Hilary Lange UK Conservation Officer...

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Swans in the City

Recent bad weather and frozen waterways have brought animals away from their normal habitats and into the built up areas where we live, in the hunt for food and shelter. Swan eats food made available for it from a householder. Swans from the Lancaster canal have left the waterway and headed inland, rummaging through...

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Big Garden Birdwatch 30-31 January 2010

Now in it’s 31st year the RSPB big Garden Birdwatch is hoping to gather even more sightings of garden birds than ever before. Around half a million people are expected to be watching the garden birds this weekend (30-31 January 2010) for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. As Britain has endured its harshest winter...

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