Rare Yellowhammer Sighting?

The Yellowhammer seems to have graced the northern border of England with his presence on this seemingly inhospitable marshes of the Solway plain, which are open to cold sea winds and biting rain.  Terrain is usually hard and sandy and the grazing rough.
Hedgerows are only beginning to show the first signs of green but the [...]

A Rare White Violet

From late February to May in shade at the edges of woodland or in hedgerows we can find clumps of sweet violet (viola odorata).

International Dawn Chorus day

International Dawn Chorus Day will take place on 3rd May 2009 and is a worldwide celebration of Nature’s daily Miracle.
Organised by The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country, there will be more opportunities than ever to join in the excitement with events from all over the world and across the UK.
 
A list of [...]

Make Your Nature Count

The RSPB wants to know what crawls, slithers, scuttles, flutters and flies in your garden with its new spring survey. 
Make Your Nature Count is being launched by the RSPB on 8-14 June 2009 and is a one-hour nature count of gardens. 
 
The RSPB wants to know exactly what nature gets up to over the spring. Not [...]

Bumble Bee Survey

The Bumble Bee Conservation Trust are looking for people to support them and need your help to map the distributions of our bumblebees.
In particular they need to know the current habitats of the rarer species which are bordering on extinction. You can take digital photographs of any unusual species that you see in your garden, or [...]

National Soil & Earthworm Survey

March – May 2009
The Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) network is an exciting new initiative, open to anyone with an interest in nature.
Their aim is to create and inspire a new generation of nature lovers by getting people to explore, study, enjoy and protect their local environment.
In 2007 OPAL received a grant of £11.75million from the [...]

Grant for butterfly scheme

Britain’s most threatened butterfly is being offered a helping hand to recovery in the Morecambe Bay and South Cumbria area, thanks to a grant boost from the Forestry Commission’s English Woodland Grant Scheme.
The Morecambe Bay limestone area and the South Cumbria low fells are the last national stronghold for the High Brown Fritillary butterfly and [...]

International award for Muncaster owl

One of the best-loved owls ever to wing its way into the World Owl Trust at Muncaster near Ravenglass in the Lake District has been honoured with an international award.
One of the best-loved owls ever to wing its way into the World Owl Trust at Muncaster near Ravenglass in the Lake District has been honoured [...]

Bumble Bees Need You!

With spring in the air, it will soon be time for the queen Bumble Bees to emerge from hibernation.

Spring Arrives in Cumbria

The end of February has seen a very mild week with temperatures jumping from 4 to 10 degrees Celcius.
Light breezes and spring sunshine have made for some very good days to go walking.

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