Cumbria Wildlife Trust is looking for people to help tell the story of the Lake District's high fells and bring alive the history of the iconic landscape and its wildlife. The Trust is exploring the changes to our landscape through the High Fells. The Cumbria Landscape Story project will be recording the memories of those of people who have lived and worked in the … [Read more...] about Stories from the fells-The Cumbria Landscape Story
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High Fell – The Cumbria Landscape Story
A wildlife trust in Cumbria has secured lottery money to enable it to record memories of the Lakeland fells. Cumbria Wildlife Trust has secured funding from The Heritage Lottery Fund for its latest project, High Fell - The Cumbria Landscape Story. The oral history project will record memories of how the fells have changed since World War Two. Memories and stories … [Read more...] about High Fell – The Cumbria Landscape Story
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 only is it asking people to record birds, its also wants … [Read more...] about Make Your Nature Count
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 Big Lottery Fund. One … [Read more...] about National Soil & Earthworm Survey
Kirkby Stephen Parrots
If anyone had said that parrots, or are they macaws, could be seen flying over a north of England town they most people would have said they were 'off their tree!' To the townsfolk of Kirkby Stephen in the Upper Eden valley having these brightly coloured birds sitting in the dark English tree canopy is now a common occurance. … [Read more...] about Kirkby Stephen Parrots