Tag: nature recovery
All about seats, plugs, walls and bats… Post
In a packed blog this week: the Dam Mire wood Eye Seat, bracken rolling at Rusland woods, signpost painting at Little Asby, trialling virtual fence cow collars at Rusland and more walling at Mazonwath.
Nature Recovery Fund helps restore Lake District rainforest Post
Friends of the Lake District has been awarded £14,900 from Westmorland and Furness Council’s Nature Recovery Fund to support vital restoration work of temperate rainforest in the Rusland Valley.
Project seeks locations for new hedgeplanting and restoration Post
We are looking for sites in Cumbria to plant new hedges, and lay or restore existing hedges in need of a little TLC.
Wildlife bonanza – slow worms, toads and bats Post
This week, Jan has been meeting up with theLittle Asby commoners, exploring the hay meadows of High Borrowdale and pondering the issues around tree planting and water.
Volunteers wanted to help survey hedge biodiversity Post
As part of our Hedges and Edges project, we are seeking more volunteers to help us survey hedgerow health
Fossils, flowers, forests and fly-campers Post
This week, Jan pays a visit to Gowbarrow to look at some ancient woodland before returning to Mazonwath with her volunteers to work on more dry stone walling and check in on the hay meadow restoration work.
Woods, meadows and challenge walling Post
Incredible views from Sweden Wood, checking out the trees in Rusland, and a challenging wall gap in High Borrowdale. All this and some amazing footage of barn owls!
Overflowing with good news and excitement Post
Ninety years of campaigning for wires to go underground and our National Park extensions campaign pays off - as work begins undergrounding wires on our land at Little Asby. A new bridge and seat at Dam Mire, new land at Threlkeld.
So who is eating the fence? Post
National Volunteers Week: adventures at the Helm with bracken, grass clearance, ponies and fence repairs. An award nominated volunteer, and research proves the healing effects of greenery.
Time to experiment Post
In this week's blog, Jan updates us on Rusland experiments with sheep fat, and battles the micro climate of High Borrowdale.
Hedges and Edges project plants and restores 5km of new hedgerows Post
We're celebrating National Hedgerows Week (4-10 May 2026) having planted 2km of new hedgerows in Cumbria and restored a further 3km of hedgerows – a total of 17,860 trees planted!
Bluebells and chocolate chips Post
Spring has come to Cumbria, the bluebells are out and the woods are looking, sounding and smelling amazing. Our land manager Jan tells us more...