Restoring Hardknott Forest

We are working in partnership with Forestry England to restore a 630 hectare conifer plantation to native woodland. Partner in Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery.

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Our Spring newsletter is out now and includes: the return of the pine marten to Cumbria, information on lichens, oak gall wasps, new events and volunteer dates and, of course, a poo quiz.
Newsletter link in our bio (linktree).

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@MBRoberts4004 @CumbriaLifeMag @NFUtweets Us too.

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Come & help us remove (and recycle) plastic tree tubes from the beautiful Eskdale valley. All welcome. Please share.
@CumbriaLifeMag @NFUtweets
https://t.co/hRaeEGxAsC

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@MBRoberts4004 @CumbriaLifeMag @NFUtweets Very true, but not on our watch!

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@EdinburghPicker @KeepBritainTidy @Litterwatch1 @lakedistrictnpa Power outages: first on every litter pickers list of concerns...great that the manufacturers have fully addressed this issue.

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A ubiquitous helium balloon found by Ewan on our volunteer day yesterday. At least this one has a warning sticker on it, so that's alright.
@KeepBritainTidy @Litterwatch1 @lakedistrictnpa

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@HarringayBirder @LurigDramaCDall The first bit. And the other bit, plus the last bit. All of it, if we're honest.

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Great to spot a pair of ring ouzels on our heathland monitoring day this week. We like to think they'll appreciate the work that the Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery project is doing to improve these habitats. Video & photos by our new ranger Abbey.
@CumbriaCrack @_BTO

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@ClennellMick @IanGianni @Hawkonaridge @AWPRCO @TessaOutlook I'm sure you read the whole report before taking that view.

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@ContrarianJolly Secondly, you didn't notice there wasn't a secondly...

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@ClennellMick @IanGianni @Hawkonaridge @AWPRCO @TessaOutlook You only want data you agree with?

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@ContrarianJolly Firstly the humour is highly subjective.

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@ClennellMick @IanGianni @Hawkonaridge @AWPRCO @TessaOutlook And to return to the original issue: Ground nesting birds = dogs on leads | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants https://t.co/8CtiqQifKw

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@ClennellMick @IanGianni @Hawkonaridge @AWPRCO @TessaOutlook More than 100 species set to go extinct in Britain by 2080 | Natural History Museum https://t.co/ruf5jW5mPd

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@ClennellMick @IanGianni @Hawkonaridge @AWPRCO @TessaOutlook 7 species we rarely see now | WWF https://t.co/0z9FJuc2Iu

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@ClennellMick @IanGianni @Hawkonaridge @AWPRCO @TessaOutlook State of Nature 2023 - report on the UK’s current biodiversity https://t.co/9Z3tENoBUz

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@ClennellMick @AWPRCO @Chrisabb58 @TessaOutlook Worth looking up " ecological niches". Thanks to evolution different species have evolved to cope with/exploit different environments. Hence some birds nest in trees, some in scrub, some on cliffs, some in burrows and some on beaches.

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@ClennellMick @IanGianni @Hawkonaridge @AWPRCO @TessaOutlook We may have "way more" conservation as a reaction to habitat loss, and the UKs position in the bottom 10% of all countries in terms if our nature intactness.

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@ClennellMick @AlBuHarg @AWPRCO @TessaOutlook Which part of this is nature? The habitat loss or the disturbance by dogs?