Join CBDC and #Cumbria #Ecoskills for free, evening webinars in February:⁠ - Biological Recording, Tuesday 10th Feb, 7-8pm. - Introduction to #Mapping: Biodiversity Data, Thursday 12th Feb, 7-8pm. - Introduction to Mapping: Using QGIS, Thursday 26th Feb, 7-8pm.⁠ ⁠ www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved...

Join the free session on wildlife recording for landowners, managers, and farmers from @cumbriabdc.bsky.social! Discover how to track wildlife for funding and ecological assessments. Don’t miss out! https://loom.ly/YKO1TYM #WildlifeRecording #Biodiversity

A huge thank you to all our partners, collaborators, colleagues and particularly wildlife recorders and verifiers - we have enjoyed working with you in 2025 and would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas! We look forward to working with you in 2026!

CBDC's Challenge 365 is returning in 2026! If you are looking for a challenge which will do something positive for nature, this is for you. All you have to do is observe something. Every day. For one year. And tell us what you have seen. www.cbdc.org.uk/recording-wi...

Join us next Tuesday at 7pm for a #webinar exploring winter birds in Cumbria. CBDC Recording Officer, Martin Harris, will talk about the species you can see across the county and how to record them. All welcome for the 7-8pm session! Book your free place here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/cumbria-ecos...

#Raise Cumbria Community Forest are launching a neuroaffirming volunteer programme this January - and there are still a few days left to sign up. Find out more here: www.raisecumbria.co.uk/volunteer CBDC will be taking part with an introduction to wildlife recording!

The Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Strategy (#Cumbria #LNRS) has been published. Take a look at the overall vision: cumbrialnrs.org.uk/homepage-0%E... And watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJq4... ⁠ Huge thank you to all recorders who took part in the consultation workshops!

We're looking forward to our last recording day of the year at #WatchtreeNatureReserve tomorrow. Do join us between 10am and 3pm to join in with a bit of recording! Lots of fungi on the reserve but whatever your interest (plants, birds, invertebrates etc.), there is something to observe and record!

Our latest newsletter has just been sent to all our subscribers. Not received it? View it online from our website! www.cbdc.org.uk/about-us/new...

Cumbria Wild Watch is over for another year. Thank you to everyone who took part and contributed records. If you haven't submitted your records (via app or direct to CBDC), there is still time as we compile the findings! Look out for the results soon.... (Photo of a curious onlooker!)

If you're a biological recorder, you can take part in a survey about your experiences of recording for a University of Leeds MSc project. The survey is really keen to hear from volunteer recorders. Take part: forms.office.com/e/taGxQK7Adg

First day of Cumbria Wild Watch - an opportunity to contribute to a biodiversity baseline for Cumbria. Please record any and all wildlife you see - plants, animals, fungi - while you are out and about today and until 29th June. More information on how to take part: www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved...

If you only have an hour to connect with nature, why not record what wildlife you can see around you? 🤔 @cumbriabdc.bsky.social are back with #Cumbria Wild Watch 2025 – a Cumbria-wide wildlife survey taking place 26-29 June. 📅 More info ⬇️ www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/cumbria-wild-watch/

From next week, we have introductory training courses taking place around Cumbria. If you would like to learn to identify invertebrates, grasses, sedges & rushes, or explore habitat surveying, these are for you: www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved... #training #wildlife #identification #Cumbria #ecoskills

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It is officially spring and we are now looking forward to our recording days (and bioblitzes) this year. The programme is on our website and you can book a place/express an interest in attending these events - all are welcome.⁠ ⁠ www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved... ⁠ More events will be added soon.

CBDC are very proud to be supporting the Wild Weekend Bioblitz at Park House Farm in Torpenhow this May. If you have interests in wildife recording and will be in Cumbria 10-11 May, this is the event to attend. Book your free ticket now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-weeke...

We've been quiet for a while so expect a slew of posts.....

Merry Christmas to all our followers and all Cumbrian recorders! [In case you are wondering, it is a bag of chocolate almonds made by CWS Field Officer, Beth... Thanks Beth!]

Are you ready for Challenge 365? Sign up now to do something for nature every day in 2025. Can you last the full year?! www.cbdc.org.uk/recording-wi...

There's still time to register for this evening's free webinar on wildlife recording. An opportunity to find out what it is, how you can get involved and why it is important. Book via our website: www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved... Look forward to seeing you then!

If your New Year Resolution might be to do something for nature, wildlife recording could be for you! Find out more about wildlife recording at our webinar next Tuesday evening. More info here: www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved...

Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2025! We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course Identiplant & courses from external providers), for Plant Study & Research. Our Grants page also lists other grants that we think might be of interest to botanists: bsbi.org/grants

Our first Bluesky post! We'll be posting all our news and events here in future. Including upcoming webinars, newsletters and many other events so check back soon.