📢 Our Reserves team need YOUR help! 💚 From removal of invasive species to tree planting, there are a whole range of activities for all ages to get involved in at our Conservation Days! 😄 Book ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-11-12-conservation-day-meathop-moss-nature-reserve

Last chance to apply for this exciting opportunity! Restore the landscape, engage local community & work with volunteers. 💵 £32,140pa + 9% pension cont. ⌚ Permanent, full-time role 📅 Closes Mon 17 Nov 2025 Info 👇 https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/skiddaw-forest-project-officer

A huge thanks to Penny Watson for these gorgeous photos of some of our reserves in all their autumnal splendour! 🍂🥰 Make it your goal to explore these before winter kicks in! 🗺️ Take a look down below 👇 Find your nearest reserve here ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves #Cumbria

📢 Our 2026 calendar is now available to buy! It's filled with the most striking wildlife pics from our 2025 photography competition. Bring the best of nature into your home throughout the new year (or give it as a gift!) 💚 Buy now ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/shop #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

📢 Rare parasitic wasp found in #Carlisle 😮 Check out this ichneumon wasp that was found by one of our volunteers, Jane Orgee, in an oak tree at our Gosling Sike site. 👀 #Cumbria #LakeDistrict (1/3)

Grace in simplicity. A Little Ringed Plover wading quietly through the calm shallows, a perfect fit for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme: #paddling birds. #birds #birdphotography

Snacktime! 🐿️😍 During autumn, red squirrels scour their habitats for nuts, berries & other vital energy sources. They don't hibernate, so they cache lots of this foraged food in shallow holes and tree crevices to keep them going through the cold winter months. 🎥 Paul Burke #NatureInFlux

One lovely side effect of the leaves falling! Where have you spotted kingfishers in #Cumbria?

Short visit this morning to @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social South Walney and was greeted in the car park by the wee fella in full song

The fungi are currently flourishing at Dubbs Moss – our ✨Reserve of the Month✨ This fantastic mixture of woodland, fen grassland and hawthorn scrub is a brilliant place to explore at this time of year. 😄 Visiting info ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/dubbs-moss

Time for a nap don't you think? Our bats would certainly agree! 🦇 In this period of #NatureInFlux, these incredible flying mammals are all looking for somewhere cosy to recharge their bat-teries. 🤭 Here are five of our favourites heading into hibernation! Which is your favourite UK bat? 🤔 (1/6)

📢 LAST CHANCE to book your place on this fascinating online talk! Discover the mysterious subject of bird migration and the different ways in which birds fly together. 👀 Last chance to book your place ⬇️ http://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/.../2025-11-11...

Looking to get directly involved with protecting wildlife and their habitats? Fancy learning some new practical skills? 🤔 Our conservation days cover a range of dates and are open to all age ranges and experience levels! Sign up ⬇️ http://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/.../conservation-days

📢 Places are still available for our online talk on bird migration! 🖥️🐦 Discover what we know about this mysterious subject and the movements of birds. 👀 Book now ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-11-11-birds-feather-migration-and-movement

Booked your ticket for one of our FREE screenings of Ocean with David Attenborough? Events in Kendal, Carlisle & Maryport this month 🌊 👇cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/ocean-film-screenings #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #OceanFilm #OceanWithDavidAttenborough #ReviveOurOcean @reviveourocean.bsky.social

What has five pairs of eyes, three pairs of jaws and can be found lurking in the pools of #Cumbria? 👀 Join our reserves officer, Scott Petrek, as he heads to Lowick Common to find out! 🔍 #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

We're working with landowners to make space for nature 🤝 This wouldn't be possible without the Cumbria Seed Bank at Gosling Sike Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and supported by @rbgkew.bsky.social, the Cumbria Seed Bank owes its existence to the Millennium Seed Bank's story. #MSB25

Last Wednesday, our seal survey recorded 8 seal pups, making a grand total of 11 overall. This is more than previous years – and the season's only just begun! 😍 ❌ No access to the beaches at South Walney Nature Reserve Check out our seal cam ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife/cams/seal-cam

A huge thank you to all those who've dropped their old pumpkins off at our Gosling Sike site! 🎃 If you still have some lying around and you're in the #Carlisle area, bring them over and we'll compost them for you.😄 Visiting info ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/gosling-sike

Look at this amazing starling murmuration that was filmed at our Tarn Sike reserve! 😍 Murmurations usually form just before the birds settle in to roost. 😴 Have you seen any murmurations yet this year? Let us know where! 😄 #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Autumn

Here are our tips to keep your local wildlife safe from bonfires! 🦔 Make sure to give those stacks of wood one last check before you light them! ✅ #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Autumn #BonfireNight

You might have seen birds migrating, but why and how does this happen? 🤔 Join Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Scott Petrek for this online talk, as he explains what we know about this mysterious subject Book ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-11-11-birds-feather-migration-and-movement

Amendment 130 of the Planning Bill is a vital step toward ensuring the new planning approach supports nature. Without it, new rules could be applied in inappropriate places, putting both nature and development at risk. Stand with nature. Contact your MP below👇 wtru.st/PIB-last-cha... #Cumbria

Be part of our epic Skiddaw Forest plans! We're looking for a Project Officer to work alongside our Project Manager, taking a role in restoration activities, community engagement & volunteer management. Apply now 👇 https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/skiddaw-forest-project-officer

Looking to dispose of your used pumpkin? 🎃 Why not bring yours to our Gosling Sike reserve? We can use pumpkins in our composting systems which will then be fed back into nature! Visit Gosling Sike ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/gosling-sike #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #SpookySeason

💔 Once it’s gone, it’s gone. Species like Bechstein’s bats & large blue butterflies rely on habitats that can’t be replaced once destroyed. Without #Amendment130, they could vanish forever. Tell your MP: keep this Amendment. Send your message now 👇 https://wtru.st/PIB-last-chance

#Halloween may be over, but nature still has a few more creepy surprises up its sleeve, such as these slime moulds! 😮 Although they can be found all year round, they are most visible in November – just look at those colours! 😍 Which one's your favourite? 🤔 #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #NatureInFlux

Join Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Scott Petrek for this online talk, as he explains what we know about the mysterious subject of bird migration. There will be a Q&A session at the end for any questions! 😄 Book ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-11-11-birds-feather-migration-and-movement

With #BonfireNight around the corner, it's important to remember that pre-prepared stacks of wood can look like cosy hibernation spots for wildlife 🦔😴 Here are our three tips to help you make your bonfires more wildlife friendly. Please save & share! 😄 Check your bonfires before you light them. 🔥

Please save and share this and enjoy the #Halloween and #BonfireNight period responsibly 😄🧡 Remember – if you live in the #Carlisle area, you can bring your used pumpkins to us at our Gosling Sike centre and we'll use them in our composting system 😊 #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Love this! Windswept Great egret is our fave 😍

📢 ACTION NEEDED: The Govt's potentially disastrous Planning Bill is nearly law. An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection for nature – but it needs MP support to stay in. Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130 👇 https://wtru.st/PIB-last-chance

Exciting news! We're bringing Ocean with David Attenborough to a town near you. FREE screenings in Kendal, Carlisle & Maryport next month 🌊👇 https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/ocean-film-screenings #OceanFilm #OceanWithDavidAttenborough #ReviveOurOcean @reviveourocean.bsky.social

Tangoing Trees! #Trees #Dancing #Tango

Seen as it's #SpookySeason, here are a few of our favourite freaky fungi. Are there any more you'd add? #Fungi #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

You can feel the peaceful wildness of South Walney through the screen here ☺️💚 Lovely shots @peteskyrme.bsky.social. Visiting info 👇 www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reser...

We at @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social are trying to reverse this loss and put back the wildlife & habitats to one mountain in the UK's Lake District: #Skiddaw Forest...entirely thanks to support by #Aviva, local volunteers and nearly 8000 donors who care deeply about this problem

📢 Still time to book a space on tonight's online talk! Join mycorrhizal ecologist, David Satori, to discover fungi found in globally rare temperate rainforests 🍄👀 Register to watch live or later ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-10-28-unearthing-fungi-british-temperate-rainforests

With #Halloween & bonfire night fast approaching, it's vital that we remember the effect #SpookySeason has on our wildlife and natural landscapes. 🎃🦔 Here are our 3 tips for staying nature friendly over the next week or so. Please share to spread the word. 🙏 #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Come with us and explore a rainforest! 🌳🍄 Staveley Woodlands is one of the last magical fragments of temperate rainforest in the #LakeDistrict and our ✨ Reserve of the Month ✨ Visiting info ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/staveley-woodlands

We have a very exciting and rewarding opportunity for a Project Officer to join us to help create England's highest nature reserve - Skiddaw Forest 🌳🌳 Apply below ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/skiddaw-forest-project-officer #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #ConservationCareers #SkiddawForest

Mesmerised by mushrooms and fascinated by fungi? 🤔 Join us as we explore the crossover of two worlds – mossy, magical temperate rainforests and the mysterious kingdom of fungi. 🍄 Book now ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-10-28-unearthing-fungi-british-temperate-rainforests

Berries are so important for our wildlife during the autumn and winter months, as other food sources disappear. If you enjoy wild foraging, please remember to leave plenty for the animals. 🥺 ‼️Don't eat anything you can't confidently identify, either - some berries are extremely dangerous. #Autumn

📢 Offer ends TOMORROW! 😱 You can still claim your FREE wildlife calendar if you join as a member for as little as £3.50 a month. Claim yours now ⬇️ https://wtru.st/wildlife-calendarb #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Berries, watch out – hungry birds are about! 😋 A sure sign of #NatureInFlux, redwings and fieldfares arrive in the UK to feast on the berry bounty of #Autumn Listen out for the redwing 'tsee' call, which differs greatly from the harsher 'chack-chack' of the fieldfare 🎶

📢 Reminder – our offer ends on the 23rd October! 😱 You can still claim your FREE wildlife calendar if you join as a member for as little as £3.50 a month. Claim yours now ⬇️ https://wtru.st/wildlife-calendarb #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Let's go and ID some fungi! 🍄😍 All of these fabulous fungi can be found in Staveley Woodlands – our ✨Reserve of the Month ✨ We're loving the fungi finds you've been sharing so far! Keep them coming 🙏 Visiting info ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/staveley-woodlands

📢 Our film has been officially selected for the Manchester Animation Festival! 😍🥳 Watch the full film here ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/fighting-climate-crisis/combating-effects/slow-the-flow #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #FloodActionWeek #EnvironmentAgency

A sure sign of #NatureInFlux, we're currently in cranefly breeding season. Here are some of the species you're most likely to see (don't worry about getting a closer look – they're totally harmless!) 🥰 Have you got craneflies in your home? 🤔

Who pulled it off better – our staff or the wildlife? 🤭 Claim your FREE wildlife calendar filled with these fantastic photos when you sign up as a member for as little as £3.50 a month 😍 Claim yours here ⬇️ https://wtru.st/wildlife-calendarb