We're excited to see the results of the trips to Hardknott Forest made by local photographer Chris Routledge. Come and find out more at this free event. Places can be booked using the link below. The images Chris has shown us so far are really special. www.ticketsource.co.uk/cultural-lan...

Just look out of the window to see why today's volunteer day has been moved to next Sunday. Join us to remove non-native trees from a naturally regenerating woodland. If that's not tempting enough, we'll have flapjack & brand new saw blades! @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social

Just one space left for our first volunteer day of 2026. Come along, meet our friendly volunteers and help restore native woodland. @forestryengland.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social www.trybooking.com/uk/FMTN

Just a small possie (yes, I said possie) for our last volunteer day of 2025 tomorrow. That can only mean one thing...extra flapjack! Join us if you can. Book here ➡️ www.trybooking.com/uk/FTAY

We've cancelled tomorrow's volunteer day due to the weather warning, but we've added a date on Thursday instead. Come & join us to remove non-native trees from our naturally regenerating woodland. Please share. @forestryengland.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social www.trybooking.com/uk/FTAY

One place left for this Sunday's final volunteer day of 2025. www.trybooking.com/uk/FIGS

We've two spaces left for our last volunteer day of 2025! Come & help us remove non-native trees from regenerating native woodland. More details about our volunteer days here: bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res... www.trybooking.com/uk/FIGS @forestryengland.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social

"Trees: from seeds to saplings" was the theme of the last event of 2025 from the Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre. Really useful knowledge sharing. Next year's events are linked below. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved...

Not only do our friends at Northern Monk @northernmonk.bsky.social help us with funding, kit for our plant nursery & by volunteering themselves...they are now providing some beers for our residentials! (Non-alc beers also available). Cheers! Sign up below. 🍻🌳 www.trybooking.com/uk/FMUB

One space left for our last volunteer day of 2025! Please share. @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social www.trybooking.com/uk/FIGS

It's #NationalTreeWeek and yesterday we planted 800 trees along the edges of a newly rebuilt bridleway. It'll stablise the work and create a lovely mixed corridor of woodland in years to come. Oak, aspen, alder and grey willow pegs went in. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social

It was like we were working in Canada today!

It was like we were working in Canada today!

Decent views in the Duddon valley today. Not a bad day for our contractors felling larch for the project's timber needs. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social

Join us & stay in the heart of Hardknott Forest for a weekend volunteering next Spring. Booking link below, or get in touch for details. www.trybooking.com/uk/FMUB

At least Tombo and Hazbop have been busy peeling pointing and generally processing our larch into perfect posts. In contrast, local celebrity farmer Paddy seems to think he's done his bit. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social

Every Autumn we host a visit from the University of Cumbria Outdoor Adventure & Environment students. It's a highly experiental course, so as we tour the site, we include practical tasks such as bramble translocation & planting some wildflowers. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social

Lovely autumn colours for our visitors from @envleeds.bsky.social seeing our nature recovery work at @hardknottforest.bsky.social and Nature Rich Miterdale delivered with our partners @forestryengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk and funded by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

Can planting hedgerows help prevent flooding? Join us on 10th Dec, 12.00-12.40 to hear from Prof Pippa Chapman & Dr Sofia Biffi. Pippa & Sofia have explored how hedgerows of different ages (from under 5 years to decades old) affect how well soil absorbs and drains water. 👇

Voting for this funding closes on Friday. Please share this post and vote for the Alliance for Northern Nature in the WILD PLACES category. Thanks. @forestryengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social

Another day planting wildflowers this weekend. This time with volunteers from our Growing Group™️, who brought along the plants they'd propagated themselves. More growers welcome (& needed). @forestryengland.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social

Bumblebees, butterflies and bugs are in crisis. You can help by adding your voice to the Big Insect Rescue Plan by 31 October! 📢🐝 ⏰Take 1 minute to answer this quick survey: https://ow.ly/r58L50Xg852 Butterfly Conservation Buglife #InsectDeclines #NatureRecovery

Sign up for a volunteer day before they fill up! bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...

We're up for some funding! Please support our work by voting for us in the WILD PLACES category. Shares much appreciated, as the funding depends on a public vote. @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social www.eocaconservation.org/vote/

Restoring Hardknott Forest Autumn 2025 Newsletter out today. Wildlife photos and sightings, dealing with larch disease, volunteer dates, diary of a project assistant, Nature Rich Miterdale Year 1 highlights. mailchi.mp/leeds.ac.uk/...

Our Autumn newsletter is out tomorrow, with volunteer dates, wildlife sightings, a video of a damp badger and more. You can sign up to get it here: mailchi.mp/1dd189bd3314... @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social

Find out more about the pine marten and it's reintroduction to Cumbria at this talk next month. www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-...

There are two tickets available for tomorrow's vol day after a cancellation. Use the booking link below, or get in touch for more info. Please share if possible. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social www.trybooking.com/uk/FDWV

After running a misty volunteer day on Sunday (another 1000 wildflowers planted), Jess decided to pop out from the clag to take this cracking photo of Harter Fell, which is right in the middle of our project area. @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social

The River Duddon last weekend. A spectacular sight for volunteers on our Autumn residential.

Top talk coming up in Cockermouth by Jack from our sister project at Miterdale. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk

Fungi fun this month at Restoring Hardknott Forest and Nature Rich Miterdale. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @wildhaweswater.bsky.social

The tour continues...what a busy & chatty morning we had at West Cumbria Volunteering Fair. Jack's addition of a microscope to examine lichens was a winner. We nearly ran out of leaflets! @reachvolunteering.org.uk @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social

As usual all our volunteer days filled up quickly, but a space has just opened up for this one. We can make another space available if anyone wants to bring a friend along. Please share. @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social www.trybooking.com/uk/FDWV

About 1000 wildflowers were planted by the banks of the River Duddon on Sunday. Devils-bit scabious, betony, common knapweed & more. Great work & "well done everyone". @leedsleaf.bsky.social @wildhaweswater.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social

Find us, and loads of other groups advertising volunteering opportunities in Whitehaven on Thursday. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social #whitehaven @cumbriacvs.bsky.social

Flapjack for tomorrow's volunteers. And approx 1000 wildflowers they'll plant to earn it! Red clover, betony, black knapweed & water avens. All great for pollinators & therefore the food web. @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Ingleborough National Nature Reserve expanded - great news for the UK's best limestone habitats and wildlife. Research and monitoring by @universityofleeds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our volunteering restarts on Sunday. As well as the essential job of removing non-native trees, we've loads of wildflowers & native trees to plant. Top vol Ade has been growing aspen, birch & oak for us & we have 1000's of wildflowers from @wildhaweswater.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social

1/2. It's the time of year to book in a bat walk! We provide bat detectors, head torches, expert knowledge and even a thermal scope to listen to and observe bats out hunting for insects. Please share. www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la... @showcasecumbria.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social

After Scotland bikepacking trip I immediately spent a day balls deep in a bog getting evidence for trees we planted in @hardknottforest.bsky.social (first, going good) then did boat stuff (it floated off) so now wandering around Cotswolds with several ciders to relax (photos 2-4). Home is good.

Useful day learning more about #biosecurity with @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @edenriverstrust.bsky.social @forestrycommission.bsky.social and other experts yesterday. Opportunities to catch up with friends & colleagues too. And collect a Yeti full of our wildflower order.

1/2. Here's a few more photos from our weekend at #krankenhausfestival where we ran a guided walk and had our stall set up. And check out this lovely comment about our guided walk, which was made on our Facebook page:

Great to be a small part of the amazing #krankenhausfestival this weekend. We ran our stall, led a walk to Nature Rich Miterdale, heard some great music, and at least one staff member was chuffed to see Stewart Lee on the bill. Impressed with the #GanYamBrew bar. Hope to be back.

As seen at Gosforth Show last weekend, come & find our very educational & slightly interactive stall at the #krankenhaus festival this weekend. Difficult questions welcome! @showcasecumbria.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk

Our juniper & wildflowers are getting extra watering at the moment. The wildflowers will be planted on our volunteer days this autumn, but the juniper will have to wait another year or three. Thanks to @northernmonk.bsky.social and our crowdfunding donors for helping with nursery funding.

Scenes from a very useful training day for #pinemarten tracking yesterday. Staff & vols from South Cumbria Pine Marten Recovery Project are now all up to speed on how to keep tabs as relocated Scottish martens set up territories & explore Cumbria. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social

Come & find us at our stall at the Gosforth Show this Saturday.

Police are appealing for information about two pine martens missing in Cumbria. Details in the article below. www.facebook.com/share/1BR1be...

All our volunteering dates and other events (including a Halloween bat walk 🦇 & tree planting days 🌳) are listed on our website (link below). Dates for our partner project at Miterdale are also listed. bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res... @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social