Regular followers will be used to these... the start of swim training for my effort to swim the Cumbrian coastline starting 4 Sep. About 50 miles from St Bees to Walney Begging for sponsorship soon! It is very much SINGLE figures in that lake... #enduranceswim #fundraising #soltosil #charityswim

Would you like to make a real impact on freshwater conservation? @riverflies.bsky.social, hosted by FBA, is looking for a Senior Development Manager to support one of Europe's longest-running citizen science programmes. Closing date is 18 Jan. Find out more & apply: www.fba.org.uk/riverfly-par...

🚨 There's still time to apply to become one of our volunteer Trustees and help shape a brighter future for Eden's rivers! 👉 Find out more, apply now & make a difference! https://edenriverstrust.org.uk/vacancies/trustee/ #Cumbria #TrusteeOpportunity

📢 Reminder for Riverfly monitors Make sure all your 2025 Riverfly surveys are uploaded and approved on Cartographer. 📊 Data will be downloaded on 15th January and only approved data will be included in the 2025 annual report. Every record counts 💧

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Thank you to Cumbria Life Magazine and everyone who voted for us in the Cumbria Life Awards! We were thrilled to win the Best Environmental Project Award for our volunteer work. Our Vol coordinator couldn't attend the awards, so we took the award to her instead at the tree nursery!

We're delighted to have been shortlisted for the Cumbria Life 2025 award in the category of 'Best Environmental Project'. It now comes down to an online public vote so please do go and give Eden Rivers Trust the thumbs up at the link! 👍 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CLAWARDS25 🙂

We'll be in Carlisle on Wednesday, holding a free Wild Woodland event. Come along and explore the ‘wild’ woods of Engine Lonning to discover some of the woodland’s weird and wonderful wildlife. Runs from 1pm - 3pm Wed 24th July. More info: https://loom.ly/97k7534 #accesstoeden #heritagefunduk

Coming August, 2025 Folklore of the Lake District by Stephen G. Rae ghost stories; folk tales; nature lore; dialect; verse bardofcumberland.com/folklore/ #folklore #writers #lakedistrict

We'll be in Carlisle next week holding a free Wild Woodland event. Come along and explore the ‘wild’ woods of Engine Lonning to discover some of the woodland’s weird and wonderful wildlife. Runs from 1pm - 3pm Wed 24th July. More info: https://loom.ly/97k7534 #accesstoeden #heritagefunduk

We’ve been checking river temps – not a scientific study, but worrying results: 🌡️18°C at St John’s Beck | 17°C at Keswick | 16.1°C at Seathwaite. Fish get stressed at 18°C. We’re not even in summer yet. Shade from riverside trees really matters. #RiverRestoration #Trout #Salmon #WestCumbria

🎥 Filming’s underway for our Water Voles project & we need your help! Did you ever see Ratty in West Cumbria? We’re gathering memories to support reintroduction plans.🐾 📺 Catch us on ITV Border this week & share your memories: 🌐 www.westcumbriariverstrust.org/projects/inns/water-voles

Sundown view from the stern on the Welford arm yesterday. #boatlife #ukcanals #canal #narrowboat #KeepCanalsAlive #FundBritainsWaterways

Red Lily Beetle, I think, on the garden bin tonight. #Bug #Beetle

Bird of the day yesterday was a Grasshopper Warbler and today was a Curlew. Both in meadows behind those trees on the side of Bassenthwaite Lake. Both species are on the Red List for Conservation Concern.

1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism? Here is an answer: Good Things. Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine. Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it. The more we build community, the less it can take root. 🧵

River vs Railway Consultation www.edenriverstrust.org.uk/river-versus...

Engine Lonning’s Hidden History www.edenriverstrust.org.uk/engine-lonni...

#RiverflySpotlight Olives have small leaf-like gills and are probably the most pollution tolerant of the mayflies 💦 #Entomology #AquaticEcology #Freshwater #Baetidae #Olives #RiverflyPartnership

Join me at 5pm this evening for the DriveTime Jukebox on www.lakedistrictradio.org. A great mix of music, Chill Zone &great new tunes. 📻 See you soon 🎶 @showcasecumbria.bsky.social @danvegas13.bsky.social @braithwaiteshop.bsky.social @cumbriatourism.bsky.social @davidjbrodie.bsky.social

The Conscientious Objectors' Road. Dartmoor. Built by Conscientious Objectors' "housed" in Dartmoor Prison during The Great War this is a road that goes nowhere, has no purpose and exemplifies the petty vindictiveness of the majority to those minorities whose views do not conform to their own.

Some of the views from Criffel yesterday morning. Even when there is too much haze and sun in the wrong angle to enjoy the Lakeland Hills vista clearly, the fascinating Estuary channels never disappoint.

Major new research finds “shockingly” fast changes to flows of Earth’s c. 3 million rivers, mapped across 35 years. “Rivers are dynamic and beautiful beasts & humans should never take them for granted or squander the resources they provide us with.” (Hannah Cloke) www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...

Incoming… #Uldale

#WeekVforVibrant #AlphabetChallenge I don’t think many things in nature beat the vibrancy of the amazing Kingfisher. This is one of my interpretations in glass of this small but very beautiful bird. #art #glass #birds #kingfisher #colourful #nature #wildlife

Finally something Orange we can all like 🤣🤣 Great news our 1st ever Keswick boot bag has arrived please share with everyone you know ideal for a Christmas present ⬇️Link below ⬇️

Lovely evening for a riverfly survey before the light quickly failed.