🐿️🐿️🐿️ It's Red Squirrel Appreciation Day! Let's hear it for our little red furry friends... which we're still lucky enough to have in Cumbria. 📷Thanks to Jonny Gios for this little beauty, taken in Shap.🌰

A big thank you to everyone who came out to plant with us last Saturday at St. Peter's Church in Askham! Click here to see more volunteer events: https://loom.ly/9rWsSX8 #askham #hedge #events #community #volunteering #planting #gardening #CPRE #friendsoflakes #hedgerowheroes

10 days left to have your say! The Lake District National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to have your say on it right here: LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation #LakeDistrict #HaveYourSay

Thanks so much to What If Stockport & Brinksway Cinema for offering to show the film Rising at their Climate Cuts event on Thursday 22 January! 😍 Tickets available here: https://loom.ly/EMen7jM #climate #cinema #event

🌳🌳🌳All about #trees - funding bids to continue our work restoring atlantic rainforest in Rusland, a muddy visit to Greenbank Wood in Ambleside, and how trees have long been associated with knowledge and wisdom - and the English language. #LandManagersDiary #Conservation #Volunteering

Thanks so much to Carol Smith for sending us this lovely poem to help beat back these winter blues! ❤️ #landscape #winter #poetry 📸 Photo: David Rippin

Our first Postcard from the Lakes enews of 2026! Including a video of our recent ‘regenerative tourism’ debate, and a great season of events for 2026 – including our Hedging Competition, the Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, and Big Switch Off - plus much more. 📸 Derwentwater by David Jones

Plans for 2026? Come & join us for some volunteering. Fresh air, good company and of course - cake! All in stunning Cumbrian locations in glorious (if sometimes wet) weather. Visit https://loom.ly/zKpyrnI #winterblues #volunteering #opportunities #landscape Photos: George Carr Media

Volunteers wanted hedge planting at St Peter's Church Askham, next Saturday! Hedgerows are amazing! They help provide healthy soils, hold carbon and water, and rich wildlife habitats. Join us for a fun day creating new hedgerows as part of our Hedges project, @cpre #environmental #volunteers

The #LakeDistrict National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to #HaveYourSay on whether you think the objectives for the draft plan are the right priorities. To take part visit: LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation

Want to get out into the great #Cumbrian #landscape but live too far away or just can't make it outside during this icy weather? Then make a brew, sit back and explore some of the land that we look after using our virtual tours! https://loom.ly/gqpkO9A#Cumbrian#landscapeAmazing work by Aerial Artwork

Feeling like you indulged a little too much over the festive period? Why not volunteer with us! 🍃 For more information, follow this link: https://loom.ly/9rWsSX8 #friendsoflakes #volunteer #workparties #thelakedistrict #volunteering #events #cumbria

Thanks to all our members, supporters, donors and volunteers for everything they have done this year! Our offices are now closed until Monday 5 January. If you need to contact us urgently please email our info at address (see our website). Otherwise we'll see you in 2026! 📸Chris Howe

A huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped us plant 330m of hedges at Eden Yard near Penrith! Farmers Ben and Yannike were fantastic hosts and kept us fed with homemade cakes 🍰 #FriendsofLakes #CPRE #HedgerowHeroes #TreePlanting #Hedges #Volunteer

Laying hedges is an important part of their management cycle. To learn more about hedgerow management, check out the leaflets on our website here: https://loom.ly/32Up6AM #CPRE #HedgerowHeroes #LandManagement #hedge #HedgeLaying #crafts #rural #countryside #skills #chainsaw

Sedbergh Tree Planting Group doing an amazing job planting with us at Ecobarn near Dent. This planting session is part of our ongoing Hedgerow Heroes project: https://loom.ly/32Up6AM #HedgerowHeroes #CPRE #FriendsofLakes #TreePlanting #Hedges #Sedbergh #Volunteer #Volunteering

Many thanks to @friendsoflakes.bsky.social for the delightful review of my "Folklore of the Lake District" book bardofcumberland.com/folklore/ #folklore #lakedistrict #booksky

Unlock skills in land management with @cumbriauni.bsky.social! 🌿 Enhance your collaboration, tackle conflicts, and explore case studies. https://loom.ly/jdk5YNk #LandManagement #SustainableLand @friendsoflakes.bsky.social

On the 6th of Dec we had 11 trainees out with us at Lockbank Farm, learning to lay an advanced hedge with trainers Pete and John. If you're interested in training with us or want to find out more about our Hedgerow Heroes project, see our website. #HedgerowHeroes #CPRE #hedge

Life is short, take the scenic route #InternationalMountainDay #Loughrigg. 📷@JonnyGios

Too hot / cold? 🔥🌡️🥶❄️ Take part in a short, anonymous survey about how comfortable your home feels. Researchers at the Univ of the West of England want to know what affects comfort in different homes & what motivates people to reduce energy use. More info: https://loom.ly/0RcChw0

Towards a Different Model of Tourism? Our annual Kirby Lecture took place in Kendal Town Hall on 14 November 2025. You can now watch and listen to the discussion online via our YouTube channel: https://loom.ly/CsfF_dM #thelakedistrict #fromthefloor #tourism #debate

Recruitment ⚠️ We're looking for a Finance & Operations Controller to provide direction and management of all our finance and central resources functions. Find out more right here: https://loom.ly/Q4PiUCc #jobs #recruitment #finance #workforus

Get fit, have fun and feel great! Join our hedge planting #volunteer days. 💪🌿 Tuesday 9 Dec at Eden Yard Farm, a family run mixed farm near Penrith and Cumbria’s first producer of cold-pressed extra virgin rapeseed oil, for which they recently won a British #Farming Award. https://loom.ly/AsGIkqo#volunteer

Volunteer opportunity this Saturday! Help looks after our trees at Rusland wood - no experience needed. You may get wet and muddy, but they'll be cake, conversation and some good views (if you're lucky!) Find out more and book here: https://loom.ly/YfnDSAw #weekend #volunteers #woodlands

Proud to be supporting a new short course with the Uni of Cumbria. Develop skills in collaborative land management #courses #landmanagement #Cumbria 📅 Starts 26 January 2026 | Flexible, part-time | 4 - 6 weeks Learn more & sign up: https://bit.ly/3JrFWGF#courses#landmanagement#Cumbria#courses #landmanagement #Cumbria

New Year, New Job? We're looking for a Finance & Operations Controller to provide direction and management of all our finance and central resources functions. Find out more right here: https://loom.ly/Q4PiUCc #jobs #recruitment #finance #workforus

In her #latestblog Jan reveals #volunteer efforts in woods, tree planting, seed propagation, and poetic connections to landscape in her latest blog - including a fascinating visit to Gosling Sike nursery as part of an important seed bank project. Read it: https://loom.ly/pfUm-6A

64% of our butterfly species can be found in hedgerows - bees, moths, beetles & other insects rely on hedges for nectar, food, and overwintering sites. This winter we’re planting 2,300 m of new native hedgerows (that's 14,000 new trees). #NationalTreeWeek #HedgerowHeroes @cpre @treecounciluk

Recruitment ⚠️ We're looking for a Finance & Operations Controller to provide direction and management of all our finance and central resources functions. Find out more right here: https://loom.ly/Q4PiUCc #jobs #recruitment #finance #workforus

Hedgerows are critically important to 130 endangered species in the UK, including the song thrush and hedgehog. This winter we’re planting 2,300 metres of new native mixed species hedgerows (that's 14,000 hedge plants = new trees). #NationalTreeWeek #HedgerowHeroes @cpre @treecounciluk

We welcome the news that Mayors will be empowered to introduce an overnight stay charge to mitigate the impacts of tourism. Read more here: https://loom.ly/xUWHHbI #thelakedistrict #budget2025 #visitorlevy

Victory as planning permission for a resort at Roanhead is denied, safeguarding ecological sites and cherished landscapes for future generations! Read more here: https://loom.ly/EsHgbCk Well done 👏 to everyone involved in this wonderful result! #saveroanhead #landscapematters #natterjacktoads

Roanhead saved! Big congratulations to everyone involved in this brilliant result! More details coming soon.... #saveroanhead #landscapematters

A big thank you to the volunteers from across Cumbria that joined Friends of the Lake District for a day of hedge planting at Basecamp North Lakes on Tuesday! 🙌 More events: https://loom.ly/2U4ux00 #friendsofthelakedistrict #CPRE #hedgerowheroes #thelakedistrict #volunteer #hedge

Get fit, have fun and feel great! Join our hedge planting volunteer days. #Volunteers wanted for our hedge planting day at Eden Yard Farm near Penrith! (Mon 24 Nov & Tue 9 Dec). No experience necessary. 🍰💪🌿 Sign up here! https://loom.ly/m3Wpx_o#Volunteers @CPRE The countryside charity #HedgerowHeroes

Land Manager's Diary 12 November 2025: Just a little bit of mud…….. Our walling volunteers battle the mud at Mazonwath, and the Dam Mire willow den gets a haircut. https://loom.ly/i0uzYZ4 #conservationvolunteers #drystonewalling #DamMireWood #Threlkeld

Get fit, have fun and feel great! Join our hedge planting volunteer days. #Volunteers wanted for our hedge planting day at Eden Yard Farm near Penrith! (Mon 24 Nov & Tue 9 Dec). No experience necessary. 🍰💪🌿 Sign up here! https://loom.ly/m3Wpx_o#Volunteers @CPRE The countryside charity #HedgerowHeroes

As we await a possible decision on the Roanhead development at the end of November, here's an interview with some folks from Save Roanhead - published in last year's Conserving Lakeland magazine https://loom.ly/2VBYEU0 #SaveRoanhead #landscapematters #natterjacks

#volunteer for us - a chance to meet new people, learn new skills and help look after the land we care for 11/11/25: Dam Mire Wood (near Keswick), General Management 19/11/25: Gillside Wood (near Ambleside), Woodland Management More details here: https://loom.ly/zKpyrnI

🔔Apologies if you were hoping to join us and the Cockermouth Astro Society this weekend in Keswick. Due to, among other things, forecasted cloud cover and the state of the park after recent rain, this event has been cancelled. 😪 We'll be back!

Illegal parking is a massive problem but ever more #carparks are not the answer. We need an approach that looks at travel and transport strategically and ensures decisions bring us closer to a sustainable, integrated transport system. Read our full response here: https://loom.ly/AMEzvXI

It’s #TrusteesWeek! The time of year when we celebrate the amazing contribution made by trustees for their charities and recognise the difference they make. Thanks to all our trustees who #volunteer their time to help us thrive! Who are our trustees? Find out here: https://loom.ly/YZReUtk#TrusteesWeek

🔔Missed our Gift in Will webinar? Learn about the importance of leaving a Will, how gifts in Wills can help with your tax bill, and how you can help look after Lake District and Cumbria landscapes for generations to come. https://loom.ly/dIAMZ2E #lastingimpact #thelakedistrict #giftsinwills

Good news? 🤞 It's been recommended that the planning application for a 150 space carpark near Portinscale be refused when it comes before the Lake District National Park Authority next week. Read more: https://loom.ly/z1eiK60 #campaign4parks #nationaltrust #woodlandtrust #friendsoftheearth

We're appealing for #volunteers of all ages to come and help plant nearly one kilometre of hedges to help nature friendly farmers and landowners create new native #hedgerows. It all starts at Alpacaly Ever After at Basecamp North in November. 💪🌿 https://loom.ly/ClBoO98

🌸🏵️🌱We've been out with volunteers planting upland hay meadow plants to add to our hay meadow restoration field at #Mazonwath, Little Asby, as part of #CumbriaSeedBank project, with @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social Trust

Last few tickets available! Join the #KirbyLecture to explore a new, regenerative model of tourism with leading voices from Cumbria & beyond. 🎟️ Free event | Book: www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/kirby2025 #LakeDistrict #TourismReset #FriendsOfTheLakeDistrict

Thanks to the Transpennine Express @tpexpress.bsky.social team who joined us this week for the biggest work party of the year atRusland woods for tree work - where there are lots of fungi and bryophytes to be seen in the rainforest. https://loom.ly/EO9SAXs

Watch our latest #webinar. Emma Kelly, a solicitor at Thomson Hayton Winkley, discusses the importance of leaving a Will and how to go about doing so in the best possible way - including advice on how leaving a gift can help reduce your tax bill. Watch the webinar here: https://loom.ly/dIAMZ2E