Another successful team up of Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery and @nationaltrust.org.uk staff. 1000 trees planted at Black Hall farm in the north of the valley. Aspen, oak, birch, hazel & willow were added to a couple of existing fenced areas. @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
Views from today’s team day, removing fences from the side of Harter fell. An icy wind but warming work. Face now glowing.
One of my new neighbours, Duddon valley, Cumbria.
Contrasting colours of juniper and bracken on a seed collecting outing up above the Duddon valley today.
New job, new office. #DaleHead #UpperDuddonLandscapeRecovery #UDLR
Just one space left for our first volunteer day of 2026. Come along, meet our friendly volunteers and help restore native woodland.
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That's two posts that feature the Yeti. Will it soon have its own account? Maybe it already does 🤔
An excellent morning spent peering into ditches with @edenriverstrust.bsky.social, learning all about how to spot water vole field signs. The best sort of treasure hunt, and a new poo to add to my spotters list.
Thanks John! Big smiles and "cool" from the artist.
The Lakes most photographed jetty? Passing by on my way to do some monitoring work, it would have been rude not to stop to take a quick snap. The quiet before the Bank holiday.
Looking good 👍
#Jagged silhouette of hawthorn, Farleton knott, for #BlueSkyArtShow. Searching for a photo, more memories jogged, this one conjuring up picnics and yellowhammers.
Out and about, doing my favourite sort of job, camera trap checking, in my favourite sort of places, the scruffy wilder edges of the Lakes. Despite the busy August traffic, once out of my car, I didn't see a soul on my excursions. But I did meet a Dor beetle.
Looks amazing!
My kind of shopping. The trackside Melancholy thistles have been drawing in the Hummingbird hawk-moths and now they're drawing in the finches. Thought we better collect a few before they clear the lot. Seed equals more plants, equals more finches.
Harebells at their best now, especially when decorated with raindrops, the extra weight not quite sufficient to keep them still enough for a sharp shot. Running fitness making slow progress, so more photos taken on the way up than on the way down.
Thanks, it was such a relief to finish it!
Thanks! 😊
How's about a Beltie in the snow? #BlueSkyArtShow #Alternating. Must be art, surely?
#Alternating candy stripes of Mouse ear hawkweed for #BlueSkyArtShow.
Lakeland savannah.
It's on the flag of Cumberland, in case you're wondering.
Busy volunteer day at work. Funny how the conversation goes at lunchtime, don't know where it started but somewhere in the middle it went quizes, flags, grass of parnassus, what do they look like? No need for Google as handily the first nursery flower of the year was out!
Perks of the job. These cherry plum trees line the drive up to Naddle farm, apparently planted many years ago by someone who liked Bullfinches. This year there are enough to go around every man, bullfinch and his dog. Very tasty!
Rock garden, limestone and wild thyme, Arnside knott. Stopping to admire the flowers and catch my breath as I try to get my legs used to running again.
Contrasting colours of my day. Ominous shades of grey in the rumbling clouds above the old barn roof, across from the potting shed where we sheltered from the rain. And the drive side lavender, bathed in sunshine and bedecked with bumblebees as I arrived home.
Carline thistle, Carlina vulgaris, if not quite as fresh as a daisy, then looking as fresh as a Carline thistle ever looks! Bringing in the bees on Whitbarrow today. #WildflowerHour
A pink peppering of Small scabious, Scabiosa columbaria, across the limestone pavements of Whitbarrow today. Also photographed whilst hanging around, waiting for fritillaries. Not a bad spot for it. #WildflowerHour
I missed the Harebell memo for #WildflowerHour, but as it's one of my favourite flowers, I happened to photograph this one earlier in the week, whilst patiently waiting for fritillary butterflies to pass by. #Harebellchallenge
