Learn more about our beautiful grasslands, species-rich grasslands and pollinators with the help of Tanya St Pierre, from our Grasslands and Pollinators team. Recorded at our Bowber Head Farm Nature Reserve, home to one of the rarest and most threatened wildlife habitats in Cumbria: northern upland hay meadows.
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Episode 11 - Protecting coastal birds
We are so lucky to have such a huge variety of wildlife on our coastline. In this episode, you’ll find out more about some of birds you are likely to see.
We joined Steph Leow from the RSPB, who is working on monitoring and protecting ringed plover nests, Christian at Foulney Island Nature Reserve who talks all things terns, and Joe and Bekka at South Walney Nature Reserve as they discuss more of the bird species on our coasts.
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Episode 10 - Dawn chorus and seagrass at Walney
Experience the dawn chorus at Smardale Nature Reserve with Reserves Officer Scott Petrek. He guides us through the bird song we're likely to hear in spring and why it's worth getting up early for the experience!
Our host and Head of Nature Reserves, Joe Murphy, welcomes guest host Head of Marine, Georgia de Jong Cleyndert.
Amber Gould takes producer Liz out to Walney Channel to explain the process of restoring seagrass by planting seeds in the sediment around the island.
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Episode 9 – Healing Nature
Have you ever thought about how nature lifts your spirits if you take time to stop, look and listen?
Staff at Cumbria Wildlife Trust have been working with people with dementia and people suffering from loneliness and isolation to improve their health by spending time in nature. Our producer, Liz, gets chatting and finds out how people are benefiting.
Our host, Head of Nature Reserves, Joe Murphy talks to Foulshaw Moss osprey expert and volunteer Alasdair McKee about enjoying the arrival of spring, all there is to see at this time of year and how we can all live happier lives by noticing the seasons' cycles.
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Episode 8 – Gosling Sike, Our Wildlife Haven Near Carlisle
Our host Joe Murphy, Head of Nature Reserves, talks to guest host Adam McGinley, Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Gosling Sike Manager & Horticulture Manager.
In this episode hear about what goes on at Gosling Sike, our award-winning north Cumbrian base, from hedgehog-minding and volunteering in the wildflower nursery, to learning practical skills at our Men’s Shed and discovering how to increase biodiversity in your own garden.
Our podcast is hosted by Head of Nature Reserves, Joe Murphy, who talks with a guest each episode. The podcast features interviews with staff and volunteers from across Cumbria.
Cumbria Wildlife Trust cares passionately about wildlife and wild places. We’re here to put wildlife back into our land and seascapes to make Cumbria a wilder county with more space for nature. We restore and connect wild places, work with nature to tackle the climate emergency and support people to take local action for wildlife.
Our skilled and dedicated staff work closely with volunteers, partners and thousands of supporters to create a wilder future for Cumbria.
We are a registered charity part of a UK-wide grassroots movement made up of 46 individual Wildlife Trusts who all believe that we need nature and nature needs us.
Thank you to all our members who are helping put wildlife back into our land and seascapes to make Cumbria a wilder county with more space for nature. If you’re not yet a member, you can sign up here https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/join
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