Atmospheric Borrowdale

It is indeed a landscape of hope.

Always a highlight. The first purple patch in the uplands.

Aspen bathing. A rare Lakeland experience.

Sad and disappointed that our MP for Copeland Trudy Harrison is on this list especially as she isn’t standing in the next election. See Guy Shrubsole thread for the implications of the latest #AttackOnNature

Thanks to a grant from the Alpkit Foundation we have been able to buy compost for our #GreenupBorrowdale community nursery beds. First of this years montane willow cuttings planted. Thank you Alpkit

Ring ouzel surveying in the high fells for the Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery Project. When dark and head torch light turns to this all is made worth while.

Survey work on your old patch today Graham Standring picture to take you down memory lane.

Cumbrian montane willow catkins. A bit niche I know but beautiful nonetheless. Dark-leaved, Tea-leaved & Downy (our true mountain willow.)

#wildflowerhour Roseroot

Beech woods, in Cumbria a favoured habitat of wood warbler and open scrub, regen for tree pipit. Both sp. displaying well this morning. So wonderful but easy to forget that both species are in trouble and on the red list.

Very important messaging here.

Bitter vetch aka Lathyrus linifolius or Heath pea. #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Exciting new job opportunities working with University of Leeds Forestry England & National Trust helping to restore nature in Miterdale in the Lake District National Park #SpeciesSurvivalFund | Deadline 12th July | Funded by Defra UK The National Lottery Heritage Fund jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

#wildflowerhour A survivor finding a browse free site in a heavily grazed Lake District valley. Mountain everlasting.

The heady scent of Fragrant orchid. #wildflowerhour

One of the very few woods in UK where you feel you could be in Norway.

Tonight somewhere out there are five cells with sleepless people in them . Elsewhere there are empty beds , empty homes and broken hearts . Fear and tears . Anger and confusion . A bunch of good people whose lives have just been smashed by injustice . We hold you in our dreams .

Our small community nursery is bouncing with tree growth. #Borrowdale Various montane willow, wild apple, alder, birch, wych elm, rock whitebeam. It’s a good feeling, even better when planted out.