Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
@hardknottforest.bsky.social
Restoring a 630 conifer plantation to native woodland. Partner in Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery.
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At least Tombo and Hazbop have been busy peeling pointing and generally processing our larch into perfect posts. In contrast, local celebrity farmer Paddy seems to think he's done his bit. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
At least Tombo and Hazbop have been busy peeling pointing and generally processing our larch into perfect posts. In contrast, local celebrity farmer Paddy seems to think he's done his bit. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
Every Autumn we host a visit from the University of Cumbria Outdoor Adventure & Environment students. It's a highly experiental course, so as we tour the site, we include practical tasks such as bramble translocation & planting some wildflowers. @leedsleaf.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Every Autumn we host a visit from the University of Cumbria Outdoor Adventure & Environment students. It's a highly experiental course, so as we tour the site, we include practical tasks such as bramble translocation & planting some wildflowers. @leedsleaf.bsky.social
@forestryengland.bsky.social
@forestryengland.bsky.social
Another day planting wildflowers this weekend. This time with volunteers from our Growing Group™️, who brought along the plants they'd propagated themselves. More growers welcome (& needed).
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October 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Another day planting wildflowers this weekend. This time with volunteers from our Growing Group™️, who brought along the plants they'd propagated themselves. More growers welcome (& needed).
@forestryengland.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social
@forestryengland.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Restoring Hardknott Forest Autumn 2025 Newsletter out today. Wildlife photos and sightings, dealing with larch disease, volunteer dates, diary of a project assistant, Nature Rich Miterdale Year 1 highlights. mailchi.mp/leeds.ac.uk/...
October 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Restoring Hardknott Forest Autumn 2025 Newsletter out today. Wildlife photos and sightings, dealing with larch disease, volunteer dates, diary of a project assistant, Nature Rich Miterdale Year 1 highlights. mailchi.mp/leeds.ac.uk/...
Our Autumn newsletter is out tomorrow, with volunteer dates, wildlife sightings, a video of a damp badger and more. You can sign up to get it here: mailchi.mp/1dd189bd3314...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Our Autumn newsletter is out tomorrow, with volunteer dates, wildlife sightings, a video of a damp badger and more. You can sign up to get it here: mailchi.mp/1dd189bd3314...
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@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social
After running a misty volunteer day on Sunday (another 1000 wildflowers planted), Jess decided to pop out from the clag to take this cracking photo of Harter Fell, which is right in the middle of our project area. @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
After running a misty volunteer day on Sunday (another 1000 wildflowers planted), Jess decided to pop out from the clag to take this cracking photo of Harter Fell, which is right in the middle of our project area. @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
The River Duddon last weekend. A spectacular sight for volunteers on our Autumn residential.
October 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The River Duddon last weekend. A spectacular sight for volunteers on our Autumn residential.
Top talk coming up in Cockermouth by Jack from our sister project at Miterdale.
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October 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Top talk coming up in Cockermouth by Jack from our sister project at Miterdale.
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Fungi fun this month at Restoring Hardknott Forest and Nature Rich Miterdale.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fungi fun this month at Restoring Hardknott Forest and Nature Rich Miterdale.
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The tour continues...what a busy & chatty morning we had at West Cumbria Volunteering Fair. Jack's addition of a microscope to examine lichens was a winner. We nearly ran out of leaflets! @reachvolunteering.org.uk @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The tour continues...what a busy & chatty morning we had at West Cumbria Volunteering Fair. Jack's addition of a microscope to examine lichens was a winner. We nearly ran out of leaflets! @reachvolunteering.org.uk @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
About 1000 wildflowers were planted by the banks of the River Duddon on Sunday. Devils-bit scabious, betony, common knapweed & more. Great work & "well done everyone". @leedsleaf.bsky.social @wildhaweswater.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
About 1000 wildflowers were planted by the banks of the River Duddon on Sunday. Devils-bit scabious, betony, common knapweed & more. Great work & "well done everyone". @leedsleaf.bsky.social @wildhaweswater.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
Find us, and loads of other groups advertising volunteering opportunities in Whitehaven on Thursday. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social #whitehaven @cumbriacvs.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Find us, and loads of other groups advertising volunteering opportunities in Whitehaven on Thursday. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social #whitehaven @cumbriacvs.bsky.social
Flapjack for tomorrow's volunteers. And approx 1000 wildflowers they'll plant to earn it! Red clover, betony, black knapweed & water avens. All great for pollinators & therefore the food web.
@earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
@earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Flapjack for tomorrow's volunteers. And approx 1000 wildflowers they'll plant to earn it! Red clover, betony, black knapweed & water avens. All great for pollinators & therefore the food web.
@earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
@earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Our volunteering restarts on Sunday. As well as the essential job of removing non-native trees, we've loads of wildflowers & native trees to plant. Top vol Ade has been growing aspen, birch & oak for us & we have 1000's of wildflowers from
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@wildhaweswater.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Our volunteering restarts on Sunday. As well as the essential job of removing non-native trees, we've loads of wildflowers & native trees to plant. Top vol Ade has been growing aspen, birch & oak for us & we have 1000's of wildflowers from
@wildhaweswater.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
@wildhaweswater.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
Useful day learning more about #biosecurity with @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @edenriverstrust.bsky.social @forestrycommission.bsky.social and other experts yesterday. Opportunities to catch up with friends & colleagues too. And collect a Yeti full of our wildflower order.
September 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Useful day learning more about #biosecurity with @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @edenriverstrust.bsky.social @forestrycommission.bsky.social and other experts yesterday. Opportunities to catch up with friends & colleagues too. And collect a Yeti full of our wildflower order.
1/2. Here's a few more photos from our weekend at #krankenhausfestival where we ran a guided walk and had our stall set up. And check out this lovely comment about our guided walk, which was made on our Facebook page:
August 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
1/2. Here's a few more photos from our weekend at #krankenhausfestival where we ran a guided walk and had our stall set up. And check out this lovely comment about our guided walk, which was made on our Facebook page:
August 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Great to be a small part of the amazing #krankenhausfestival this weekend. We ran our stall, led a walk to Nature Rich Miterdale, heard some great music, and at least one staff member was chuffed to see Stewart Lee on the bill. Impressed with the #GanYamBrew bar. Hope to be back.
August 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Great to be a small part of the amazing #krankenhausfestival this weekend. We ran our stall, led a walk to Nature Rich Miterdale, heard some great music, and at least one staff member was chuffed to see Stewart Lee on the bill. Impressed with the #GanYamBrew bar. Hope to be back.
As seen at Gosforth Show last weekend, come & find our very educational & slightly interactive stall at the #krankenhaus festival this weekend. Difficult questions welcome! @showcasecumbria.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk
August 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
As seen at Gosforth Show last weekend, come & find our very educational & slightly interactive stall at the #krankenhaus festival this weekend. Difficult questions welcome! @showcasecumbria.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk
Our juniper & wildflowers are getting extra watering at the moment. The wildflowers will be planted on our volunteer days this autumn, but the juniper will have to wait another year or three. Thanks to @northernmonk.bsky.social and our crowdfunding donors for helping with nursery funding.
August 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Our juniper & wildflowers are getting extra watering at the moment. The wildflowers will be planted on our volunteer days this autumn, but the juniper will have to wait another year or three. Thanks to @northernmonk.bsky.social and our crowdfunding donors for helping with nursery funding.
Scenes from a very useful training day for #pinemarten tracking yesterday. Staff & vols from South Cumbria Pine Marten Recovery Project are now all up to speed on how to keep tabs as relocated Scottish martens set up territories & explore Cumbria. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Scenes from a very useful training day for #pinemarten tracking yesterday. Staff & vols from South Cumbria Pine Marten Recovery Project are now all up to speed on how to keep tabs as relocated Scottish martens set up territories & explore Cumbria. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
Come & find us at our stall at the Gosforth Show this Saturday.
August 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Come & find us at our stall at the Gosforth Show this Saturday.
All our volunteering dates and other events (including a Halloween bat walk 🦇 & tree planting days 🌳) are listed on our website (link below). Dates for our partner project at Miterdale are also listed.
bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...
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bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...
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August 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
All our volunteering dates and other events (including a Halloween bat walk 🦇 & tree planting days 🌳) are listed on our website (link below). Dates for our partner project at Miterdale are also listed.
bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM