Wild Haweswater

Pete’s first week involves exploring the site. Here he’s checking one of our steepest fence lines in Riggindale, with fellow member of the Warden team Richard, who’s been showing him the ropes. Image taken by Richard. Pete Jones has joined our team this week, as a new Warden, working alongside our existing Warden Team Spike […]

Haweswater reservoir by Gozia Niemczura Landowners, farmers and conservationists from the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales (including us here at Haweswater) are joining forces in an ambitious partnership to create one of the UK’s largest nature-focused landscape programmes. What is this landscape programme about? The bold and ambitious programme, called ‘Cumbria Connect‘, has successfully secured

A family exploring the woods. Taken by Leila Balin (rspb-images.com) Sunnier days are beckoning us to grab the sun cream and explore the great outdoors with our families.  Here at Wild Haweswater you can enjoy a Big Wild Summer of fun, nature-themed experiences. From Bader Watching to Discovery Days, we can help the whole family

Marsh Fritillary in Swindale Meadows, taken by David Morris What has been discovered? We’re super excited that a new colony of one of Europe’s rarest butterflies, the Marsh Fritillary has been discovered this month at Wild Haweswater. The initial discovery was made by our Warden Spike earlier this month, when he discovered four Marsh Fritillary

Image of the Spinning Barn pre-restoration. You can see the concrete blocks that have replaced the previous timber features. The door to the right is the proposed entrance to the new Community and Visitor space. We are excited to be getting a new, indoor, community facility thanks to a £135,000 grant from FCC Communities Foundation

Our Site Manager Lee Schofield was announced today (The International Day for Biodiversity, 22 May) as the winner of the prestigious Richard Jefferies Award, for the best nature writing published in 2022, for his book titled and published by Doubleday. Wild Fell is a vivid and detailed account of Lee’s work as the RSPB’s Senior

Pete the Frog who was voiced by our very own Catchment Partnership Officer John Gorst from United Utilities What was the award and who won? Four lovingly crafted stop-motion animations, produced last year by the Environment Agency, Cumbria Wildlife Trust and animators StudioDOK, have bagged a prestigious national award in the Educational Film category of the Learning

What is Shap Outdoor Festival? Nestled between the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, just 5 miles from us here at Haweswater, the village of Shap lies in the picturesque Lowther Valley. Perhaps most famous for its award-winning chip shop, it is now keen to also become known for its landscape and wildlife, by

We’re celebrating World Book Day today as our Site Manager Lee has recently taken delivery of the first paperback copy of his award-winning book, Wild Fell: Fighting for nature on a Lake District hill farm.  And the great news is that you will soon be able to get a copy when it lands in bookshops

A small herd of four new Fell ponies have joined our team here at Wild Haweswater, as part of our conservation grazing and nature-friendly farming operation here in the Eastern Lake District. The four ponies named Gus, Tommy, Dan and Stanley have been purchased from nearby, well-known Cumbrian fell pony breeders – Drybarrows Fell Ponies