Badger in the buttercups by Denise Godsmark who visited our Badger Hide this year. As the curtain closes on 2023, grab a brew and a mince pie and check out some of the highlights from Wild Haweswater this past year… January We kicked off the year with the exciting news that we received Landscape Recovery […]

Male Pied Flycatcher taken by Wild Intrigue from their photography hide here at Haweswater These amber-listed bird spends spring and summer breeding in the UK before returning to West Africa during our winter. Although small, the males have striking black and white plumage and the females are a more subtle brown and white. Female Pied

A team of thirty five soldiers from the British Army’s Light Dragoons have joined us today, to reinvigorate the peat bog ecosystem here at Wild Haweswater, as part of our extensive landscape restoration effort.  This collaborative project, marks the second year of the British Army’s ‘Global Charge’ green initiative, demonstrating their commitment to supporting local

It’s not been long since we shared our ‘Holes in the Map‘ series of blogs, about important species that once lived in the Lake District, that have sadly been destroyed in this part of the country. One such species was the Water Vole. Once a common sight in our rivers, Water Voles have vanished from

Livestock handling will be just one of the skills that apprentices will develop. Image taken by Bea Normington Cumbria Connect, the landscape scale nature-recovery programme based at Lowther, is paving the way for the future of land management careers by launching a pioneering Nature Recovery Apprenticeship Scheme.    The innovative scheme will initially offer six highly-coveted

Last week, we welcomed Josh on a work experience placement from sixth form. Find out what he got up to on his time as a Haweswater Warden… I am a student at Carlisle’s Trinity Sixth Form, studying Biology, Geography, and Media Studies. From a young age I have loved the outdoors and wanted to work

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