Meet Emma Hughes, our Community Engagement Officer at Cumbria Connect. Discover how her love for people, wild places and muddy boots inspires community spirit and drives nature recovery across Cumbria’s stunning landscape.
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Meet Emma Hughes, our Community Engagement Officer at Cumbria Connect. Discover how her love for people, wild places and muddy boots inspires community spirit and drives nature recovery across Cumbria’s stunning landscape.
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Discover how volunteers helped survey Glow-worms and release 100 larvae to bring these magical beetles back to the Lowther Estate. Sign up to volunteer for 2026.
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Farmers, volunteers and conservationists unite to restore rare upland hay meadows in Cumbria’s Lowther Valley through community planting and nature-friendly farming.
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High deer numbers, invasive American Mink and Grey Squirrels are threatening native species and woodland recovery. This 18-month paid Wildlife Ranger Traineeship gives one trainee the chance to learn hands-on conservation skills, support nature recovery across Cumbria and help shape the first national Wildlife Ranger Apprenticeship.
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Discover how helicopters are helping restore Cumbria’s rainforest in the uplands – boosting biodiversity, water quality and climate resilience.
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Two rare lichens, never before recorded in northern England, have been found in Naddle Forest, Cumbria indicating its importance as high-quality, undisturbed rainforest.
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Cumbria Connect’s apprenticeship scheme is now recruiting for three paid apprenticeships in nature recovery, nature-friendly farming and land management in the Lake District.
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Lowther Valley farmers are leading a nature recovery initiative to support Barn Owls and Tawny Owls through nature-friendly farming. Learn how this farmer-led project is restoring habitats and enhancing biodiversity in Cumbria.
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The UK was once home to vast temperate rainforests? These ancient woodlands, rich with moss-covered trees and rare wildlife, once covered 20% of the country. Today, only 1% remains, scattered in small, fragile fragments.
In Cumbria, one of the largest remaining rainforest sites is Naddle Forest at the RSPB at Wild Haweswater. Now, thanks to a major partnership effort supported by the Government’s Species Survival Fund, work is underway to expand and protect these extraordinary woodlands.
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