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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎

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Restoring a 630 conifer plantation to native woodland. Partner in Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/hardknottforest?fbclid=PAAaZlMeirNH_YVsg6Fdt4KfdgDi561v5SsBDh4I1fcrZeu3MRwn_r2eENsis

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TONIGHT at Ambleside ‡️

We're excited to see the results of the trips to Hardknott Forest made by local photographer Chris Routledge. Find out more at this free event. Use the link below to book. The images Chris has shown us so far are really special.

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03.02.2026 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Has anyone noticed the similarity between early 80s proto-meme "Chad" (left) & this inquisitive badger (right)? Are they perhaps related?
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23.01.2026 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Restoring Hardknott Forest Winter 2026 Newsletter out now: peat restoration, carcass ecology, new staff start with us, extra volunteering dates, farmer points at a post.
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21.01.2026 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're currently curating our winter newsletter, out soon. What to expect? A farmer pointing at a post, carcass ecology, new staff start, we're the topic of "Wildwood" a photographic talk. Plus volunteer dates & wildlife videos. Sign up▢️
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19.01.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Restoring Hardknott Forest Volunteer Day: 18th Jan, 2026 Join us on a volunteer day to help maintain & remove tree tubes, remove non-native conifers, plant trees and wildflowers and allow the natural...

Booking link ‡️
www.trybooking.com/uk/FVIF

12.01.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just look out of the window to see why today's volunteer day has been moved to next Sunday. Join us to remove non-native trees from a naturally regenerating woodland. If that's not tempting enough, we'll have flapjack & brand new saw blades!
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11.01.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Restoring Hardknott Forest Volunteer Day: 11th Jan, 2026 Join us on a volunteer day to help maintain & remove tree tubes, remove non-native conifers, plant trees and wildflowers and allow the natural...

Just one space left for our first volunteer day of 2026. Come along, meet our friendly volunteers and help restore native woodland.
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03.01.2026 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just a small possie (yes, I said possie) for our last volunteer day of 2025 tomorrow. That can only mean one thing...extra flapjack! Join us if you can.

Book here ➑️ www.trybooking.com/uk/FTAY

17.12.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Restoring Hardknott Forest Volunteer Day: 18th December, 202 Join us on a volunteer day to help maintain & remove tree tubes, remove non-native conifers, plant trees and wildflowers and allow the natural...

We've cancelled tomorrow's volunteer day due to the weather warning, but we've added a date on Thursday instead. Come & join us to remove non-native trees from our naturally regenerating woodland. Please share.
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www.trybooking.com/uk/FTAY

13.12.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Restoring Hardknott Forest Volunteer Day: 14th Dec, 2025 Join us on a volunteer day to help maintain & remove tree tubes, remove non-native conifers, plant trees and wildflowers and allow the natural...

One place left for this Sunday's final volunteer day of 2025.

www.trybooking.com/uk/FIGS

12.12.2025 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Restoring Hardknott Forest Volunteer Day: 14th Dec, 2025 Join us on a volunteer day to help maintain & remove tree tubes, remove non-native conifers, plant trees and wildflowers and allow the natural...

We've two spaces left for our last volunteer day of 2025! Come & help us remove non-native trees from regenerating native woodland. More details about our volunteer days here: bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...

www.trybooking.com/uk/FIGS

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08.12.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Trees: from seeds to saplings" was the theme of the last event of 2025 from the Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre. Really useful knowledge sharing. Next year's events are linked below. @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social

www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved...

06.12.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spring Residential Weekend 13 - 15/16 March, 2025 Join us for a weekend's volunteering staying in the Birks Centre in the heart of Hardknott Forest. The centre has fantastic views over the site,...

Not only do our friends at Northern Monk @northernmonk.bsky.social help us with funding, kit for our plant nursery & by volunteering themselves...they are now providing some beers for our residentials! (Non-alc beers also available). Cheers! Sign up below. 🍻🌳

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05.12.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Restoring Hardknott Forest Volunteer Day: 14th Dec, 2025 Join us on a volunteer day to help maintain & remove tree tubes, remove non-native conifers, plant trees and wildflowers and allow the natural...

One space left for our last volunteer day of 2025! Please share.
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02.12.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's #NationalTreeWeek and yesterday we planted 800 trees along the edges of a newly rebuilt bridleway. It'll stablise the work and create a lovely mixed corridor of woodland in years to come. Oak, aspen, alder and grey willow pegs went in.
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26.11.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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It was like we were working in Canada today!

20.11.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was like we were working in Canada today!

20.11.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Decent views in the Duddon valley today. Not a bad day for our contractors felling larch for the project's timber needs. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social

19.11.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Spring Residential Weekend 13 - 15/16 March, 2025 Join us for a weekend's volunteering staying in the Birks Centre in the heart of Hardknott Forest. The centre has fantastic views over the site,...

Join us & stay in the heart of Hardknott Forest for a weekend volunteering next Spring. Booking link below, or get in touch for details.

www.trybooking.com/uk/FMUB

12.11.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

11.11.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like an interesting thing to try. I was reading that dense bramble patches can even end up as dens for pine martens.

07.11.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We've only done it a couple of times so far - we'll let you lnow how it goes.

07.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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03.11.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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03.11.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Lovely autumn colours for our visitors from @envleeds.bsky.social seeing our nature recovery work at @hardknottforest.bsky.social and Nature Rich Miterdale delivered with our partners @forestryengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk and funded by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

01.11.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hedgerow lined country road

Hedgerow lined country road

Can planting hedgerows help prevent flooding?

Join us on 10th Dec, 12.00-12.40 to hear from Prof Pippa Chapman & Dr Sofia Biffi.

Pippa & Sofia have explored how hedgerows of different ages (from under 5 years to decades old) affect how well soil absorbs and drains water.

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24.10.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Voting for this funding closes on Friday. Please share this post and vote for the Alliance for Northern Nature in the WILD PLACES category. Thanks.

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29.10.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another day planting wildflowers this weekend. This time with volunteers from our Growing Groupℒ️, who brought along the plants they'd propagated themselves. More growers welcome (& needed).
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28.10.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Bumblebees, butterflies and bugs are in crisis. You can help by adding your voice to the Big Insect Rescue Plan by 31 October! πŸ“’πŸ

⏰Take 1 minute to answer this quick survey: https://ow.ly/r58L50Xg852

Butterfly Conservation Buglife #InsectDeclines #NatureRecovery

27.10.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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