Redstart singing away on the Black mountain until he seen my ugly mug.

A pleasant 8 mile walk between Torver and Coniston with plenty of pubs to choose from on the way to take a refreshment break!

#LakeDistrict

Live photo from our wading bird survey 😍😍😍😍

Curlew nest with an egg!

Pleased to report we have good numbers of Cowslips in flower in our meadow... They seem to be increasing in number every year.
A great indicator species of nice habitats, but sadly more common on verges now than in fields/meadows.
#WildflowerHour

A few from the meadow this evening...

Not long now until the Globeflower will be in bloom 😍

#LakeDistrict #HayMeadow

Our survey season is officially underway!

Wading bird survey this morning... clouds of Curlew... rather incredible!

We have had a weather station recording away here at Wild Lakeland HQ for the last 14 years...

This April is very comfortably the wettest recorded, and to compare, 2012 was the wettest nationally going back to 1836.

As you can see, 2012 wasn't THAT wet here!

Bird Cherry (Prunus padus) is one of the earliest trees to come into leaf and it's also fairly early to flower. This is the first raceme of blossom to appear on this tree, just in time for #TreeFlowers for #Wildflowerhour

Fascinating to watch our Tree Sparrows picking sprigs of lavender while nest building...

I wonder if it serves a purpose?

Stobohope is a 1000 ha valley in the Peeblesshire hills, lying in a National Scenic Area. Rich in wildlife including black grouse and golden eagle. Scottish Forestry have awarded a £2m grant for 500 ha (5 km2) sitka spruce here without asking for an EIA. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-stobo-h…

House Martins are back! 😍