Nature Rich Miterdale

Nature Rich Miterdale 562 hectares of Habitat Recovery in the Lake District fells 🌱
Restoring wild nature and biodiversity to the Miterdale valley.

Come and get involved with our regular volunteer programme! Book via Trybooking: https://tinyurl.com/35p9eebd

We'll be at the CVS West Cumbria Volunteering Fair in Workington today. Come and say hi if you're around!
21/04/2026

We'll be at the CVS West Cumbria Volunteering Fair in Workington today. Come and say hi if you're around!

Congratulations on making it through winter everybody! It's official - Friday 20th March was the Spring Equinox. The flo...
21/03/2026

Congratulations on making it through winter everybody! It's official - Friday 20th March was the Spring Equinox. The flora and fauna have shown up right on time!

Some recent sightings from Miterdale:
1. Drinker moth caterpillar (Philudoria potatoria) 🦋
2 Sunny primroses 🏵
3. Fat and fuzzy willow buds 🌿
4. Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) 🦋
5. Marvelously wobbly frog spawn 🐸

01/03/2026

Lobaria pulmonaria or 'Tree Lungwort' is an important lichen species in Miterdale. It is a strong indicator of temperature rainforest and thrives in all of the wet weather we recieve on the west coast.

This week, we have been translocating pieces of tree Lungwort from Borrowdale into Miterdale. This should increase the genetic diversity of the small fragments that remain in the valley and keep the population strong whilst the temperature rainforest environment slowly returns to support it and thousands of other lichens and bryophytes. Thanks to Pete for the donation!

05/02/2026

Some winching and moaning with the slow progress of removing invasive Rhodedenron in Miterdale recently.
Fast new fence above Wasdale though. Impressive work and quality job from Adam Jackson Fencing. Tough terrain.
The Coppice Co op have done a great job removing the regenerated Sika spruce.
And always great work from the many merry volunteers who have been out in all weathers, planting lots of trees.
Thanks to everyone for all their hard work!

This project is funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund. The fund was developed by Defra and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency.

Father Christmas has visited Miterdale early with the gift of two new staff members! Some of you may already have met Fr...
15/12/2025

Father Christmas has visited Miterdale early with the gift of two new staff members! Some of you may already have met Francesca and Tom, who have recently started at NRM as Assistant Project Officers. They've been getting to grips with meeting the lovely volunteers, and hopping on the chainsaws to fell some Sitka spruce that has strayed outside its bounds. Miterdale itself welcomed them with a rainbow, hopefully a sign of good things to come.

This project is funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund. The fund was developed by Defra and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency.

Wow! We won! Thank you to everyone who voted, to the European Outdoor Conservation Association, and for all the hard wor...
28/11/2025

Wow! We won! Thank you to everyone who voted, to the European Outdoor Conservation Association, and for all the hard work from staff from Restoring Hardknott Forest and Nature Rich Miterdale that helped make this happen. Wonderful 😄🌱☀️

✨Voting is Open!✨Nature Rich Miterdale is part of a suite of nature restoration projects led by the University of Leeds....
20/10/2025

✨Voting is Open!✨

Nature Rich Miterdale is part of a suite of nature restoration projects led by the University of Leeds. This includes Restoring Hardknott Forest and the Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery in the Duddon, Wild Ingleborough and Snaizeholme in the Yorkshire Dales, and Gair Wood and the Public Forest Estate in Leeds.

Together, these projects make up the Alliance for Northern Nature.

Our big news is that the partnership has been shortlisted!

The projects are showing how nature restoration can help increase resilience to the impacts of climate change for generations to come – and with school visits, volunteer events, and employment opportunities, the projects are transformative not just for nature, but the local communities, too.

We have reached the final shortlist, in the 'wild' category, to receive funding from the EOCA European Outdoor Conservation Association, and the winner will be selected by a public vote.

You can vote here: https://www.eocaconservation.org/vote/

And read more about the Alliance for Northern Nature from the University of Leeds here: https://spotlight.leeds.ac.uk/the-alliance-for-northern-nature/index.html

Thank you! 🌱

"Puhpowee" - the force which causes mushrooms to push up from the earth overnight.
16/10/2025

"Puhpowee" - the force which causes mushrooms to push up from the earth overnight.

Come to Miterdale next Friday for a lovely autumnal day in the valley.We'll be doing practical conservation activities t...
09/10/2025

Come to Miterdale next Friday for a lovely autumnal day in the valley.

We'll be doing practical conservation activities to help restore nature to Miterdale, and hopefully spotting some fungi on the way!

Be quick though, there are only a few spots left!

Sign up via the linktree in our bio.

Any scrap iron! We've been removing decades old deer fencing and abandoned piles of wire recently. This will help contra...
11/09/2025

Any scrap iron! We've been removing decades old deer fencing and abandoned piles of wire recently. This will help contractors gain access into the ancient Oak woodland to remove non-native tree species like Sitka Spruce, Western Hemlock and Rhodedenron. These species smother the native flora of these valuable habitats.
You can help restore these ancient places too! https://bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/nature-rich-miterdale/volunteering/

NRM is continuing the tour! You can find us, and lots of other local charities in Whitehaven on the 18th September. .har...
08/09/2025

NRM is continuing the tour! You can find us, and lots of other local charities in Whitehaven on the 18th September.
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The good thing about boundary checks are seeing what's about! - Sickener (Russula emetica) - Tiny slugs - funnel Web spi...
08/09/2025

The good thing about boundary checks are seeing what's about! - Sickener (Russula emetica) - Tiny slugs - funnel Web spider - Grass of Parnassus (Parnassus palustris)

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