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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.

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February 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Mixture of traditional and modern skills on show this week. New staff on walling with Hincksy, & Steve trying out our new chainsaw mill with some larch (video below).
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February 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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If you fancy a bit of non-native tree removal, tree & wildflower planting, or tree tube removal use the link below to book onto a day. Or get in touch for more info: [email protected]

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February 5, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Just 2 tickets left for our residential conservation weekend in March. Thanks to generous support from @northernmonk.bsky.social we'll have FREE BEER at this one. And long-time supporter & volunteer Tony has just sent through some FANCY COFFEE for us too! Booking link ⤵️
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February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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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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January 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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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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January 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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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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January 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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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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January 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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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.

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December 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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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

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December 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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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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November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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It was like we were working in Canada today!
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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It was like we were working in Canada today!
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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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
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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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
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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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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November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Another day planting wildflowers this weekend. This time with volunteers from our Growing Group™️, who brought along the plants they'd propagated themselves. More growers welcome (& needed).
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October 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Sign up for a volunteer day before they fill up!

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October 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Restoring Hardknott Forest Autumn 2025 Newsletter out today. Wildlife photos and sightings, dealing with larch disease, volunteer dates, diary of a project assistant, Nature Rich Miterdale Year 1 highlights. mailchi.mp/leeds.ac.uk/...
October 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Our Autumn newsletter is out tomorrow, with volunteer dates, wildlife sightings, a video of a damp badger and more. You can sign up to get it here: mailchi.mp/1dd189bd3314...

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October 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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After running a misty volunteer day on Sunday (another 1000 wildflowers planted), Jess decided to pop out from the clag to take this cracking photo of Harter Fell, which is right in the middle of our project area. @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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The River Duddon last weekend. A spectacular sight for volunteers on our Autumn residential.
October 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Top talk coming up in Cockermouth by Jack from our sister project at Miterdale.
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October 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Fungi fun this month at Restoring Hardknott Forest and Nature Rich Miterdale.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The tour continues...what a busy & chatty morning we had at West Cumbria Volunteering Fair. Jack's addition of a microscope to examine lichens was a winner. We nearly ran out of leaflets! @reachvolunteering.org.uk @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM