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Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Wildlife Highlights 2024-25

Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Wildlife Highlights 2024-25 covers a landmark year headlined by the 1,200-hectare purchase of Skiddaw Forest to create England's highest nature reserve, backed by a £5 million Aviva grant, alongside continued conservation gains for red squirrels and seabirds across the Trust's 43 nature reserves.

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Management of 43 nature reserves across Cumbria, species reintroduction planning (hen harriers, black grouse, water voles), peatland and natural flood management, red squirrel and pollinator conservation, community engagement through the Wilder Cumbria programme

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) of Skiddaw Forest purchased in 2024 to create England's highest nature reserve
Key Metric 2 Over 15,000 members and supporters backing the Trust's work across 43 nature reserves
Key Metric 3 £5 million grant from Aviva secured towards the Skiddaw Forest acquisition, with a public appeal launched to raise the remaining balance

Key Outcomes

  • Purchase of Skiddaw Forest set in motion plans to reintroduce hen harriers, black grouse, water voles, aspen and rare upland bumblebees, alongside planting 300,000 native trees
  • Red squirrel numbers grew at nest box sites installed with support from Cumberland Building Society, prompting a further £21,500 commitment to extend the project
  • 330 active nests recorded on the island of Burhou, up from 120 at the first survey in 2005, as part of long-term seabird monitoring

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North West

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