Spot the difference! Functioning #peatlands in #uplands act as sponges, affecting how quickly run off from the #fells enters #rivers . This reduces the affects of #flooding and #drought , keeping water levels more stable for our special species 💚 #ReviveRevitaliseRestore #Cumbria

This newly built tower on a local #farm means all the slurry generated by cows through winter can be stored, then spread in spring and summer when it’s needed by the growing crop. This means that fewer #nutrients escape to the #river , helping to improve #WaterQuality 💚

At the #SpeciesRecoveryCentre we've just moved some of our salmon and trout to indoor tanks for accelerated excystment. We're holding them at 7 degrees and will slowly increase the temperature to 16 to encourage the juvenile mussels to drop off the fish so we can collect them💙💪

Gagea Lutea, or Yellow star-of-Bethlehem on the #RiverKent 💚A rare spring flower mainly found in woodlands which is easily lost amongst the rush of other spring flowers. Its symbolic association with Christianity suggests it was perhaps known as an early sign of spring/new life🌼

📢 In celebration of #WorldWaterDay today, we'd like to say a huge thanks to our wonderful #volunteers getting stuck in here with some #tree and hedge planting to create a linear corridor between #woodlands and to help slow surface water runoff before entering the river 💚

The #RiverKent is home to a small #endangered #mussel population but work by Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) and West Cumbria Rivers Trust shows small populations can be saved! We’re applying learning from the authors of this new paper in our LIFE Programme 💚
mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/3…

Can you help? The Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) team have launched a survey to get the public’s thoughts on nature in #Cumbria . Take part here👇
consult.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/climate-and-en…

In celebration of #BritishScienceWeek British Science Week here's our team from Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) at the #SpeciesRecoveryCentre describing captive breeding efforts for critically endangered #FreshwaterPearlMussels from the River Kent as part of our project 💙 #MargaritiferaMargaritifera

We attended the annual #Cumbria #Biodiversity Data Centre Recorders Conference Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre as our project aims to create a more resilient River Kent so that future biodiversity data recorders will once again record #FreshwaterPearlMussels across the #RiverKent catchment 💙

In the latest update on our 'Trout in the classroom' pilot project, the first of the eggs have hatched at St Thomas’s CE Primary School! Mr Pemberton has been checking on the tank and is pleased to report that we have some alevins!
#salmon #trout #riverrestoration

Fancy joining our amazing team and being a part of this awesome project? Drop us a line if you'd like to have an informal chat about the role😁
South Cumbria Rivers Trust Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) Environment Agency #RiverRestoration #SpeciesRecovery #CitizenScience #EnvironmentJobs #ConservationJobs

Calling all #river enthusiasts! Join South Cumbria Rivers Trust
for this free training on 9 Mar where you'll learn all things #river fly! Going since 2011, this is the accredited training course for #invertebrates with
Riverfly Partnership and we're proud to be the official hub for South Cumbria 💚

Our next newsletter comes out at the end of this week with news, stories, jobs and events relevant to Cumbrian biodiversity. If you haven't yet signed up for it, you can via a link on our website (scroll to the bottom of any page):
cbdc.org.uk

Thank you to Rebecca from Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre for this week's talk encouraging us to all to record the wildlife we see, and telling us how to use iRecord and iNaturalist. Now, how come there are so few house mouse records in Cumbria...

📢Farmer Information Meeting taking place at Crooklands Hotel, Kendal, supper included! #CatchmentSensitiveFarming #LakeDistrict #Cumbria

Want a career opportunity focusing on species recovery in the wonderful Lake District? Then this dream job working on the LIFE R4ever Kent pearl mussel research and population reinforcement programme could be for you!

Who is up for some #volunteering in the #RiverKent catchment, getting hands-on with some hedge planting? 💚 #ReviveRevitaliseRestore #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

📢Farmer Information Meeting taking place at The Byre Cafe, supper included! #CatchmentSensitiveFarming #LakeDistrict #Cumbria

Flush…water…toilet?! Did you know a ‘flush’ in fluvial (river-y) terms means where water makes its way overground, not in a channel? With all the rain and snow we've had of late, see if you can spot one on your next wet walk, here in the #LakeDistrict #Cumbria !

Well, hello to you, too! Otter enjoying life on the River Kent, Cumbria! Great to see these beautiful creates in the wild. Thank you to Keiron Banks for sharing your video with us - keep up the good work! 💚🦦
#riverrestoration #riverconservation #freshwaterwildlife #lakedistrict