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Bad Parking Puts Lives At Risk

Mountain Rescue teams in the Lake District are being delayed unnecessarily due to careless parking of fell walkers and visitors to the National Park.



Woman Dies On Fell Side
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Sea King Helicopter

A fell walker was rescued from the top of Scafell Pike on the evening Sunday 24th June by mountain rescue volunteers.


Love Is In The Air
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Tawny Owl chicks

Cumbria’s wild life ranges are to play a vital role in increasing the numbers of rare Tawny owls in the region.


Tornado Alley

Tornado

Global Warming with some people is still a grey area and unfounded but when was the last time you saw a Tornado in rural Cumbria?

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New Lake District Footpath's

The Lake District National Park & The National Trust have just finished four new footpaths in the Lake District.


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Useful Links

DEFRA
Imperial College London
Wildlife Conservation Unit
National Farmers Union
RSPCA

Fix The Fells

European Squirrel Initiative
Forestry Commision

Bassenthwaite Lake Restoration Programme
Lake District Park Authority

Lake District Osprey project
RSPB
Northumberland Wildlife Trust


Archieve News

Butterfly Return: 13/03/2007

Woman Dies On Fellside: 07/03/2007

Youth Hostel made self sufficient: 28/02/2007

K9 Recruit: 24/01/2007

Return Of Bluebird: 07/12/2006

Deer Poaching Warning: 27/11/2006

Thirlmere Trees to be cut down: 25/11/2006

Missing Man's Body Found: 23/11/2006

Another Striding Edge Fall: 19/11/2006

Grizedale Forest Makeover: 29/10/2006

Scafell rescue: 24/10/2006

Extinction threat for fell pony: 25/10/2006

200FT Grasmoor Fall: 01/10/2006

Striding Edge Fall: 28/09/2006

New 'Hadrian's Wall' for red squirrels:28/9/2006

Record deaths for Mountain Rescue:31/08/2006

Hunt is on for elusive creature: 31/08/2006

Young man dies after 100ft fall: 19/04/2006

First Egg at osprey nest: 19/04/2006

Nine-year-old girl climbs 214 fells:13/04/2006

Red squirrels scoup £600,000: 05/04/2006

Osprey Return To Bassenthwaite: 05/04/2006

Body Found After Lengthy Search: 04/04/2006

Climber Dies In 100ft Plunge: 17/03/2006

Come on you reds!: 01/03/2006

Nationwide Badger Cull Planned: 01/03/2006

Dogs Could Be Shot: 01/03/2006

Hi Tech Help: 01/03/2006

Storm Damage Clear up: 01/03/2006

Footpath Erosion grant: 28/02/2006

 



Latest News update: 5th July 2007
Three New Osprey Chicks

The Lake District has three new osprey chicks for this year even though Fish King, the male osprey, has got a new partner since GreenXS failed to return from their winter stay in Africa.

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