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 The Pebbles Project at the Old Brickworks  Wild flowers at East Ketley  Ravenhill Track wall at Haig  Haig – Get Cumbria Buzzing

 This project aimed to improve wetland areas and provide    A team worked to create a patchwork of wild flower   This year the team completed a five year project to   Get Cumbria Buzzing was a three year funded
 access to these areas, particularly for educational   meadows across the site by cutting and removing the   restore and rebuild sandstone walls which lined a 300   partnership project with Cumbria Wildlife Trust worth
 groups. This included removal of scrub to allow   gross sward of nettles, mugwort and willowherb. They   metre historic trackway linking the hamlet of Arrowthwaite   £5,000. Designed to improve sites for pollinators using
 more light in places, retention of material on site to   then worked to create a seed bed, sewing it with a wild   to the first industrial undersea coal mine, Saltom Pit, in   native species only, the funding was applied for by
 provide hibernacula opportunities for newts and other   flower mix, which has greatly improved the appearance   1730. Using lime mortar they started to point the walls   Colourful Coast Project Officer Sophie Badrick.
 amphibians, fencing to prevent access to the ponds by   and biodiversity of the area. This work will continue,   that were still standing. Once that was complete they   This year was the first of the project managed by
 dogs, and also scrape and runnel creation to divert water   developing these areas over a greater space until some   rebuilt the walls, bringing in approximately 15 tonnes of   Academy Ranger Duncan Crawford, who did a fantastic
 off paths and into wetland areas. Work with local groups   meet up, with maintenance work continuing, involving   stone and 20 tonnes of sand.   job. There was community involvement throughout the
 was restricted but volunteers were a big part of getting   cutting and removal after annual seeding is achieved.  year with volunteers helping to plant 400 pot grown
 this project complete on a limited budget.  The project involved roughly 50 people through youth   heather plants, 1,500 native spring bulbs and wildflower
           groups, volunteers and staff, with approximately 2,000   seeding over seven days.
           hours going into the work.








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