{"id":3363,"date":"2021-11-26T11:46:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:39:34","slug":"the-ideal-christmas-gift-for-nature-lovers-from-cumbria-wildlife-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/the-ideal-christmas-gift-for-nature-lovers-from-cumbria-wildlife-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"The ideal Christmas gift for nature lovers from Cumbria Wildlife Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>We&#8217;re all appreciating nature so much more these days, and the value to our mental &amp; physical health of getting outdoors, but also learning and giving something back.\u00a0 The 46 Wildlife Trusts throughout the UK are the largest organisation dedicated to conserving the full range of the UK\u2019s habitats and species.<\/h4>\n<h4>&#8216;<em>The Wildlife Trusts play a very important part in protecting our natural heritage. I would encourage anyone who cares about wildlife to join them.&#8217;<\/em><\/h4>\n<h5>Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS\u00a0 President Emeritus, The Wildlife Trusts<\/h5>\n<div class=\"spotlights breakout paragraph--no-margin paragraph paragraph--type--spotlight-group paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"spotlights__item field__item\">\n<div class=\"spotlight--separate spotlight--white spotlight--single paragraph--no-margin responsive-component spotlight background-animate\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-spotlight-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items\">We are delighted to be Corporate Sponsors of Cumbria Wildlife Trust, and one of our team recently attended one of their volunteer work days, out on Brown Robin reserve, clearing brambles. Find out about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk\/get-involved\/volunteer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volunteer Work Days here.\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3371\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3371\" class=\"wp-image-3371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/Brown-Robin-summer-landscape-c-John-Morrison.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brown Robin Summer c Wildlife Trust<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you know a nature lover, why not give them a Christmas gift with a difference? Gift Membership starts from \u00a339 per year for single membership, \u00a349 for couples.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk\/join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gift Membership<\/a> of Cumbria Wildlife Trust<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A free\u00a0<strong>nature reserve guide<\/strong> for all of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust nature reserves.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Cumbrian Wildlife<\/em>\u00a0magazine\u00a0<\/strong>three times a year &amp; the accompanying\u00a0<em>What&#8217;s On guide.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Invitations for special\u00a0<strong>member-only events<\/strong>, many of which are held on our nature reserves<\/li>\n<li><strong>Email updates about wildlife<\/strong>\u00a0around the county &amp; news from behind the scenes at the Trust<\/li>\n<li><strong>Membership card<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Access to Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves\u00a0<\/strong>around the UK<\/li>\n<li><strong>100&#8217;s of events &amp; conservation days to take part in\u00a0<\/strong>every year<\/li>\n<li>Wildlife themed<strong>\u00a0car sticker<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Opportunity to get involved<\/strong>\u00a0in a local group<\/li>\n<li>Monthly e-newsletter and exclusive member-only news about wildlife in Cumbria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk\/join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or how about sponsoring your favourite species or campaign ?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ospreys at Foulshaw Moss<\/strong> : These fascinating birds return to Foulshaw to breed and raise their young. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk\/wildlife\/cams\/osprey-cam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Squirrels<\/strong>: The Trust are improving access and habitat at Smardale to encourage these beautiful creatures. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk\/appeals\/smardale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3370\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3370\" class=\"wp-image-3370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/1431780982541-aira-force-red-squirrel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"350\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Squirrel<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Carbon Stores:<\/strong>\u00a0 Peatlands are Cumbria\u2019s most important carbon store. They store five times as much carbon as all Cumbria\u2019s trees put together. But our peatlands need our help and Cumbria Wildlife Trust are running important projects to do this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helping Wildlife in your own back garden:<\/strong>\u00a0 There are lots of great ideas from Cumbria Wildlife Trust about how you can help wildlife at home.\u00a0 Build a bug house or create a garden pond.\u00a0 \u00a0Do you want to\u00a0 attract hedgehogs into your garden or butterflies and bumblebees?\u00a0 Discover how you can help UK wildlife through simple acts that make a huge difference for wildlife at home and in your local area.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk\/actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Have a browse here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3373\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3373\" class=\"wp-image-3373 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/badger-in-green-grass-credit-Cumbria-Wildlife-Trust.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"332\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badger c Cumbria Wildlife Trust<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Have a look and choose some meaningful Christmas gifts that will last a whole year!<\/h4>\n<p>(all images c Cumbria Wildlife Trust)<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Browse our cottages here<\/a>!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re all appreciating nature so much more these days, and the value to our mental &amp; physical health of getting outdoors, but also learning and giving something back.\u00a0 The 46 Wildlife Trusts throughout the UK are the largest organisation dedicated to conserving the full range of the UK\u2019s habitats and species. &#8216;The Wildlife Trusts play [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":3369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1029],"tags":[1910,1981,1982,1948],"class_list":["post-3363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-things-to-do","tag-cumbria-wildlife-trust","tag-gift-membership","tag-nature","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3363"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8965,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions\/8965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}