It's the start of a new year and in this episode you'll hear about how Cumbria Wildlife Trust helps young people make a start in a career in nature conservation. We hear from apprentices, and previous apprentices about their experiences getting their first role with us and their plans for their future.

We also hear from students in Carlisle about what inspires them to make time to improve nature in their school grounds.

Our host Joe Murphy, Head of Nature Reserves, talks to guest host Danny Poland a previous young Trustee of Cumbria Wildlife Trust.

In episode 6, our host Joe Murphy, Head of Nature Reserves, welcomes CEO Stephen Trotter, and Head of Fundraising, Hazel Jones, to talk about the ups and downs of the 2024 year for Cumbria Wildife Trust - with significantly more ups!

Hazel gives us insight into the raising the money to purchase Skiddaw Forest, the major event to mark our year. The conversation reflects on bog restoration, birds including osprey, hobby and bittern, beavers and red squirrels, welcoming people at Gosling Sike and growing rare plants.

Mammals are amoungst our most-loved wildlife. They are usually cute and we'll go to quite a lot of effort to see them as they give so much joy.

In this podcast we talk to Elizabeth Ogilvie, Ecologist for the Lowther Farming Partnership, about the enclosed beaver trial on their estate, and with Joshua Adams, Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Red Squirrel Ranger.

You'll learn about these secretive animals' behaviour and what's being done to help these species thrive in Cumbria into the future.