19/05/2025
A class of children from Newlaithes Junior School in Carlisle were delighted to find a whole host of amazing river creatures when they visited the River Caldew.
The children visited ‘Holme Head Bay’ in Carlisle with Tania, our Outdoor Learning Manager, as part of their 'Rivers' school topic. They met this little elver (a young eel) who has travelled around 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from the Sargasso Sea to live in our rivers! When it is ready to reproduce, (which could be 20 years from now!) it’ll swim back across the Ocean to reproduce.
Bullheads and many thousands of tiny riverbed creatures made for a fantastic morning by the river. The ‘dance’ of the caseless caddisfly larvae was rated as the best dance moves in the world… “Doing the Worm! 🪱 Is it not the best dance moves ever!?” 🪱
03/09/2025
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Cumbria's rivers trusts join forces to ensure that we all do our bit to ensure we don't pack a pest when out enjoying our lakes!
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26/06/2025
The power of partnership working has transformed a substantially modified river and redundant floodplain at Culgaith by using nature-based solutions to give it renewed purpose as…
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