Our Fundraising and Membership Officer, Anne-Marie, has been exploring Dam Mire with our vintage 1960s Rolleiflex camera. Stepping away from the screen, spending time in the landscape, and slowing down to shoot on film, is a perfect digital detox 📷🌿 #Rolleiflex #LakeDistrict

Learn how to identify hedgerow species and how to survey hedge heath and biodiversity on one of our Hedgerow Survey Training Mornings. (Nb date change to Sunday 9 August) Book via our website. #conservation #ecology #hedgerow #hedge #CPRE #friendsoflakes #nature #survey @CPRE

A-Level students from Furness College and Ulverston Victoria High School enjoying a day of hedgerow surveying! 🌳 #friendsoflakes #college #students #furness #ulverston #hedge #farm #survey #ecology #farmvisit #hedgesandedges #hedgerowheroes #fieldstudiescouncil

Guided walk! 👣 Join us for a moderate 5k walk across Little Asby Common and its limestone pavements. Tuesday 11th August 10am-2pm To book, see our website. #WestmorlandDales #GuidedWalks #Thingstodo

We'll be at the Westmorland Dales Festival this Sunday - so come and say hello if you're in the area! Read about the #WestmorlandDales Partnership work, and access some of the resources (such as this lovely #map of the region) on our website: https://loom.ly/5uKGsdg

The latest #news from @fixthefells! Patrick, the Fix the Fells ranger that Friends of the Lake District sponsors, gives an update on last year's work and what lies ahead. https://www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/news/fix-the-fells-ranger-update/ #FixtheFells #LakeDistrict #landscape

Wildlife bonanza – slow worms, toads and bats! Check out Jan's latest blog on our website... https://www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/news/wildlife-bonanza/ Thanks to Joseph Beckett for coming along our High Borrowdale guided walk to take some photos! #naturewriting #blogs #cumbria #wildlife

There's still time to join us on a #guidedwalk of Newbiggin-on-Lune! Wednesday 8 July 2pm – 4.30pm. Book here: https://loom.ly/Y1NkokI

Happy #NationalMeadowsDay! We're proud of the hay meadows we've cultivated on the land we look after at High Borrowdale and Mazonwath next to Little Asby Common. Come and visit them! (Details of how to find them on our website).

There's still time to join us on a #guidedwalk of Newbiggin-on-Lune! Wednesday 8 July 2pm – 4.30pm. Book here: https://loom.ly/Y1NkokI

Learn how to identify hedgerow species and how to survey their heath and biodiversity on one of our Hedgerow Survey Training Mornings. Book on here: https://www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/events/ #training #plantID #conservation #ecology #hedgerow #hedge #CPRE #friendsoflakes #nature #survey

Learn how to identify hedgerow species and how to survey their heath and biodiversity on one of our Hedgerow Survey Training Mornings. Book on here: https://www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/events/ #training #plantID #conservation #ecology #hedgerow #hedge #CPRE #friendsoflakes #nature #survey

Read Jan's latest blog. Beautiful views on Mazonwath... not so beautiful views on the Helm (where someone decided to go camping & left behind a tent and all kinds of litter) https://www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/news/fossils-flowers-forests-and-fly-campers/ #landscape #Cumbria #litter

The sun is out and so are the fly-campers, the litter-droppers and the fire-starters. If you spot some anti-social behaviour, such as illegal camping, over the weekend here's what to do... links in the thread below... #landscape #leavenotrace

In this blog, our planning officer, Leanne Parr, explains how we decide which planning applications to respond to & what forms the basis of our response. https://www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/news/planning-and-the-landscape/ #landscape #planning #blog 📸 Roanhead by Clare Harris

Incredible views, checking out the trees, and a challenging wall gap. All this and some amazing footage of barn owls! It was a busy week on our land last week! Read all about it in the Land Manager's Diary #naturewriting #Cumbria #landscape #drystonewalling

Only one week left - send us your best photos of the Lake District and Cumbria before 30th June! https://loom.ly/swFeqQc

We're excited to introduce you to our new CEO! Colin Walker, who lives near Penrith, joins us from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, where he has been responsible for their transport policy. https://www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/news/our-new-chief-executive/ #LakeDistrict #News

Read why Friends of the Lake District believes that the new five-year plan for the Lake District National Park, due to be adopted on 24 June, represents a step backwards in relation to its ambitions and objectives for transport. #LakeDistrict #transport https://loom.ly/4gSesOk

There's still time to enter our photo competition - closing date 30th June! https://loom.ly/swFeqQc

It doesn't have to be a traditional landscape, send us any images that celebrate nature and the Lake District. https://loom.ly/swFeqQc

What's your favourite Lake District landscape? https://loom.ly/swFeqQc

Not one but TWO guided walks in early July! Get those boots on and join us! 👣 #events #cumbria #thingstodo

Share your best Lake District and Cumbria scenes for our 2026 photo competition! #photography #competition #lakedistrict #cumbria

Our Photo competition is still open. Enter your favourite snaps of the Lake District and Cumbria today for a chance to win prizes. https://loom.ly/swFeqQc

Few shots from today's #drystonewalling competition. What a great day for it! We're at Barkin House Farm, Gatebeck (just off B6254 near Old Hutton) and here until 3pm so if you're near, pop by and watch the wallers in action.

To find out more, click the link below. https://www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/volunteer/ #survey #citizenscience #hedges #friendsoflakes #cpre #hedgerowheroes #botony #biodiversity #ptes

Our litter & fly camping survey is back. We want to know if the recent increase in enforcement in some areas of the #LakeDistrict is having an impact. Tell us about your experiences here: www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/litter-survey   📸Keswick Binfluencers

In her latest blog, Jan updates us on Rusland experiments with sheep fat, and battles the micro climate of High Borrowdale where it "felt old enough to snow"... what a difference a weekend makes! Read it here: https://loom.ly/c4KY1SE #blogs #naturewriting #landscape #cumbria

Now this is our kind of spectator sport! Our annual dry stone walling competition is this Saturday at Barkin House Farm near Kendal. Come and watch wallers at work! It's a free event and makes for a great day out. #events #thingstodo #drystonewalling