Cumbria Wildlife Trust have organised several training sessions this year:
1: Activity: Wildflower Identification Skills
Date: Friday 9th May 2025
Time: 10am- 4pm
Location: Large Meeting Room, Gosling Sike, Carlisle- Gosling Sike | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
What to bring: Warm waterproof clothing, sun cream, sun hats, sturdy footwear, packed lunches, drinks bottle, pens and paper. We recommend you bring pencils, hand lenses, ID guides if you have them. We will bring spares for those who don’t have them.
2: Activity: Grasses Identification Skills
Date: Friday 16th May 2025
Time: 10am- 4pm
Location: Large Meeting Room, Gosling Sike, Carlisle- Gosling Sike | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
What to bring: Warm waterproof clothing, sun cream, sun hats, sturdy footwear, packed lunches, drinks bottle, pens and paper. We recommend you bring pencils, hand lenses, ID guides if you have them. We will bring spares for those who don’t have them.
Please contact ShannonH@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk to reserve your place. Priority will be given to our new beginner surveyors, otherwise it will be ‘first come first served’.

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