Volunteer with West Cumbria Rivers Trust. Mink are an invasive non-native species and threaten have a dramatic impact on biodiversity by predating on ground nesting birds, fish and other wildlife. Mink are also well known for being the number one driver in the loss of water vole populations in Britain, leading to water voles now being categorised as endangered in Britain and an IUCN red list species. We need volunteers to maintain and monitor the traps (fitted with a smart alarm) as well as volunteers to dispatch mink when caught.
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Citizen Scientists play an important role in collecting, recording and analysing data about our rivers, lakes, surrounding habitats and wildlife. All of this information can help us to establish the overall health of rivers and habitats and can influence future work and projects.
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West Cumbria Rivers Trust offers a wide range of volunteering opportunities. Please note that most of our opportunities are seasonal, so even if you don't see something available right now but listed in the General Volunteering Opportunities section, please do still fill in an application form and…
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Volunteer with West Cumbria Rivers Trust. To keep tabs on our work and how successful projects have been we run various different monitoring and surveying programmes that we sometimes need volunteer help with. This can be anything from helping to download time lapse footage, to downloading…
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Volunteer with West Cumbria Rivers Trust. In the spring when the river levels begin to drop again, it's the perfect time to head out and pick up any litter washed up over the winter.
Cumbrian Agriculture, Arboriculture and Forestry Apprenticeship Information Evenings 18 and 19 May 2026
Lancaster University Open Days and Campus Tours
Myerscough College Open Day 18 April 2026
