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4,000 trees planted by volunteers and Another Way 05/04/2021 Around 4,000 trees have been planted in four days by 80 volunteers and charity Another Way across three sites in Cumbria. Funded by the Tree Council, via a £1m fund from Network Rail and support from Ullswater Catchment Management CIC, the Another Way team and volunteers planted trees and hedgerows including oak, rowan, blackthorn, hawthorn, hazel, dog rose, bird cherry, crab apple and holly in Matterdale and Watermillock. Amy Bray, 18, founder of Another Way, said: âThis project is especially important as it is interconnecting existing woodlands with hedgerows. “While climate change is an extremely threatening issue, it is only the third worst threat to our planet, the first being biodiversity and habitat loss. Increasing wood cover and linking up existing woods will create a much-needed habitat for many UK species which are being squeezed into an ever-smaller area of wilderness. ....
I pulled up in a small car park in the North Pennines at an hour that was ungodly. Pulling on my boots in the early morning air, curlews and skylarks were singing thought the mist. With snipe drumming from the peaty ground, I made my way up the hill until I reached my allocated position. I was helping my colleagues at RSPB Geltsdale with their annual count of black grouse, one of the UKs most enigmatic species. Every spring, black grouse congregate in traditional sites to ‘lek’, a spectacular ritualised tournament where they compete for mating rights. Maintaining a respectful distance so as not to disturb the action, my binoculars gave me a clear view of an area of short grass into which four male grouse appeared as the sun came over the hill. ....