So rewarding to see the swallows feeding on a pond that we made only 2 months ago. It already has water boatmen,damsel flies and so much more . Such an easy win in a wet corner of a field Part of a larger project of river restoration with Env Agency NW Olly Southgate Natural England Cumbria

Using big stones to make the in stream habitat better. We did this project in June and it’s settling in well. Hopefully after a few big floods have washed through it’ll make a nice deep holding pool for Trout & Salmon Partnership project with Env Agency NW

This pond’s only 1 year old and bouncing with life, spotted Curlews,Snipe, Swallow, Dragonflies,Otters & so much more When the stream ran dry in the drought this was vital for wildlife and farm livestock. Balancing farming and nature Env Agency NW Olly Southgate #drought23 #pond

Very grateful and humbled to accept this award at the Cumbria farmer awards amongst so many amazing farmers. Such an awesome group of switched on folk & a pleasure to work with. Showing how to balance nature and food production,it’s not easy, but we’re showing it’s possible

Back visiting a re-wiggling project from the summer with Env Agency NW Planting up the riparian strip with trees to provide shelter and shade. Plenty of Salmon redds visible so it’s heartening to have their approval Olly Southgate

Balancing farming and nature. The country needs to get much better at, but when we do it right, amazing things can happen! Oh, and we won the uk river prize for our partnership work with National Trust Env Agency NW Natural England North West youtu.be/JL0in7UqdOI?si…

Our partnership with Ullswater Catchment Management CIC - which has restored 2,083 acres of key river habitats in the Lake District - has won a prestigious UK River Prize! Find out more: brnw.ch/21wJmuM Environment Agency | Natural England Photo: Clive Whitbourn

Proper brilliant day today seeing & hearing the fabulousness of James Robinson & the magic of nature friendly farming & #river restoration via Ullswater Catchment Management CIC

NFFN England Chair James Robinson hosted a 'River Restoration and Making Space for Water Workshop' last month alongside Environment Agency & Ullswater Catchment Management CIC to share how #riverrestoration can work positively within and alongside a farming business 🦦 Amazing photos by Rob Fraser 📸

We, ⁦Lake District⁩ are delighted to host ministerial ⁦Defra UK⁩ ⁦Daniel Zeichner⁩ seeing some great FiPL projects. Here with ⁦James Rebanks⁩ and ⁦Ullswater Catchment Management CIC⁩ seeing significant nature recovery

Cracking day out with our local council today showing how we’re balancing farming, conservation, food production and natural flood management. Building projects that really work, by working with farmers

This will be a really good talk, Maddy is super proud of her Cumbrian heritage, and her passion for farming, people and conservation is bound to shine through Being married to her I am not biased in any way shape or form….

Amazing how river management has changed over the years. Once off this beck was lined with wooden panels to keep it straight. It never worked and our big storms now just smash it to bits We’ve removed the failed boards to give the beck a bit of room to move Very satisfying too!

Huge congratulations to everyone involved in getting this far 👏 We’re absolutely delighted, and hugely grateful for all who’ve enabled our part in this, and a massive thanks to the farming community and landowners around us, without whose trust in us , it wouldn’t happen 👏👏👏

As someone who has lived in the valley all my life, and watched things deteriorate, it’s awesome to see the wildlife increasing every year So many awesome farms doing great things for nature

Maddy and me went for a little ride out to look at some old projects yesterday This little pond is about 5 years old and it’s established beautifully from the muddy clart up when I dug it! #beforeandafter #pond #wildlife #LakeDistrict

Walking the dog tonight & was just thinking how Glenridding could do with some more rubbish, human crap behind trees and dog poo bags chucked everywhere… Seriously, what can we do to stop this (legally and lawfully!) ? Ideas very much welcomed

Looking over #Matterdale and it's not hard to see why folk love this place The heritage, the farms, community, people, the nature, and maybe also the fact that we're grown up enough to sometimes agree to disagree, yet still work together to create something amazing.