These two split screen films clearly show the difference the restoration work has made at Burns Beck Moss Nature Reserve between December 2023 and September 2025, The footage shot before or early on in the restoration work shows the overground scrub and the straightened beck that had been diverted to… Read More »Cumbria Wildlife Trust – Burns Beck Moss restoration
This really is quite a remote site, situated along a rural cul-de-sac, but nevertheless was very rewarding to visit. The land is split between the pasture at the bottom and the woodland climbing up the hill. When I arrived the stunning bluebells were in full bloom and the views from… Read More »Friends of the Lake District – Middle Bleansley Tour
I really enjoyed visiting this site, on a fabulous day , and there were a number of other people there who felt the same way too. It has commanding views over the surrounding countryside and yet it is not particularly hard work to get to the top, making it very… Read More »Friends of the Lake District – The Helm Tour
Rusland Woods is made up of two woods, Bull Coppice and Resp Haw Wood, running down the eastern side of the Rusland Valley. Friends of the Lake District have owned these woods since 2017. The two woods form a sizeable block of ancient semi natural woodland, and they are a… Read More »Friends of the Lake District – Rusland Woods Tour
It is very much a case of “watch this space” with this project. This is a film showing the land after the first stages of the creation of the Cold Springs Community Nature Reserve. The drone flights that were taken have been saved and will be flown again, in May… Read More »Cumbria Wildlife Trust – Cold Springs restoration
This piece of land is just two acres and is accessed by a purpose built bridge. The local community and volunteers have done an incredible amount in developing and improving the habitat, including planting 1000 trees and is now in the process of being extended Virtual tours are an excellent… Read More »Friends of the Lake District – Dam Mire Wood Tour
The twelth nature reserve I was asked by Cumbria Wildlife Trust to create a virtual tour for, although small has rich biodiversity. It features two very different habitats sat side by side, that can be clearly seen from the aerial overview. There is an area of mature woodland that is… Read More »Cumbria Wildlife Trust – Barkbooth Lot Tour
Skiddaw Forest is a very big area of land indeed. I hope you get some sense of the scale of the place from the Aerial overview. The plans for the restoration of this new nature reserve are very ambitious, and will stretch not just across the years but across the… Read More »Cumbria Wildlife Trust – Skiddaw Forest Tour
I was brought in by Barrowfull to document this project and get aerial photographs from above of the finished poem. Poetry on the pitch was supported by Barrow AFC – as part of BarrowFull’s Barrow Dreams, a project exploring the past, present and future dreams of people in Barrow. Barrow… Read More »Barrowfull – Barrow Dreams: Present
These films show the transformation of a field acquired by Cumbria Wildlife Trust, and its nurturing as an extension of the raised mire at the adjacent Nichols Moss. The first stage involved the stripping of turf, the creation of bunds, and the planting of sphagnum moss. The second stage involved… Read More »Cumbria Wildlife Trust – Nichols Moss restoration
This project, to produce a film to be shown at the Forum, during a sold out performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 was a truly special experience, never to be forgotten. The following is from the concert programme – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Barrow, Saturday 20 January 2024 7pm Colin… Read More »Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Double-Barrowed film
In the process of producing the aerial virtual tours for Cumbria Wildlife Trust I have acquired some wonderful video clips of each of the reserves visited. I put these together into this simple film that shows very clearly how stunning the landscapes are that contain these reserves. This is an… Read More »Cumbria Wildlife Trust – Reserves
