On the way down from visiting the wallers the weather was constantly changing with wild squally winds blowing in clouds ...   more »

For the last five months a pair of skilled wallers have patiently and progressively rebuilt over 400m of dry stone ...   more »

A Green Woodpecker disturbed a visit to Crag ,at the west end of the valley , with its loud call. ...   more »

The River Liza just below High Beck has been constantly on the move for the last 7 years. As it ...   more »

Pillar wrapped in cotton wool clouds

Monitoring is a key aspect of Wild Ennerdale and often involves computers. Here information is being downloaded from  water measuring ...   more »

Early September saw the Wild Ennerdale Advisory Group visit the valley for three days. This group is a technical working ...   more »

The Wild Ennerdale Advisory Group spent one day walking 10miles around the valey looking at a range of issues. Here ...   more »

These holes on the side of the path running up between Silver Cove and Deep Gill are thought to be ...   more »

Amazingly tall and slender these Shaggy Ink Cap fungi had probably only just emerged. As they grow they change appearance ...   more »

The heather line in Deep Gill is very clear in this image.

In Great Cove there are a number of archaeological remains including this relatively recent structure with a doorway or perhaps ...   more »

On the ascent of Great Cove these two yellow flowers are regular members of the ground flora. The one above ...   more »

Setting out at 9.30am the Advisory Group and Wild Ennerdale Partners  had a full day of discussion often spending 30 ...   more »

The Mosedale Valley links the southern Ennerdale ridge to the Wasdale Valley. The mosaic of different colors and textures adds ...   more »

Looking north west from below Great Cove over Ennerdale Water, The Solway Firth and into Scotland

The view from Mirk Cove into the Ennerdale Valley with High beck cutting down the right hand side of the ...   more »

Club mosses are a typical plant of the sub alpine habitat found on the high fells around Ennerdale.

This is a dwarf willow (Salix herbacea)  a very small, low, prostrate shrub, branches 2-3 cm in length and with ...   more »

The group descending from Wind Gap to High Beck

The Advisory Group taking a rest below Pilar.

The group came down past the harvesting work adjacent to High Beck. The harsh triangular shape planted in 1978 is ...   more »

In between the meanders and braids of the River Liza vegetation slowly colonise the more stable gravel banks. These areas ...   more »

Hiding o an island in the middle of Moss Dub this I'm not sure if this Heron would have caught ...   more »

Another picture of Devils Bit Scabious, this time taken on the gravel beds in the braided section of the Liza ...   more »