About KEG
Kirkoswald Environmental Group
We have accepted the RHS invitation to participage in the Britain in Bloom competition this year. Blue navigations buttons (left) will allow you to learn more.
Kirkoswald Environmental Group members are local people who have an interest in conserving and protecting the environment in and around Kirkoswald.
Our aims are:
- to promote environmental improvement in and around Kirkoswald
- to encourage the positive involvement of villagers of all ages and interests
- to foster community spirit and encourage civic pride.
We have been recognised by Cumbria County Council, Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust, Eden District Council and Kirkoswald Parish Council. We have worked with all four and successfully bid for funding from all four.
Date and time of the next meeting: To be determined, Crown Inn, Kirkoswald
Contact: kegtreasurer@kirkoswald.org
KEG Publications
Click the links below to download PDF documents. Millie Bank information is a little way down the page, just scroll down. Reports can be read using Acrobat Reader which is available as a free download from the Adobe website.
Rewilding - the Guardian link - food for thought
Rewilding - the Guardian link - food for thought - as above but downloadable PDF
Audio feed: Rewilding - about 40 minute presentation - click the graphic
New for 2021 are the Millie Bank Reports. Nigel and Loid plan to visit Millie Bank, a rare unimproved pasture, and observe what had come to life there. This is an opportunity for villagers to learn about the plants and animals that may be seen there.
Millie Bank Report January 2021
Millie Bank Report February 2021
Millie Bank Report August 2021
Millie Bank Report September 2021
Nectar rich plants good for pollinators
Plants found growing on Kirkoswald walls
Millie Bank plant species list 2014
Millie bank plant species list 2021
(which can be seen in K'o Parish)
About Millie Bank and Cumbria in Bloom
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Videos
Newest presentations at the top
Thank you NHS and a message for dog walkers
Developing a pond for wildlife from scratch
June 2020 Kirkoswald Allotments, Orchard, Pond and Wildlife area
Colonisation of Common Wood after the 2012 flood
Spring Virtual Raven Beck Walk
May 2020 Kirkoswald Allotments, Orchard, Pond and Wildlife Area
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KEG Publications: downloadable documents
Article explaining Ash dieback
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The Last Flower is a short video about 4 minutes in length, which draws attention to the threats faced by wild flowers in the UK, and has been put together by Nigel and Lois Harbron, from Kirkoswald, with the help of their offspring Rob and Jo.
In 2019, Nigel Harbron composed a tune he called The Last Flower after seeing yet another species-rich verge being turned into a lawn. In 2020, Rob (a professional musician) arranged and recorded the tune, and Lois, Jo and her husband Seb, started gathering photographs and short video clips to be shown as the tune played.
The Last Flower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYbajRYvjKk
For a full,explanation, click here to see their Press Release
It will download, on a Windows PC to your Downloads folder. If it appears in the bottom left corner of your screen click to read it.
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The state of nature: 41 percent of UK species have declined since 1970s. Author:Josh Davis First published 4 October 2019............... Source Natural History Museum (UK)
"A new report has found that the UK's wildlife is continuing to crash, with hundreds of species now at risk of disappearing from our shores altogether.
Over the past 50 years, urbanisation, agriculture, pollution and climate change have all caused the nation's plants and animals to dwindle - a trend that has continued unabated within the last decade despite efforts to reverse these losses."
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