Great British Beach Clean results

Last week our dedicated volunteer team were out at Mawbray beach litter picking and recording everything they found as part of the Great British Beach Clean.  This is a national citizen science recording project organised by the Marine Conservation Society which aims to take a snapshot of the state of the UK’s beaches.   Our volunteers […]

BBC Countryfile visit to the Solway Coast September 2025

The Solway Coast has been in the spotlight! In early September Solway Coast National Landscape (SCNL) staff welcomed the BBC Countryfile camera crew to Mawbray Banks Nature Reserve alongside special guest, Howard Inns, vice chairman of the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC). Together we took a closer look into the life of the highly […]

Maryport’s Taste of the Sea Festival

Our team had a hugely successful weekend at Maryport’s Taste of the Sea Festival on 9th & 10th August. We joined forces with the Solway Firth Partnership and managed to chat to many members of the public, hearing the fondness people have for this area, their treasured memories and the enjoyment they get from living […]

Magnificent moths at Crosscanonby Carr

28 July 2025 This week a moth survey was carried out at our Crosscanonby Carr Nature Reserve by enthusiast Rob Pickett, who is part of the Cumbria Moth Verification Team. The results were fascinating, in total 82 different species were recorded, many of these had never been recorded at the site before. The rarest species […]

National Landscapes Conference 2025

National Landscape Conference Earlier in July most of our team headed to the National Landscapes conference in Winchester, this was a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively with other National Landscape teams in addressing the key question, are National Landscapes “Fit for the Future?”. The conference explored a breadth of issues, from innovative governance models that […]

Connecting Carlisle to the coast

This month we launched our Nature Calling project, on Friday 2nd May we welcomed members of the Botcherby Community Centre to our wonderful National Landscape to gain an insight into what makes the Solway Coast so unique and special. This initial visit was all about gaining inspiration from the landscape, we visited Allonby Bay Beach […]

Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape

The Solway Coast National Landscape team recently had a trip down to the Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape. This was part of the Northern Group where National Landscapes from across the North of England have the chance to come together to meet and talk about our challenges and progress on our strategic delivery and shared projects.