AUTUMN HARVEST

The fells, hills and ancient woodlands of the Lake District have long been the source of romantic literature and poetry, and are still host to many a mythical and ghostly tale. In the autumn, the crisp sunshine reveals a riot of colour to stimulate the senses and feed the soul of the countryman in all of us. If you could put it in a bottle and sell it, you’d be a wealthy man.

However, the woodlands of this glorious region hide an ongoing struggle and represent something of a battleground for an unwelcome invasion. The non-native grey squirrel arrived in Lakeland around the early 1990s, and now has a stronghold throughout the region. This is particularly worrying, as in addition to the known problems grey squirrels cause to our woodlands, the Lake