Wild Cornwall No.96 Spring 2005

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Wild Cornwall No.96 Spring 2005

Wild Cornwall is the magazine of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, published three times a year.

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Wild Cornwall No.96 Spring 2005

Editorial

The theme of this issue is 'shifting water and weather patterns', with estuaries featuring in the main wildlife and reserves articles and in the glorious Kurt Jackson Estuary painting. Although there is insufficient space this time to extol the wonders of the cockle, the lugworm or any of the other countless molluscs and worms that exist in tidal mudflats and sandflats, David Chapman describes some of the birds we are likely to observe probing for them - a useful introduction to anyone who has yet to discover the birdlife of this fascinating, shifting landscape. In a future issue it would be worthwhile also featuring the resilient pioneer plants that are able to colonise such areas and form saltmarsh – a supremely valuable, albeit non-static, sea defence.

Kate Stokes' climate change article and the RIGS feature in the 'Nature News' section deal with the consequences of shifting weather patterns and trends. What lies ahead may depend upon our collective behaviour as well as the vagaries of the complex systems and forces at work on and around our special peninsula and the entire wonderful, watery planet.