Common pond skater
The common pond skater can be seen 'skating' over the surface of ponds, lakes, ditches and slow-moving rivers. It is predatory, feeding on small insects by detecting vibrations in the…
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Greater pond sedge
A tussocky sedge, Greater pond sedge has stout, upright flower spikes, strap-like leaves and triangular stems. It prefers lowland wetland habitats on heavy soils.
How to build a pond
A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
How to create a mini pond
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts. Any pond can become a feeding ground for birds, hedgehogs and bats – the best…
Ponds
Whether found in a garden or part of an agricultural landscape, ponds are oases of wildlife worth investigating. Even small ponds can support a wealth of species and collectively, ponds play a key…
Big or small, ponds for all! Gardeners across Cornwall urged to make a splash for wildlife
For this year’s Wild About Gardens challenge, The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are calling on people to put in a pond. From mini container ponds to larger sunken ponds…
Protecting Cornwall’s seas – Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s marine review for 2019
2019 saw plenty of positive wildlife activity in Cornwall’s seas but there is much to be done to give marine life the best chance to thrive. Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s marine conservation team…
Help needed to save our Cornish bees
Our Cornish bees are disappearing, with some species on the verge of extinction, but Cornwall Wildlife Trust is determined to stop this from happening and has launched the Bee Kind Appeal to raise…
Wild Cornwall - Issue 139 - Summer 2019
Ponds for all - Big or small... plan your wildlife-friendly pond / Caring for Penwith's Living, Working Landscape - Success stories don't come much more remarkable than this / Blue minds, happy hearts - We explore the concept of Blue Minds
Wild Cornwall - Issue 140 - Winter 2019
Ponds for all - Big or small... plan your wildlife-friendly pond / Caring for Penwith's Living, Working Landscape - Success stories don't come much more remarkable than this / Blue minds, happy hearts - We explore the concept of Blue Minds
From black blobs to frogs’ legs
This March, we’re celebrating all the wildlife and incredible insects that our gardens have to offer. Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s (currently non-roving) reporter Rowena Millar is back with another…
My window
Pond dipping provided Nicky with a window to a new world. As Worcestershire Wildlife Trust’s Engagement Officer, she hopes that the thousands of children she shares this window with will be as…