Fox Club bags £4,874 from carrier bag charge fund
Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s junior membership, Fox Club is delighted to announce it has bagged £4,874 from a Tesco funding scheme.
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Red fox
The red fox, with its unmistakable bushy tail, can be seen in towns and the countryside. They mostly come out at night, but can also be seen during the day if you’re lucky!
Fox moth
The large, fluffy caterpillars of this moth are often seen in summer and early spring.
Trust’s New Wildlife Gardening Club
Trust’s New Wildlife Gardening Club
My night club
Ania and Becky know that wildlife can be found in unexpected places at unusual times, and surveying bats in the centre of Taunton at night is nothing out of the ordinary for them.
True fox-sedge
The true fox-sedge is a rare and threatened plant in the UK. It relies on lowland floodplain meadows and damp habitats, which are rapidly disappearing. Look for reddish-brown flowers in summer.…
Common club-rush
The dark green, straight and spiky stems of common club-rush or 'bulrush' are a familiar wetland sight. They are ideal for weaving and were traditionally used to make baskets, seats and…
Volunteer wins Environment Award for 10 years of dedication to practical conservation work in Cornwall
Pauline Ryan’s smile lit up the room last Thursday at the Cornwall Volunteer Awards hosted at the Eden Project as she received her ‘Environmental Award’ from Carolyn Cadman, Chief Executive of…
My vocation
Always fascinated by wildlife, Sophie has pursued a career in nature conservation through formal education and traineeships.
She now works as an ecologist, working to conserve Herefordshire’…
Cornwall's hedgehogs are disappearing - you can help them
You can probably remember when they were a familiar sight at night in gardens and hedgerows but that’s a fast-fading memory, as hedgehog numbers have halved in the countryside in the last 20 years…
My history lesson
Lancashire Wildlife Trust is working with Moorfield Primary school in Irlam to deliver both indoor and outdoor education on the mossland habitat. This includes the history of the area, and the…
The ‘good life’ at Meadowside
Meadowside, a six-acre smallholding at Trevarth, Redruth, is managed with wildlife in mind and it attracts a large variety of birds and insects. Hedgehogs are often seen here, along with rabbits…