Dedicated marine strandings volunteers produce gold standard citizen science
Cornwall Wildlife Trust hails 20 years of the Marine Strandings Network. Over 250 volunteers gather data which help us better understand marine life in Cornish waters
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Shoal of citizen scientists needed for Shoresearch Cornwall
Cornwall Wildlife Trust call for help charting marine life during
National Marine Week
Shoresearch Cornwall
Shoresearch is a user-friendly and fun method of exploring the shore and recording the species and habitats found there. Shoresearch Cornwall has been run by Cornwall Wildlife Trust since 2012 and in this time we have carried out hundreds of surveys and have trained over 200 volunteers.Â
Shoresearch Training - St Austell Bay
Want to take part in marine citizen science? Join us for a Shoresearch training day!
Survey Permission Application
Cornwall Wildlife Trust encourages naturalists, ecologists, geologists, and archaeologists to carry out research or surveys on our nature reserves. While most requests are welcomed, it is essential to obtain permission from us before any work begins.
Celebrating Shoresearch week 2023
This week Cornwall Wildlife Trust completed another successful Shoresearch week. Running for the twelfth year, the five days of surveying Cornwall's rocky shores was as popular as ever, with…
Vibrant marine life surveyed on Manacles Reef
The Manacles, a treacherous rocky reef that juts out from the Lizard peninsula, famous for the shipwrecks that it has caused, is also designated as a Marine Conservation Zone. Cornwall Wildlife…
Become a Citizen Scientist for Cornwall’s Dolphins
Following the past success of the South West Bottlenose Dolphin Consortium in collating the evidence to prove that we have a resident pod of bottlenose dolphins around Cornwall, scientists from…
Volunteer for Wildlife
Volunteers work with us to create a Wilder Cornwall
Mounts Bay Marine Trail
Journey along the Mounts Bay Marine Trail and explore the iconic coast path through Newlyn, Penzance and Marazion. Discover the interactive features and find out about the history, wildlife and stories of the bay.
2025 Annual Member Survey Results
Over four hundred members of Cornwall Wildlife Trust took part in our 2024 annual member survey. It's essential for us to understand your thoughts and needs, and to see how we're making progress together towards achieving our vision of a Cornwall where nature thrives.
We were genuinely inspired by the concerns and hopes we share with you.
A big thank you to everyone who took part!
We were genuinely inspired by the concerns and hopes we share with you.
A big thank you to everyone who took part!
Taking rockpooling to extremes
This summer Cornwall Wildlife Trust is expanding on their already popular rockpool ramble events and injecting more excitement in a series of extreme marine eco-events. It will also mean that the…