An admirable garden butterfly
Rowena Millar, Cornwall Wildlife Trust's (currently Non-Roving) Wildlife Reporter, continues to show us how to make the best of our gardens for wildlife. This week, it's all about…
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Open Gardens
Our Open Gardens events showcase an array of wildlife-friendly gardens across Cornwall and are a great way to connect with nature.
Garden Birds
Can you spot Britain's top ten garden birds in your garden? Find out how to identify common garden birds and how you can attract birds to your garden.
Looe Island Summer Update: A Butterfly Bonanza Year
Looe Island Assistant Warden Claire provides a summer update from Looe Island which is experiencing a butterfly boom this summer, offering a rare glimpse of hope amid decades of decline in UK…
Back to nature with Trust gardens finale
A treat awaits visitors for the grand finale of Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s popular Open Gardens scheme as they visit the truly unique Tanglewood Wild Garden on Sunday 10th September and finish off…
Small white
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.
How to attract butterflies to your garden
Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.
Greater butterfly-orchid
The Greater butterfly-orchid is a tall orchid of hay meadows, grasslands and ancient woodlands. It has whitish-green flowers that have spreading petals and sepals - a bit like the wings of a…
Garden bumblebee
Unsurprisingly, the garden bumblebee can be found in the garden, buzzing around flowers like foxgloves, cowslips and red clover. It is quite a large, scruffy-looking bee, with a white tail. It…
Open Garden - Meadowside
Mark 15 years of Open Gardens at Meadowside, a five-acre wildlife haven, lovingly created to support birds and insects with meadow, arboretum and vibrant planting throughout. Step inside a working…
Open Garden - Trelan
Ten magnificent private gardens are once again throwing
open their gates this summer! Whether you're an avid gardener or simply love nature, there's something for everyone. Come…
Garden warbler
A plain-looking warbler, the garden warbler is a summer visitor to the UK. It is a shy bird and is most likely to be heard, rather than seen, in woodland and scrub habitats.