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Latest news, blogs, podcasts and other updates from Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Marine Strandings Network
The Marine Strandings Network is a flagship project of Cornwall Wildlife Trust, and has been recording and monitoring dead marine wildlife strandings in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly for over 25 years. We work in partnership with the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Progamme (DEFRA Funded) and University of Exeter to lead on marine strandings work for Cornwall.Â
Marine Strandings Appeal
Cornwall’s dolphins and porpoises urgently need your help. Shockingly, 2017 saw the worst marine strandings for 15 years along the Cornish coastline. We need to stop this happening.
Dam good news for beavers: Wild release application process open
Cornwall Wildlife Trust welcomes the news that the UK Government is now accepting applications for licensed wild release of beavers in England.
Great news for Cornwall’s wildlife and wild places!
We did it! Thanks to an online campaign and some hard work behind the scenes, Cornwall's wildlife and wild places now have more protection.
News and Events from our Associated Groups
Read stories from local groups across Cornwall and find out how to get involved with their latest events.
Cornwall's Marine Strandings Appeal Receives Outstanding Support
Since launching its Marine Strandings Appeal in January, Cornwall Wildlife Trust has received an incredible reaction from people in Cornwall and around the world, and many people have shared their…
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
Good news for west Cornwall's waterways - Drift, Argal, Stithians and Cober catchments
Increased biodiversity shows vastly improved water quality in west Cornwall's upstream waterways.
Cornwall Wildlife Trust raises concern over dolphin strandings  
January 2026 saw 27 dolphins wash up dead on Cornwall’s beaches.
Seven year high for strandings of whales, dolphins and porpoises on UK beaches
A total of 4,896 harbour porpoises, dolphins and whales (cetaceans) were reported washed up on UK shorelines between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2017, according to a seven-year review published…