Common seal
The smaller of our two UK seal species, common seals are also known as harbour seals. Despite being called "Common", they are actually less common than grey seals!
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Avian Flu discovered in carcasses of five seals from Cornwall
Cornwall Wildlife Trust have been alerted by our partners at the Cetacean Strandings Investigation programme (CSIP) of Avian Flu being discovered in the carcasses of five seals from Cornwall.
Grey seal
These large seals can often be seen bobbing in the sea or lying on beaches waiting for their food to go down.
Beaver comeback continues as Seal Sanctuary pair released in Cornwall
Rescued beaver pair, Parsnip and Turnip, from Cornwall Seal Sanctuary released into the wild in Cornwall as Cornwall Wildlife Trust continues its fully licensed beaver reintroductions.
Celebrating 100th Survey of Looe Island’s Ground-breaking Seal Research
Seal research never stops! The final Saturday of 2019 saw marine conservation volunteers leave a chilly harbour at dawn destined for Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s iconic Looe Island Nature Reserve.…
Save Our Seas
With the right protections, better monitoring, and support for sustainable fishing, we can create healthier seas for wildlife and people alike. But change will only happen if enough of us speak up. Together, we can build a future where our seas are full of life once again.
A decade of donations for Cornwall’s Living Seas
Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Helston-based children’s wear company Frugi are celebrating their 10 year partnership, which has seen an incredible £111,000 in donations from the business to the…
We all want healthy seas
Dan Barrios-O'Neill, Head of Marine Conservation at Cornwall Wildlife Trust, explores the topic of our 2025 panel discussion, Can we have healthy seas and productive fisheries?
Easter Sealebration in Mousehole!
Spend Easter Sunday celebrating the county’s wonderful marine life with Cornwall Wildlife Trust at a special Easter Sealebration event in Mousehole, and top of the bill will be the grey seals,…
Give our seas better protection - HPMAs
Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) would offer the best possible protections for our seas. These areas will give nature the best chance to recover by banning development, fishing and other pressures. Good for nature, good for people and good for the climate, too! The Government is asking for public views on five proposed sites – help us fight for all five sites to be designated using our simple form.
Marine
There's another world waiting beneath the waves. Seals weave in and out of sunlit kelp forests, cuttlefish flash all the colours of the rainbow, starfish graze along the muddy seabed and…
Caught in the net: ending bycatch in UK seas
Every year in UK waters, thousands of marine animals are accidentally caught and killed in fishing gear. Ruth Williams, Head of Marine Conservation, explores the crisis beneath our waves.