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An unusual garden visitor
Lockdown continues to be a difficult time for many, but garden wildlife and sounds of the dawn chorus are bringing some much-needed comfort to those at home. To celebrate all the wonderful…
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.
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!
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…
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.…
Visit Cornwall
Find out more about the wildlife that surrounds you and what you can do to help by visiting our species explorer.
Free the beaver! A new vision for beavers in England and Wales
The Wildlife Trusts publish 'A vision for the return of beavers to England and Wales', making the case for bringing back this keystone species to rivers in the two countries.
Visit Cornwall’s Busy Beavers!
Cornwall’s new beavers have been busy since their release last summer building dams and creating pools in their five acre enclosure at Woodland Valley Farm in Ladock, near Truro. Cornwall Wildlife…
Wood warbler
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
Lesser sea-spurrey
Traditionally a coastal species, Lesser sea-spurrey has spread inland, taking advantage of the winter-salting of our roads. Its pink-and-white flowers bloom in summer.
Thousands visit Trust’s Open Gardens this summer
Summer comes to an end and so too does Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Open Gardens for 2019. And what a year it has been.