Helman Tor
One the gems of Cornish nature, Helman Tor Reserve is a beautiful example of both Cornwall’s rich history and its wild present.
One the gems of Cornish nature, Helman Tor Reserve is a beautiful example of both Cornwall’s rich history and its wild present.
The emperor dragonfly is an impressively large and colourful dragonfly of ponds, lakes, canals and flooded gravel pits. It flies between June and August and even eats its prey on the wing.
Conservation Officer, Laura Snell, explores the wildlife of Helman Tor throughout the year.
The UK's smallest hawker, the Hairy dragonfly is mostly black in colour, but has a distinctively hairy thorax. It can be found in grazing marshes and flooded gravel pits, and along canals…
A voracious predator that will even eat other dragonflies, the golden-ringed dragonfly is the UK's longest species. It can be found around acidic streams in moorland and heathland habitats.…
Based around our Helman Tor reserve, we meet every Wednesday at 9:30am, carrying out a wide variety of practical tasks to maintain and enhance this fantastic nature reserve.
Wild beavers have been discovered at Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Helman Tor nature reserve, following an observation reported to the charity by a member of the public
We went up to Helman Tor with Callum Deveney, Head of Nature Reserves, to admire the views, discuss rewilding, and find out why we are trying to purchase more land there.