Cornwall Wildlife Trust

We are delighted to announce that Cornwall Wildlife Trust has received £265,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for our ambitious new project - Tor to Shore. The project will create a thriving land and seascape rich in wildlife, connecting the granite rocks on Helman Tor, our biggest nature reserve, to the spectacular waters of St Austell Bay, home to important seagrass and maerl habitats. At the heart of our ambitions for the area are plans to bring together people and communities from all backgrounds to act for, connect with, and benefit from nature. Huge thanks to #NationalLottery players! #HeritageFund @HeritageFundUK Read more here: https://buff.ly/3SrpZBl

Last week, the inspirational Sir David Attenborough was awarded the Rothschild medal to honour and thank him for his extraordinary leadership and support for The Wildlife Trusts federation of charities over the past 60 years. 🏅 Thank you Sir David, for your remarkable dedication over the years – we are very grateful for your mission to protect the natural wonders that make our world so special!🌿 📷 Broni Lloyd-Edwards

Do you want to learn more about temperate rainforests? Join our upcoming webinar where you can find out more about this incredible habitat - and our work to restore them here in Cornwall and across the UK. Tues 10 Sept, 7-8pm Book your free place now! https://buff.ly/4fUEt73 📷 Ben Porter

From storks to salps, there’s lots of wildlife visiting Cornwall this summer! We are seeing large numbers of salps and chains of salps around Cornwall's coasts at the moment. These bizarre structures are created by free living sea squirts that have an oceanic existence drifting in the open seas. They filter feed and extract plankton from the water as they pump it through their  bodies and this also provides jet propulsion! 🌊 Salps have always been a very rare sight in Cornish waters until last year when huge numbers appeared in late summer. This year is no different - more salps and several different species of the strange jelly like colonies have been found around our coast. 📷 Heather Hamilton, Matt Slater

A flock of nearly 80 storks were seen in Cornwall this week. Our Marine team were luckily enough to spot the birds as they flew over the Looe Island Reserve. What a treat! The birds are thought to have migrated to the Lizard Peninsula from West Sussex, where they were reintroduced in 2016. John Rance, a volunteer for ERCCIS here at Cornwall Wildlife Trust, said: "Bird migration blows my mind, frankly. It's one of nature's wonders that we are only just beginning to understand. People will be familiar with swallows returning every year. It's just amazing and 80 wild storks is quite a sight."

2024 Wildlife Photography Competition - Young Photographer 📸🧒🐸 Calling all young photographers, this one’s for you! Our final category is all about inspiring the next generation of nature enthusiasts with a lifelong passion for wildlife and conservation. The aim is to foster their creativity and connection to the environment. Photos can be for any of the five categories, entrants must be under 18. 👉 Enter now! https://lnkd.in/gtFub_W7 Deadline: 31st August 2024 This category is proudly sponsored by Classic Cottages.

2024 Wildlife Photography Competition - Young Photographer 📸🧒🐸 Calling all young photographers, this one’s for you! Our final category is all about inspiring the next generation of nature enthusiasts with a lifelong passion for wildlife and conservation. The aim is to foster their creativity and connection to the environment. Photos can be for any of the five categories, entrants must be under 18. 👉 Enter now! https://lnkd.in/gtFub_W7 Deadline: 31st August 2024 This category is proudly sponsored by Classic Cottages.

To celebrate #WorldPhotographyDay we’re looking back over last year’s photo competition finalists. Here’s a little bit of inspiration for you as the deadline approaches! Entries close 31st August Get your cameras ready and enter now! https://buff.ly/3WkFeNX 📸 1. Kestrel in stoop mode - Andy Maher 2. Small-spotted catshark - Martin Stevens 3. Walkers on top of the Cheesewring - Georgie Ball 4. Porcelain fungus - Barrie Walker 5. Common frog - Ben Hancock-Smith

Hazel dormice are on the UK Mammal Red List. They're listed as vulnerable, which means they are at risk of extinction in the wild. You can help. Our Helman Tor nature reserve is a stronghold for them and they are doing well, especially with our rewilding work as they love the woodland and scrub habitat in the area. Become a member today and create a Cornwall where nature thrives. https://buff.ly/3OmNSrW

2024 Wildlife Photography Competition - Nature’s Comedy 📷 😂 Wildlife can be both beautiful and amusing. The ‘Nature's Comedy’ category seeks to capture the humorous side of nature, whether it’s animals in funny poses, unexpected interactions, or quirky behaviours. 🔗https://buff.ly/3WkFeNX Deadline: 31st August 2024 ⏰