Cornwall Wildlife Trust maps Cornish Hedges
Cornish hedges have been an intrinsic part of Cornwall’s landscape for thousands of years, and with an estimated 30,000 miles of hedges in Cornwall creating a map of the entire network was a huge…
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Volunteers lay hedges for Cornish wildlife
Volunteer groups from Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Cornwall Council have teamed up to lay a stretch of new hedge at Millennium Woods near Penzance. The result is a dense, living hedge which…
Hedge woundwort
The unpleasant, astringent smell of Hedge woundwort makes this medium-sized plant of woodlands, hedgerows and roadside verges stand out from the crowd.
Hedge mustard
Hedge mustard is a tall plant with small, yellow flowers atop tough stems. It likes disturbed ground and grows in hedgerows and roadside verges, and on waste ground.
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Hedge bindweed
A climbing plant of woodlands, hedgerows, riverbanks and gardens, Hedge bindweed can become a pest in some places. It has large, trumpet-shaped, white flowers and arrow-shaped leaves.
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How to make a hedge for wildlife
Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
Volunteers create Cornish hedge at Millennium Woods
Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Wild Penwith volunteer group has built and repaired over 100 meters of Cornish hedge over the years but living, “green” hedges are a fairly rare feature of the Penwith…
High Praze for WI hedge competition
Judges of the Cornwall Federation of Women’s Institutes’ Allsop Cup competition were taken aback by the levels of interest and high standard of entries this year. Praze-an-Beeble WI were awarded…
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.