All around the Cornish coast between November and March, it’s worth keeping an eye out to sea – as, if you are very lucky, you may encounter an experience that will take your breath away.
Diving over a maerl bed is best described as like flying over a shagpile carpet made up of purple twiglets! It is an incredible sight. A huge diversity of fascinating marine creatures live in and…
This week Cornwall Wildlife Trust completed another successful Shoresearch week. Running for the twelfth year, the five days of surveying Cornwall's rocky shores was as popular as ever, with…
Guest blogger Lauren Holford on the natural wonders to be found along the shorelines of Cornwall's coast
As part of our celebrations to mark National Marine Week, we caught up with Cornwall Wildlife Trust's Marine Conservation Officer, Matt Slater, to get the lowdown on all things marine.
Cornwall is among the best places to see dolphins, including the most familiar of them all – the bottlenose dolphin! With their large sickle-shaped fins, stubby beaks and habit of surfing the…
With 400 miles of unspoilt coastline, it’s no surprise that Cornwall is a hotspot for marine life! But there’s one part of Cornwall’s coastline that has it all in terms of dolphin spotting, as our…
With the news of two orca seen off the Minack Threate in West Cornwall in May, Seaquest Southwest Coordinator Clare Owen takes a look back at this incredible sighting and the lives of the West…
National marine week has long been a highlight of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust calendar. It’s a national celebration of the seas that, over the years, has morphed into a fortnight of marine…
