Blog: Nature Recovery

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Rewilding Helman Tor

Rewilding explored in the heart of Cornwall

We speak to our mid-Cornwall Reserves Manager, Andy Collins, about the plans for our largest nature reserve, Helman Tor. Andy tells us about how grazing cattle and ponies, dam building beavers and…

Sunflower in West Penwith. Image by Jan Dinsdale

Helping birds on farms in the winter

Farm Adviser, Dr. Jan Dinsdale, explains why Cornwall Wildlife Trust are working with farmers in West Penwith to help boost wild bird populations in the winter months.

Wild ponies at Penhale Dunes

Wild Ponies and Conservation Grazing

We speak with Penhale Dunes Ranger, Jon Cripps, about the wildlife on the dunes and the value of pony grazing for conservation.

Juvenile Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) recently released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors foraging in pastureland with seven roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), cattle, a farmworker and his tractor in the background.

Continuing to stand up for Cornwall's wildlife

In this blog, Matt Walpole, Chief Executive at Cornwall Wildlife Trust, provides an update on what’s happening in the policy world in the aftermath of the so-called ‘attack on nature’, and our…

Helman Tor view. Ben Watkins

Hi Nature, here’s some space to recover…

Nature in Cornwall is in trouble. It needs more space. But how do we make that happen? Callum Deveney, Head of Nature Reserves at Cornwall Wildlife Trust, discussed the challenges nature faces and…