Path to Cornwall Wildlife Trust's Bartinney nature reserve. Image by Ben Watkins
53 acres secured for nature!
Thanks to our incredible supporters, we have raised the funds to secure an additional 53 acres of land neighbouring Bartinney nature reserve on Cornwall’s spectacular Penwith peninsula!
We needed to raise £85,000 to secure the land - but this appeal has raised over £94,700! The additional funds will help with associated fees and allow us to begin work to restore the habitats at Bartinney.
Thanks to those who have donated, we can:
- Restore and protect 53 acres of lowland heathland
- Increase the size of Bartinney nature reserve to 238 acres, providing more space for the rare and threatened species found there
- Improve the management of Bartinney nature reserve, with the new land providing the opportunity for mixed conservation grazing
- Increase resilience against future fires, with the new land providing the opportunity to create more ‘fire breaks’ at Bartinney nature reserve (which has been the victim of fires in the past)
The area coloured orange is the 53 acres is the land this appeal has secured; the land in green is the existing Bartinney nature reserve.
The land is currently in a nature-poor state, being dominated by brambles and bracken, which have destroyed its lowland heathland - one of the world’s rarest habitats.
The fact that we have secured this land will mean that it can be restored to a vibrant habitat, protecting many species including nightjars, grayling butterflies, adders and numerous bees.
