Cornwall Wildlife Trust


The Cornwall Wildlife Trust is a charitable organisation founded in 1962 that is concerned solely with Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It deals with the conservation and preservation of Cornwall's wildlife, geology and habitats managing over 50 nature reserves covering approximately, amongst them Looe Island. The Trust conducts both land and marine conservation programmes.
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History

The Cornwall Wildlife Trust is a charitable organisation founded in 1962 that is concerned with the conservation and preservation of Cornwall's wildlife, geology and habitats, both on land and in the marine environment. Frank Turk, Stella Turk and Jean Paton were all involved in the founding of the organisation. The Trust is part of The Wildlife Trusts partnership of 46 wildlife trusts in the United Kingdom. It works in conjunction with the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust on some matters. The Trust is based at Allet near Truro in Cornwall. The headquarters and offices are adjacent to the Trust's Five Acres nature reserve. This reserve includes two ponds, as well as mixed broadleaved and conifer woodland. the Trust's chief executive is Matt Walpole. The Trust is run by a group of elected volunteer trustees, as of 2024 chaired by Oliver Blount.

Activities

The trust deals with the conservation and preservation of Cornwall's wildlife, geology and habitats, managing over 50 nature reserves covering approximately, amongst them Looe Island. Cornwall Wildlife Trust produces a thrice-yearly magazine called Wild Cornwall.
The direction and work that the Trust currently does is guided by the Cornwall Biodiversity action plan. Living Seas and Living Landscapes are two such projects. The Trust runs ERCCIS, a county wide database of sightings of animals and plants, and records of geology. It also gives planning advice to land developers.
In 2024 the Trust received a National Lottery grant of £265,000, with a possible follow-up grant of £3m, allowing the Trust to launch a rewilding campaign, named the Tor to Shore project.

List of reserves

1. Armstrong Wood

2. Baker's Pit

3. Beales Meadows

4. Bissoe Valley

5. Bosvenning Common

6. Cabilla and Redrice Woods

7. Caer Brân

8. Carn Moor

9. Chûn Downs

10. Churchtown Farm, near Saltash

11. Chyverton

12. Devichoys Wood, near Penryn

13. Downhill Meadow

14. River Fal—River Ruan Estuary

15. Five Acres, at the Cornwall Wildlife Trust Headquarters, Allet, near Truro

16. Fox Corner, south of Truro

17. Greena Moor

18. Halbullock Moor, south of Truro

19. Hawkes Wood

20. Helman Tor, near Looe

43. Swanvale, Falmouth

44. Sylvia's Meadow, near Callington

45. Tamar Estuary, near Saltash

46. Tincombe, near Saltash

47. Trebarwith, near Tintagel

48. Tregonetha Downs, near Goss Moor

49. Tresayes Quarry, near Roche

50. Tywardreath Marsh, near Par

51. Upton Meadow, near Bude

52. Upton Towans, near Hayle

53. Ventongimps Moor, near Zelah, Cornwall

54. Marsland Valley, north of Bude

55. Windmill Farm, on The Lizard