Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership

01/03/2026

Spring is a-springing! 🐣

Today marks the first day of spring as temperatures rise and the days get longer 😎 look out for signs of spring in nature - the daffodils are here, birds are starting to sing and see if you can spot any frogspawn!

🏆 Better yet, why not make some more space for nature in your garden? One of the best things you can do is to make a pond or a mini-wetland and bring nature to you! Anyone can make a difference, check out the WWT resource below, and let us know what you'll do by making a Pledge for Nature!

🔗 https://www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wetlands/gardening-for-wetlands
🔗 https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/pledge-for-nature

Blue tit photo © Caroline Legg (Flickr - no changes made) CC-BY-2.0
Remaining photos © Sarah dichoecho (Flickr - no changes made) CC-BY-2.0

27/02/2026

🦋 Spring is nearly here - celebrate by helping nature in your area! The last Forest for Cornwall FREE tree giveaway for this season is at St. Austell Library TOMORROW!

📣 Come and collect a tree to plant in your garden, school or community green space.

🌳 You can choose from rowan, crab apple, hawthorn, hazel, guelder rose, or dogwood. Each tree comes with an information card that’ll give you all the details on planting and maintaining your tree so that it establishes well.

🌟 Trees bring huge benefits to where you live – these include cleaner air, shade in hot summers and shelter from the wind and rain, as well as reducing the risk of flooding.

🐦 Planting a tree helps create ‘green corridors’ that provide homes for birds, insects and animals, and allow them to move between gardens, local parks, green spaces and the surrounding countryside, boosting nature recovery everywhere.
Events have already been held this winter in Callington, Torpoint, Helston, Tintagel, Newquay, Camborne, Saltash, Penzance, Perranporth, Bodmin, Redruth, and Truro and have been extremely popular with over 4800 trees collected so far.

👀Keep an eye on our social media for more details, or go to the News & Events page on our website www.cornwall.gov.uk/forestforcornwall

Remember to bring a bag to take your tree home in!

Forest for Cornwall : Growing Together

26/02/2026

🌟 Wow! What a fantastic day we had last Wednesday at Trenance in Newquay - now home to Trenance Community Woodland.

🌳 Forest for Cornwall (F4C) organised a tree planting day for the whole community to get involved in. It was supported by Newquay Town Council (special thanks to Cllr. & Mayor Drew Creek), Newquay BID, and Newquay Lions Club.

👏The F4C team would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that made the day so special, including Imagine Outdoors, a fun and educational group for children who had a fantastic time wassailing the new orchard trees and helping with planting (with lots of worm counting!🪱).

🍎 Over 90 people of all ages came along to plant trees, and some got so involved they stayed all day to help out. This woodland will provide a brilliant home for nature, and a lovely green space (with fruit to pick!) for the whole community to enjoy.

🔗 If you'd like to find out more about Forest for Cornwall have a look at their website: www.cornwall.gov.uk/forestforcornwall, where you can also sign up to our newsletter.

25/02/2026

Tune in to the Clean Rivers and Seas Summit on Friday! 🌊

The Summit will bring together the authorities, agencies and organisations involved in water quality, with the ability to identify and deliver solutions to the ongoing issues for Cornwall. It is hosted by Cornwall Council, and convened by the Leader, Cllr Leigh Frost.

The Summit will explain how organisations are working to tackle pollution in Cornwall’s rivers and beaches, acknowledging that water health and quality is complex and requires collective action and personal responsibility. It will be evidence-led, briefly addressing the current state of water in Cornwall, looking at trends and challenges including sewage discharges, land management, and urban runoff.

📅 When? Friday 27th February, 10am - 11.30am.
📍 Where? Online via Facebook and Youtube
🤔 How? Access via the link below

👉 https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/rivers-and-seas

Scallop in maerl photo © Angie Gall
Cornwall Council

24/02/2026

"Nobody knew whether this tiny bee could make that journey to colonise new lands but here was the proof. This discovery was the direct result of the conservation work performed by Buglife and the National Trust" - Buglife Kernow Wyls Conservation Assistant, Dr. Will Hawkes.

😎 Check out Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust s blog post on finding the Red Bartsia Bee after three years of hopeful wildflower meadow restoration. The beautiful and delicate flowers of Red Bartsia are largely the only plant that this rare bee collects pollen from!

🗣 Over the next 18 months Buglife's new project Kernow Wyls will be running insect identification workshops and habitat restoration days, as well as providing opportunities to meet some of our most special insect species. They can also offer one to one landowner advice on improving farmland, small holdings and community green spaces within their network to help best support our pollinating insects.

👉 https://www.buglife.org.uk/blog/surveying-for-the-red-bartsia-bee/

❓ Find out more about wildflower meadows, their importance and restoration via our Nature Recovery Hub. Nature-Rich Grassland is a priority in the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Nature Recovery Strategy!

🔗 https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/hub-page/nature-recovery

Photo © Will Hawkes

23/02/2026

🦋 Spring is nearly here - celebrate by helping nature in your area! The last Forest for Cornwall FREE tree giveaway for this season is at St. Austell Library.

📣 Come and collect a tree to plant in your garden, school or community green space.

🌳 You can choose from rowan, crab apple, hawthorn, hazel, guelder rose, or dogwood. Each tree comes with an information card that’ll give you all the details on planting and maintaining your tree so that it establishes well.

🌟 Trees bring huge benefits to where you live – these include cleaner air, shade in hot summers and shelter from the wind and rain, as well as reducing the risk of flooding.

🐦 Planting a tree helps create ‘green corridors’ that provide homes for birds, insects and animals, and allow them to move between gardens, local parks, green spaces and the surrounding countryside, boosting nature recovery everywhere.
Events have already been held this winter in Callington, Torpoint, Helston, Tintagel, Newquay, Camborne, Saltash, Penzance, Perranporth, Bodmin, Redruth, and Truro and have been extremely popular with over 4800 trees collected so far.

👀Keep an eye on our social media for more details, or go to the News & Events page on our website www.cornwall.gov.uk/forestforcornwall

Remember to bring a bag to take your tree home in!

Forest for Cornwall : Growing Together

22/02/2026

Despite torrential rain, more than 50 incredible volunteers joined The 2 Minute Foundation to help protect the local coastline 🌊

"A sincere thank you to No.1 Cubs for sponsoring the event as part of Love Where You Are. They also treated everyone to some very welcome coffees afterwards, your passion for protecting the ocean is inspiring, and we truly appreciate all the effort you went to!" - 2 Minute Foundation

Every bag collected helps protect marine life and protect our marine environment 🌊♻️

20/02/2026

🦋 Spring is nearly here - celebrate by helping nature in your area! The next Forest for Cornwall FREE tree giveaway is at Truro Library.
📣 Come and collect a tree to plant in your garden, school or community green space.
🌳 You can choose from rowan, crab apple, hawthorn, hazel, guelder rose, or dogwood. Each tree comes with an information card that’ll give you all the details on planting and maintaining your tree so that it establishes well.
🌟 Trees bring huge benefits to where you live – these include cleaner air, shade in hot summers and shelter from the wind and rain, as well as reducing the risk of flooding.
🐦 Planting a tree helps create ‘green corridors’ that provide homes for birds, insects and animals, and allow them to move between gardens, local parks, green spaces and the surrounding countryside, boosting nature recovery everywhere.
Events have already been held this winter in Callington, Torpoint, Helston, Tintagel, Newquay, Camborne, Saltash, Penzance, Perranporth, Bodmin, and Redruth and have been extremely popular with over 4600 trees collected so far. The next one will be in St. Austell on 28th February

👀Keep an eye on our social media for more details, or go to the News & Events page on our website www.cornwall.gov.uk/forestforcornwall

Remember to bring a bag to take your tree home in!

Forest for Cornwall : Growing Together

20/02/2026

🌼 Did you know that snowdrops are a vital source of food for early-rising pollinators?

Found scattered along river banks and woodlands, snowdrops thrive in damp soil. They bloom in January and February and they’re one of the first signs that warmer weather is on its way, although in warmer winters they’ve been spotted sprouting earlier and earlier.

[Image description: A close-up of a bunch of snowdrops bathed in winter sun.]

19/02/2026

What's your Pledge for Nature? 🦭

Thank you Seal Research Trust for their Pledge and their adorable footage of a seal "bottling", a resting behaviour where seals float vertically in the water with just their nose poking out. Have you spotted a seal bottling lately?

💚 Share your Pledge today and celebrate the difference we are making, together.

🔗 https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/pledge-for-nature

19/02/2026

19/02/2026