
Hedgehogs at Heligan
The Lost Gardens of Heligan hosted our joint meeting with CWT for Operation Hedgehog. Volunteers joined us for a briefing on the project which aims to establish baseline data for hedgehogs around the county as well as improving recording. Our newly purchased footprint tunnels and kit was distributed so that surveys could be carried out at 15 of CWT’s reserves as a starting point. A big thank you to Alistair and Claire and all the Heligan staff for making us so welcome and to
South West Marine Ecosystems - Plymouth University
We had an opportunity to tell 200 or so scientists, ecologists, conservationists, students and volunteers about the Cornwall Coastal Otter Project. Many friendly faces in the audience and also plenty of people who hadn’t heard about the project who were working with more traditional marine species and aspects of oceanography, climate science and pollution. The conference made for a long day but it was very interesting and definitely worth considering in the future – perhaps w