The Cornwall Wildlife Trust is a charitable organisation founded in 1962 that is concerned solely with Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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It deals with the conservation and preservation of Cornwall's wildlife and habitats managing over 50 nature reserves covering approximately 4300 acres (17.4 km²), amongst them Looe Island

Looe Island

Looe Island, also known as St George's Island, and historically St Michael's Island is a small island a mile from the mainland town of Looe in Cornwall, United Kingdom....

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Cornwall Wildlife Trust is part of The Wildlife Trusts partnership

The Wildlife Trusts partnership

The Wildlife Trusts is an organisation made up of 47 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom plus the Isle of Man and Alderney.The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after around 2,300 nature reserves covering more than 90,000 hectares...

 of 47 wildlife trusts in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. It works in conjunction with the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust

Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall, England, UK.The trust works in conjunction with the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, and jointly produces a thrice yearly magazine called Wild Cornwall & Wild Scilly.It is dedicated to ensuring...

, and jointly produces a thrice yearly magazine called Wild Cornwall & Wild Scilly

The direction and work that the Trust currently does is guided by the Cornwall Biodiversity

Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions...

 action plan. Living Seas and Living Landscapes are two such projects. The Trust runs ERCCIS (Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly), a county wide database of sightings of animals and plants. It also gives planning

Land use planning

Land-use planning is the term used for a branch of public policy encompassing various disciplines which seek to order and regulate land use in an efficient and ethical way, thus preventing land-use conflicts. Governments use land-use planning to manage the development of land within their...

 advice (CEC - Cornwall Environmental Consultants) to land developers.

The Trust is based at Allet near Truro

Truro

Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...

 in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

. The headquarters and offices are adjacent to the Trust's Five Acres nature reserve. This reserve includes two ponds, as well as mixed broadleaved woodland.

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

Churchtown Farm

Churchtown Farm is a community nature reserve one mile south of Saltash, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is owned and managed by Cornwall Wildlife Trust, and includes diverse habitats such as grassland, estuarine mudflats, wetland, woodland, disused quarries and hedgerows.Situated within the Tamar...

, near Saltash

Saltash

Saltash is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of 14,964. It lies in the south east of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar. It was in the Caradon district until March 2009 and is known as "the gateway to Cornwall". Saltash means ash tree by...

11. Chyverton

12. Devichoys Wood, near Penryn

Penryn, Cornwall

Penryn is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Penryn River about one mile northwest of Falmouth...

13. Downhill Meadow

14. Fal-Ruan Estuary

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

Truro

Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...

16. Fox Corner, south of Truro

17. Greena Moor

18. Halbullock Moor, south of Truro

Truro

Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...

 

19. Hawkes Wood

20. Helman Tor (including Breney Common

Breney Common

Breney Common is a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological interest, in central Cornwall, England, UK. It is located mainly in Lanlivery civil parish, with the Saints' Way footpath running through it....

 and Red Moor

Red Moor

Red Moor is a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest , noted for its biological interest, in central Cornwall, England, UK.-Geography:...

), near Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739...

 

21. Kemyel Crease

22. Kennall Vale, at Ponsanooth

Ponsanooth

Ponsanooth is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately four miles south east of Redruth and two and a half miles north west of Penryn on the A393 Redruth to Falmouth road. Ponsanooth was first recorded in 1613 as Ponsanwoth Ponsanooth is a village in Cornwall,...

, between Falmouth

Falmouth, Cornwall

Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....

 & Redruth

Redruth

Redruth is a town and civil parish traditionally in the Penwith Hundred in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a population of 12,352. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road , and is approximately west of...

23. Lanvean Bottoms

24. Loggan's Moor

Loggans Moor

Loggans Moor is a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological interest, in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is located 1 mile north-east of the town of Hayle, off the A30 road....

, near Hayle

Hayle

Hayle is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated at the mouth of the Hayle River and is approximately seven miles northeast of Penzance...

25. Loveny/Colliford Reservoir

26. Lower Lewdon

27. Luckett/Greenscombe Wood


28. Maer Lake

29. Nansmellyn Marsh

30. North Predannack Downs

Goonhilly Downs

Goonhilly Downs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest that forms a raised plateau in the central western area of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England, UK. Situated just south of Helston and the Naval Air Station at Culdrose, it is famous for its Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, the...

31. Park Hoskyn - The Hayman Reserve

32. Pendarves Wood, near Camborne

Camborne

Camborne is a town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western edge of a conurbation comprising Camborne, Pool and Redruth....

33. Penlee Battery

Penlee Battery

Penlee Battery is a nature reserve lying on the coastal headland of Penlee Point on the Rame Peninsula, in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom....

, near Kingsand

Kingsand

Kingsand and Cawsand are twin villages in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. The villages are situated on the Rame Peninsula and in the parish of Maker-with-Rame....

34. Phillips's Point

35. Priddacombe Downs

36. Prideaux Wood

37. Quoit Heathland

38. Redlake Cottage Meadows

Redlake Cottage Meadows

Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest , noted for its biological interest, in Cornwall, England, UK. Within the SSSI is Redlake Cottage Meadows nature reserve owned by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.-Geography:...

39. Ropehaven Cliffs

40. Rosenannon Downs

41. St Erth Pits, at St. Erth

42. St George’s Island

Looe Island

Looe Island, also known as St George's Island, and historically St Michael's Island is a small island a mile from the mainland town of Looe in Cornwall, United Kingdom....

 (or Looe Island

Looe Island

Looe Island, also known as St George's Island, and historically St Michael's Island is a small island a mile from the mainland town of Looe in Cornwall, United Kingdom....

), near Looe

Looe

Looe is a small coastal town, fishing port and civil parish in the former Caradon district of south-east Cornwall, England, with a population of 5,280 . Looe is divided in two by the River Looe, East Looe and West Looe being connected by a bridge...

43. Swanvale, Falmouth

Falmouth, Cornwall

Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....

44. Sylvia's Meadow

Sylvia's Meadow

Sylvia's Meadow, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, is a nature reserve owned and managed by Cornwall Wildlife Trust. It is a herb rich, site situated near Gunnislake, in East Cornwall, United Kingdom.-History:...

, near Callington

45. Tamar Estuary, near Saltash

Saltash

Saltash is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of 14,964. It lies in the south east of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar. It was in the Caradon district until March 2009 and is known as "the gateway to Cornwall". Saltash means ash tree by...

46. Tincombe, near Saltash

Saltash

Saltash is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of 14,964. It lies in the south east of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar. It was in the Caradon district until March 2009 and is known as "the gateway to Cornwall". Saltash means ash tree by...

47. Trebarwith

Trebarwith Strand

Trebarwith Strand , is a coastal settlement and section of coastline located on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, 2½ miles south of Tintagel...

, near Bude

Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Neet . It lies just south of Flexbury, north of Widemouth Bay and west of Stratton and is located along the A3073 road off the A39. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric in Brittany, France...

48. Tregonetha Downs, near Goss Moor

49. Tresayes, near Roche

Roche, Cornwall

Roche is a civil parish and village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village gets its name from a granite outcrop east of the village. Roche is the Norman-French word for Rock....

50. Tywardreath Marsh, near Par

Par, Cornwall

Par is a town and fishing port with a harbour on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town is situated in the civil parish of Tywardreath and Par and is approximately east of St Austell. Par has a population of around 1,400.....

51. Upton Meadow, near Bude

Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Neet . It lies just south of Flexbury, north of Widemouth Bay and west of Stratton and is located along the A3073 road off the A39. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric in Brittany, France...

52. Upton Towans, near St. Ives

St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial...

53. Ventongimps

Ventongimps

Ventongimps is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK....

 Moor, near Zelah, Cornwall

Zelah, Cornwall

Zelah is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom approximately 5 miles north of Truro. Zelah is the largest settlement in the civil parish of St Allen...

54. Marsland Valley

Marsland Valley

Marsland Valley is a nature reserve situated in two large valleys which straddle the Devon-Cornwall border. It is a designated nature reserve jointly managed by the Devon Wildlife Trust and the Cornwall Wildlife Trust...

, north of Bude

Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Neet . It lies just south of Flexbury, north of Widemouth Bay and west of Stratton and is located along the A3073 road off the A39. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric in Brittany, France...

55. Windmill Farm, on The Lizard

The Lizard

The Lizard is a peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at ....

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