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Nature recovery on The Lizard
The following is the text of a National Trust press release, issued on 27/3/2024, reporting on a landscape-scale project to conserve rare species on The Lizard, funded by Natural England’s […]
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Wildlife Groundswell newsletter 03-24
What’s on? Upcoming events Meeting & walkabout Sunday 17 March, 11.30am, Trethewey Farm, St Martin TR12 6EG How to make the most of a wildlife friendly space, big or small? […]
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Update February 2024: Back to the future: restoring threatened metapopulations on the Lizard Peninsula
A progress update on The Lizard’s Species Recovery Programme-funded projectFebruary 2024 Over the winter period, the focus of our Species Recovery Programme within The Lizard NNR, Back to the Future: restoring threatened […]
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Wildlife Groundswell: swift and bat box making
Wildlife Groundswell and Cornwall National Landscape organised two workshops on the 9th and 10th February 2024 to make swift and bat boxes. Both days were great fun and productive – […]
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Wildlife Groundswell November newsletter
As an antidote to the Black Friday madness, we’re sending you a dose of natural goodness this weekend… It was great to see so many of you at our annual […]
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Funding received for the National Trust’s Lizard Rarities Project
The Lizard is one of the most biodiverse areas in the country, renowned for unique assemblages of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens – many of which are confined to the […]
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September newsletter
This month, we’re focusing on our annual conference – Air and Fire on 23 September – and the NEW line-up of fringe events leading up to it, which we’re excited to announce below. […]
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Wildlife Groundswell July & August -23
Hope you’re all well and having a good summer, despite the recent wild weather. We love all things wild, but… Read on for a dose of proper summer (butterflies, wildflowers […]
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Back to the future: restoring threatened metapopulations on the Lizard Peninsula
Species Recovery Programme 2023/2024 The Natural England National Nature Reserve (NNR) team on The Lizard in Cornwall have been successful in securing £216k of Species Recovery Programme funding to support […]
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The story of The Lizard’s Choughs
Choughs are among the most iconic birds of The Lizard. Locals and visitors alike love to see them, feeding in the short turf of the coast or soaring in the […]
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Wildlife Groundswell 6-23
Hope you’re all well and enjoying the sunshine. We’re trying a new format for our June newsletter – hope you like it. Wildlife Groundswell business update: becoming a CIC Our […]
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Nightjar
Summer visitors to the UK, the churring call of the male nightjar is an iconic sound of warm heathland evenings.Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Nightjar
Video: Chris WaddleVisitor Experience and Community Engagement Lead Advisor (Cornwall and Devon) Male Nightjar I managed to record at Dry Tree last night View Larger Map
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Conservation and land management
Together, we work hard to look after and enhance biodiversity on The Lizard. Conservation managers, landowners and farmers all play a very important role. We intend soon to publish nature-friendly conservation […]
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Wildlife Groundswell
Wildlife Groundswell is a community action group based on The Lizard; we are a group of wildlife enthusiasts, small landowners and farmers who are working together for the benefit of […]
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