💬 “Sustainability and community are two main pillars of Brooks Estates — and Kernow Conservation aligns with both.” – Brooks Estates 🌿 We’re proud to have them in our growing network of business members, supporting real change for Cornwall’s wildlife and people. 🌐 kernowconservation.org/business

⏰ Just 1 week to go! We’re almost at our Aviva crowdfunder target for water voles in Cornwall. Every £ is matched up to £250, so your gift has twice the impact. Please help us cross the finish line: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/expanding-...

💬 “One of the best things was connecting with other Cornish businesses, all sharing the desire to restore nature in Cornwall.” – Prune Harris Ltd. We’re proud to have business members who give their time, energy, and support to projects like our water vole recovery work. 🌿

🎥 A stoat investigates a water vole monitoring raft — a rare glimpse of this predator in the water. A sharp bird alarm at the end sends it racing back to shore. Wild Cornwall at its finest.

The Cirl Bunting is singing its way back into Cornwall’s story. Once gone, now reintroduced and thriving on the Roseland Peninsula — another conservation comeback alongside the return of the chough.

We’re over 80% of the way to our water vole crowdfunder target! 🐾 With Aviva’s match funding, every £ you give (up to £250) is doubled — so your impact is even greater. Please donate or share today and help us cross the finish line: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/expanding-...

Our business members help make moments like this possible. Want your company to be part of Cornwall’s conservation story? More info: kernowconservation.org/business-membership

In August, Cornwall’s damp meadows and heaths glow with the purple blooms of Devil’s-bit scabious. It’s a late-season nectar lifeline for pollinators and the sole larval food plant for the rare marsh fritillary butterfly, whose larvae feed on its leaves throughout autumn and winter. 📸 tag us

Not the most flattering angle, but definitely one of the rarest we’ve filmed in Cornwall. Seen skulking through the undergrowth at Trelusback Foundation… can you guess the bird?

Yesterday we visited Woodland Valley Farm with some of our business members to see the incredible beaver habitat there. Beavers create wetlands, boost biodiversity, clean water, and reduce flood risk — all by doing what comes naturally.

🦅 Red Kites Are Nesting in Cornwall! After 170+ years of absence, Red Kites are back and breeding in Cornwall. First successful nest: 2021. Estimated breeding pairs now: 5–6 and rising! 📸 Seen a kite? Tag us!

A big thank you to RRL Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers for your continued support and renewing your annual Wild Kernow Gold Business Membership! We look forward to seeing you again soon!

PLEASE SHARE! Can you chip in just £2 (or more!) to help these little biodiversity ecosystem engineers in Cornwall? Every donation is match-funded by Aviva Community Fund up to £250 per donation! 🙌 www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/expanding-...

Himalayan balsam is pushing out native plants across Cornwall. You can help by: 🌱 Reporting sightings to ERCCIS 👉 erccis.org.uk 📷 Tagging us in your photos to help raise awareness #InvasiveSpecies #WildCornwall

Our camera trap just met its match: a camera-shy woodcock. A few steps into frame, a glance at the lens, and it was gone. Some wildlife prefers to keep its secrets.

Our August Wild Kernow Update is nearly here — full of exciting conservation news, project updates, and a few surprises (including one with wings!). Sign up at 🌐 kernowconservation.org

The Cornish chough vanished in 1973. Gone from the cliffs. Gone from the skies. Then in 2001 – 3 returned. Now in 2025? 300+ wild choughs call Cornwall home again. A local legend reborn. A real-world comeback. 🐦🔥 #CornishChough #CornwallWildlife

We've now reached £2390, 23%, with our Aviva Community Fund crowdfunding campaign to support further water vole recovery in Cornwall! Please support us if you can!

Please share to help us reach our target! (Full details and to donate: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/expanding-...)

A goose honks, a water vole jumps — and then relaxes for a casual scratch. Captured on one of our trail cameras. We’re working protect water voles like this across Cornwall. 💚 🎥 Watch with sound!

Thank you so much!

Swifts define summer skies – fast, loud, and utterly wild. Numbers are falling fast, but you can help by protecting nest sites and spreading the word. 📷 Tag us in your swift shots! #SwiftWatch #SkyWonders

🎥 Our water vole crowdfunder is live! We’re restoring water vole populations in Cornwall and restoring vital habitats. Watch our 60 second vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Qa... Donate if you can, share 💚 www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/expanding-... #WaterVole #RewildCornwall

This week, we’re sharing kind words from Cornish Tin. Thanks for helping us restore habitats and protect wildlife across the Duchy. Get in touch if you’d like to be involved. #KernowConservation #CornwallWildlife #NatureWork #BusinessWithPurpose #EcoSupporters #CommunityForNature

🦊 Pine marten kits in neighbouring Devon – the first in over 100 years! Not our project, but we’re excited by the potential this has for Cornwall. With the right conditions and shelter (like den boxes), we may see these woodland mammals back in the Duchy one day soon. #CornwallNature #PineMartens

🦦 3 otters This camera trap clip made our day. The first two otters are cautious & focused. The last one? Totally distracted and living their best life. #KernowConservation #Otters #CornwallWildlife

Turns out, beavers are environmental heroes 🦫 Their dams help reduce flooding, clean water, store carbon, and bring back biodiversity. Rewilding? They've been doing it for centuries. #Beavers #Rewilding #EcoHeroes #NatureKnowsBest

💚 Double your impact for Cornwall’s water voles. Every £1 you donate becomes £2, with match funding from the Aviva Community Fund (up to £250). We’ve reintroduced around 400 water voles since 2022 — now we’re scaling up Donate or share: 🔗 www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/expanding-... #WaterVoles

Listen to Flora from Brooks Estates talking about their partnership with Kernow Conservation, and giving her thoughts on the water vole reintroduction that she attended in June last year. Thanks so much for your support!

Ospreys will soon be on the move 🦅 As migration begins, more birds are passing through Cornwall each autumn 📈 Sightings are rising year after year – a great reason to look up. #OspreyMigration #CornwallWildlife #Birding

🦉 Seeing a tawny owl in daylight? Pretty special. 🐦 Getting heckled by the local blackbirds? Pretty standard.

🦫 Cornwall's water voles are returning – and you are making it happen! 🦫 Once extinct across Cornwall, water voles are now on the road to recovery. But to ensure they thrive, we need your support. 🐾 Be part of the comeback story, donate today at: 🔗 www.kernowconservation.org/water-vole-a...

🎥 Camera trap highlight: a water vole quietly shaping its ecosystem. Their foraging 🦫 helps promote plant diversity 🌸 & support a rich web of life - from invertebrates 🐜 to apex predators 🦅. It’s a perfect reminder that the smallest species can drive ecosystem health 🌍.

🌿 Exciting news from Kernow Conservation CIC 🌿 We’re delighted to announce that Nell Sanders Crowden has joined us as Partnerships and Memberships Manager and brings over 15 years of experience in communications, marketing and partnerships. Please join us in giving Nell a very warm welcome 💚

We're looking for someone great to help us work with our business supporters - could it be you or someone you know? See the link in the first comment for full details and how to apply.

A shout out to some of our Beaver Project Crowdfunder donators! Thank you for your support! (We're still taking donations if anyone missed our campaign at the end of last year - full project details and how to donate here: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con)

Last chance to donate! Our campaign ends at 2pm today! Donations are matched by the Aviva Community Fund and will help us get our beaver project started. For full details and to donate see: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...

PLEASE SHARE! Just 30 hours to go! We're at 48% of our target, £24,039! Help us reach our £50,000 target and work to restore beaver populations in Cornwall! Donations match funded, for every £1 you donate we receive £2! Full details and to donate: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...

Last few days! Every £ helps! Currently at £22,787 or 45%! Help us reach our £50,000 target by sharing and donating if you can! Donations matched by the Aviva Community Fund, so for every £1 donated we receive £2! For full details and to donate: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...

JUST 3 days left and we're at 43%, £21,542! Please DONATE if you can, every single £ counts, and/or SHARE to help us reach our target of £50,000! Donations are MATCHED to £250 by Aviva Community Fund, for EVERY £1 donated we receive £2. Full details: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...

Our very own @joegmarshall.bsky.social will be on BBC Radio Cornwall this morning talking to Julie Skentelbery about our upcoming beaver project. Tune in at 10.15 to hear all about it! Listen online here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

More beavery stuff from the last few weeks. Some photos from the enclosure at Hamatethy Farm, I’m yet to meet anyone who isn’t fascinated when entering an environment such as this. The rest of the photos are from Helman Tor, where a pair of free living beavers have taken up residence.

@iolowilliams.bsky.social would you be able to share at all for us one more time 🙏 - just a few days left to reach our target

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social would you be able to share at all for us 🙏 - just a few days left to reach our target

Mesmerising wind map of right now earth.nullschool.net

Please SHARE! JUST 5 days left for our beaver project crowdfunder! Please HELP if you can by donating and/or sharing! Donations MATCH FUNDED by the Aviva Community Fund, so for each £1 you donate we receive £2! Full details and how to donate here: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...

Sometimes it's nice to catch the common animals on the camera trap behaving in a totally natural way, such as this magpie bathing in a Cornish stream.

"A male beaver which travelled from Wales to Cornwall has "settled in" to its new home, alongside its resident female beaver. The Lost Gardens of Heligan introduced Byrti in October from Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust after the previous male beaver at Heligan died." Full story: lnkd.in/e6BKqEie

We don't often get woodpeckers on the camera traps, so nice to catch this greater spotted taking a drink during the summer this year.

We're loving the comments from supporters of our beaver project crowdfunder! Please repost to help us find more supporters! Just 1% more and Cornwall Council will pledge a further £5000! Full details and how to donate here: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...