The Wild Cornwall Podcast

Episode #6: Rewilding Cornwall’s seas: Matt Slater talks about marine conservation

Matt Slater tells Tom about the joys and sorrows of marine conservation, and looks forward to National Marine Week. Tom and Lucy reflect on the work of the Your Shore Project, engaging young people with wildlife and marine activities. 
Find out about National Marine Week. 
Discover a local Your Shore Marine Group. 
Become a member.

Episode #5: Cornwall Beaver Project

Tom interviews Tom Shelley, Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Conservation Manager, about beavers, the amazing ‘eco-engineers’.
Find out more about Beaver Walks at Woodland Valley Farm: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/our-conservation-work/on-land/cornwall-beaver-project 
Donate to our urgent land appeal:https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/match-appeal-land-purchase-helman-tor-nature-reserve 
Become a member: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/support-us/become-member-cornwall-wildlife-trust

Episode #4: Helman Tor and Rewilding

Callum Deveney, Head of Nature Reserves, tells Tom all about rewilding, rare species and why Cornwall Wildlife Trust are so excited about a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy more land at Helman Tor. 
In this episode Lucy and Tom also reflect on the wonderful things to look out for as the summer arrives with June. They discuss 30 Days Wild and the exciting prospect of seeing beavers.
Donate to our urgent land appeal:https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/match-appeal-land-purchase-helman-tor-nature-reserve 
Sign up to 30 Days Wild nature challenge: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/30-days-wild
Go on a beaver walk: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/our-conservation-work/on-land/cornwall-beaver-project 
Become a member: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/support-us/become-member-cornwall-wildlife-trust
Episode blog: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/tom-carson/rewilding-missing-jigsaw-pieces-and-helman-tor 

Episode #3: Wild Wellbeing and Foraging

May is the month in which the dawn chorus really reaches a crescendo! It's also a time during which many of us think about our own and others' wellbeing, especially during Mental Health Awareness Week.
In this episode, we consider how spending time outdoors can boost our mental wellbeing and Tom talks to Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Nature Wellbeing Coordinator, Eve Tucker, all about foraging.
We’ll also be discussing how you can discover the joys of nature and its wellbeing benefits – everything from exercising outdoors to walking barefoot on the grass.
Sign up to 30 Days Wild nature challenge: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/30-days-wild
Become a member: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/support-us/become-member-cornwall-wildlife-trust
Dawn Chorus Day: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/dawn-chorus-day

Special episode: Restoring 30% of Cornwall’s land and seas by 2030 – is it possible?

On 26 April we brought together five speakers at Heartlands in Pool, Redruth to discuss the important question: ‘Restoring 30% of Cornwall’s land and sea for nature by 2030: is it really possible?’
Each speaker has an area of expertise in relation to the question and we loved hearing their take on this important issue.
Kevin Gaston, Professor of Biodiversity and Conservation, Exeter University
Wesley Smyth, Area Manager for Natural England's Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Cheryl Marriott, Head of Conservation at Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Louise Thomas, a local farmer and trustee of Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Ruth Williams, Marine Conservation Manager at Cornwall Wildlife Trust 
 
Become a member of Cornwall Wildlife Trust: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/support-us/become-member-cornwall-wildlife-trust

Episode #2: Peatlands and peat-free gardening

From Cornish valley marshes to bogs on Bodmin Moor, our peatlands are havens for wildlife and key in the fight against climate change. We speak to Upstream Thinking Ecologist Liz about these precious places and how you can go ‘peat free’ at home. Tom and Lucy also head to Pendarves Wood near Camborne to discuss what you might expect to see in nature, both on land and at sea, during April.
 
Learn more about Cornwall’s peatlands and pledge to go peat free: www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/peat

Episode #1: Hawkes Wood, a hidden haven for wildlife

Take a trip to the Trust’s first nature reserve, Hawkes Wood, in the first episode of a brand new series to mark our 60th anniversary. At this enchanting old oak woodland, Tom speaks to volunteer warden Brian Wright to ask the question – what makes Hawkes Wood such a special place? We also uncover the wonderful wildlife to look out for in March as spring bounds into action!