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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Pink Tide at Poldhu</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">You’ll have seen it on the TV, read about it in the papers,
heard it on the radio or perhaps you’ve been down at Poldhu, Gunwalloe and
elsewhere and helped us to recover some of the thousands of pink bottles of
Vanish stain remover from our beaches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s been a great effort by everyone concerned; our staff
have dropped everything and turned out to help the growing number of
volunteers, particularly from the Friends of Poldhu, to remove the bottles that
have washed in day after day. We’re expecting this to continue for some time,
there are probably still many thousands out there and some will be hiding in
inaccessible beaches in the area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We know now that a container, lost off a ship some 20 miles
off Lands End, has found its way here and is probably lying just offshore from
Poldhu, releasing its gaudy pink cargo onto the shore. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We’re working closely with other agencies to co-ordinate the
effort of disposing of this cargo and we’re in regular contact with the company
behind Vanish stain remover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s a very visible
reminder of the problem of plastics at sea and the action that needs to be done
to prevent this scourge on our marine environment. Plastic litter has increased
140% on our beaches since 1994, coming from shipping, fishing, sewage systems
and from the land and we need to press for changes in the way we deal with land
and marine litter. It comes from many sources but it’s all preventable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the meantime we’re
really grateful for all the support we’ve received over the past week, from
volunteer effort, organisational help or messages of support. Thank you very
much for that. Keep an eye on our Facebook pages for regular updates on what is
happening on our shores.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alastair Cameron.</span></div>
Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-86751243025038448862015-12-15T12:02:00.000+00:002015-12-15T12:02:49.150+00:00A year in the life of a National Trust pony<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grazing the heath at Beagles</td></tr>
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The National Trust has had ponies here on the Lizard for over 20 years, grazing
the coastal heaths and grasslands for the benefit of wildlife. Our original
herd, now aged over 30, is still going strong, proving a life of sea air does
you good! These purebred Shetland ponies came to us from Arlington Court, a
National Trust estate in north Devon, where some of their old pals still live
today.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking it easy on a sunny day at Chynalls Point</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chough benefit from coastal grazing</td></tr>
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This herd numbers 5, and they are kept busy year round
grazing our cliffs. The ponies rotate around the 3 sites we manage in-hand,
namely the cliffs between Poltesco and Cadgwith, the promontory fort at
Chynalls Point, Coverack, and the heath at Beagles, near Black Head. The ponies do an excellent job of managing
these Sites of Special Scientific Interest, by keeping the coarser grasses in
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smaller plants to thrive, including some of our
Lizard botanical rarities, like twin headed clover and dwarf rush. The chough also benefit from grazing, as they need the grass to be short enough for them
to be able to probe the ground with their red beaks for invertebrates, and the dung
also provides a welcome source of grubs. We’ve been treated to the fantastic
sight of chough in amongst the grazing ponies at Enys Head, and it’s always worth
listening out for their call on the cliffs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having their feet trimmed by the farrier</td></tr>
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The ponies are sure footed and hardy, and they thrive in
these tough habitats. In fact the biggest health risk to them is associated
with them eating too much rich grass, which is most likely in Spring or Autumn.
Laminitis is a painful hoof condition, which can lead to lameness, so we need
to keep them on tight rations to avoid this. Shetlands like their food, and
would balloon to be rotund if given half the chance!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Encounters with the equine dentist Photo M Hirst</td></tr>
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Our herd gets an annual vet inspection, when their weight
and teeth are checked, and they are wormed if necessary, and their feet trimmed
by a farrier. Occasionally a visit by the equine dentist is required to correct
tooth overgrowth. The industrial looking files are enough to put us all off the
dentist forever! <o:p></o:p></div>
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The ponies are checked daily, and we thank our
dedicated pony volunteers for their help with this task throughout the year. The
only time we give them any additional food is to coax them with a bucket of
nuts when we want to move them. If you meet the ponies out and about, please
don’t feed them, as too much contact could teach them to pester people
in the hope of an apple. They don’t mind having their photo taken though, so
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effects can be seen from the poles to the equator including right here on our
own doorsteps in Cornwall. Climate change is linked to the extreme weather
events that we’ve had over the last few years and are set to continue to have
in years to come. It is predicted that Britain will continue to have
progressively drier summers and warmer wetter winters if global temperatures
continue to rise even by what might be considered the smallest of fractions. You
might be thinking that warmer weather seems quite attractive but even a 2
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south coast of Cornwall will happen more often which poses a threat not only to
our homes but to the local wildlife also. With storm surges and global sea
level rise also comes the very real risk of flooding and changes to the shape of our coastline. Storms also damage
habitats and as species behavior changes the balance between predators and
prey becomes affected and many species choose to simply move putting habitats
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an agreement to limit emissions of carbon dioxide, the gas scientists believe
is most responsible for driving climate change. It is also hoped that agreements
will be made on the way we farm, manufacture and consume goods around the world,
if this happens then it will be considered one of the most significant
processes in climate change history. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ferns are one of the oldest plant groups in the world; believe it or not some of today’s British ferns were here when the dinosaurs still roamed, however, they often get overlooked. Many ferns look similar on a first glance, and they lack flowers to make them stand out from the crowd but the beauty is in the detail!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Harts-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) is one of the most recognisable ferns we have in Britain, . It is the only "simple" or undivided British fern, giving it a very unfern-like appearance. </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Growing clues!</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> -</b> Harts-tongue loves lime-rich soils in sheltered spots so, if you see one, the chances are you are standing on a calcareous bedrock. Also, the fronds will be bigger and greener the more sheltered and wet the site is. It will also grow on walls, but the fronds are usually much smaller and more yellow in colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two very similar looking species, called Polypodies (Common - Polypodium vulgare, Intermediate - Polypodium interjectum) can be a real mission to tell apart, luckily we don't have to! Both species are most commonly found growing on sheltered banks and walls, however, they can also grow on tree branches on mossy mats - these are the ones to look out for. <b>Growing clues! -</b> The maximum height at which they grow up a tree is an excellent barometer for how humid an environment they are growing in, with those in particularly humid spots growing on branches 10m+ off the ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you have any questions or find a cool fern or one you’re not sure about, feel free to post it on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LizardNT" target="_blank">facebook page</a> and I will try and help! </span></div>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-62652462181986180252015-11-27T11:08:00.003+00:002015-11-27T11:18:45.607+00:00Wildlife watching attracts over 24,000 people to The Lizard Point in Cornwall, but what is there to see?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Located at the most southerly point of mainland Britain, against sea sculpted cliffs carpeted in rare and exotic flowers, The Lizard Point, in Cornwall is a great place to spoil yourself with top notch wildlife watching within a stone’s throw of a cream tea or ice cream and an eclectic mix of gift shops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whether you’re a keen birder happy to watch thousands of special seabirds on migration or you’re relatively new to wildlife and you’d enjoying watching the local seals swimming, feeding, hauled out or ‘bottling’* nearby, there’s something for everyone at Lizard Point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From April to September every year, an enthusiastic team of weather proof volunteers are on hand at the National Trust wildlife watchpoint to give you great views of wildlife through binoculars and telescopes, and it’s absolutely FREE. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year we’ve welcomed over 24,000 visitors giving them great views of things like:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">wild Cornish choughs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">razorbills</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">guillemots</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">puffins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">shearwaters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">skuas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the resident gulls….and much more.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RECORDED SIGHTINGS</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As well as getting over 24,000 people closer to nature, the wildlife watchpoint also works with the <a href="http://www.cornwallsealgroup.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust</a> , <a href="http://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/" target="_blank">Cornwall Wildlife Trust</a> , <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/" target="_blank">RSPB</a> and the <a href="http://www.bto.org/" target="_blank">BTO</a> to submit wildlife data to national recording programmes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year the team of 30 watchpoint volunteers, collected over <b>3600 wildlife records from 132 different species</b> seen from the watchpoint, and this doesn’t even include the local plant life! Unfortunately not all of our data is accessible online yet, but you can see a full-list of the bird’s that have been seen from Lizard Point on the Bird Track website. <a href="http://app.bto.org/birdtrack/grid-refs/grid-species-by-location.jsp" target="_blank">Click here and search for grid ref: SW 7011</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>AMAZING DISCOVERY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cornwallsealgroup.co.uk/2015/10/brush-aka-hufflepuff/" target="_blank">For a fantastic story of discovery about a rescued seal who had her pup on the Lizard click here</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>VISIT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>We’re open daily from 10am – 4pm, from April to mid-September (weather permitting) | TR12 7NU. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>GET INVOLVED</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are always looking for enthusiastic people to join the team. You don’t need to be an expert, you just need to be friendly and have an interest in wildlife. If that sounds like you, and you’d like to get involved please get in touch: <a href="mailto:lizardrangers@nationaltrust.org.uk">lizardrangers@nationaltrust.org.uk</a> </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>‘It’s great that we have the chance to talk to so many people about wildlife. What really inspires me is the joy that so many people get from seeing a seal, a basking shark or a chough in real life for the first time….sharing the amazement and the excitement of folks most treasured wildlife experiences never gets old. I love it and always will!’</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">– Michael, watchpoint volunteer</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* Basking Shark - photo </span></i><span style="background-color: #f0f7f7; font-family: "arial"; line-height: 20px;">Green Fire Productions [CC BY 2.0 </span><span style="background-color: #f0f7f7; font-family: "arial"; line-height: 20px;">(</span><span style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" style="background-color: #f0f7f7; color: #a58b32; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0</a><span style="background-color: #f0f7f7; font-family: "arial"; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">)], </span></span><span style="background-color: #f0f7f7; font-family: "arial"; line-height: 20px;">via Wikimedia Commons</span></span>Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-52089238530111858932015-11-20T15:35:00.000+00:002015-11-20T15:35:21.697+00:00Delving into the past at Porkellis<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Over the past two years I’ve been working on an archaeological
project on Tyack’s engine house at Porkellis Moor, which is part of the
historic Penrose Estate in the old mining village of Porkellis. We were aiming
to understand more about the mining archaeology in the area and to preserve
some of the historic features, which are part of the Cornish Mining World
Heritage Site. The site consists of the engine house, which is a scheduled monument,
the shaft, a smithy, a magazine, a flat rod trench and a balance bob pit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The first phase of the project was to conduct a survey and
produce a report on the archaeological and built heritage at Tyack’s engine
house, detailing the historic development and the site’s present day context. Once
this was complete, the second phase of the project was to carry out repair
works identified by the report. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">The report uncovered some interesting findings. Tyack’s
engine house dates to 1859 and is a rare surviving example in the Wendron
Mining District. It was constructed to facilitate the deep shaft mining of the
Tymorgie Lodes and represents an important phase in the development of mining
and extraction techniques in the area. Not only was it a vital building for the
industry in the 19</span><sup style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: calibri;"> century, but it now acts as a symbol of this
once dominant local industry and testifies to Porkellis’s role at the heart of
the tin industry. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Building work began on site at the end of the summer. The
ivy was cleared off the engine house and the out buildings were repointed with
lime mortar. One of the biggest jobs was to cover the shaft with a metal grid,
so that it was safe enough to remove the old barbed wire fence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Now the work is complete we are aiming to keep the buildings
free from ivy and to keep the vegetation under control so that these beautiful,
historic buildings can be seen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Porkellis History: The previous owners of Penrose, the Rogers family, bought
part of Porkellis Moor in the 1930s in order to close down the mines to stop pollution
flowing into the River Cober and eventually into Loe Pool further downstream. The
National Trust inherited this along with Penrose when the Rogers kindly donated
the estate in 1974.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">With thanks to Natural England for part funding this project
through a Higher Level Stewardship agreement, MRDA Architects and MC Quick
building contractors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Laura, Penrose Ranger.</span></div>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-71044115084261446182015-11-12T11:28:00.000+00:002015-11-12T11:28:47.840+00:00Making the most of AutumnOnce the expectations of summer have passed, this year we were treated to a few weeks of rare still, warm autumn days...fantastic weather to make the most of getting outdoors and harvesting natures bounty. The Keskowithyans Schools Partnership have been looking at food one of my favourite things with almost all of the schools coming to Poltesco for Forage and Feast Days. I have never seen so many nettles and sea beet willingly consumed in the stews prepared by the children!<br />
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Another school taking advantage of the weather was Constantine Primary School who had a fantastic rockpool on Passage Beach and among other things discovered an eggcase complete with a live and moving small spotted cat shark inside!<div>
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Half term and we had our last event for the Windmill Farm Nature Reserve Project. Over thirty people turned up for a pond dip in the the pristine dragonfly ponds on the reserve discovering lots of beasties and some lovely large dragonfly nymphs ready to come out of the pond next year. Also on at Half Term was 'Scream its Halloween!' at Poltesco where families got the chance to make their own spell, have a go at the bat on a zip wire activity, bob wormy apples and toast an eye ball over the fire, there were lots of scary things going on!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creating potions in bottles using goblin eye juice, death seeds and witches fingers...the consequences of these spells are yet to be seen on the Lizard!</td></tr>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-337894167500118792015-10-30T10:22:00.000+00:002015-11-06T16:06:19.094+00:00Deep Clean for Carleon and Kynance Coves<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) <a href="http://www.mcsuk.org/beachwatch/greatbritishbeachclean" target="_blank">“Great British Beach Clean”</a> is an annual litter pick across Britain that’s been happening for over 20years. This year, from 18th to 21st September, people from across the country came out to clean their local beaches; but this beach clean is not just about picking litter up, every single item of litter has to be painstakingly recorded!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It really helps give us a picture of how much litter and what kind of litter is getting into the sea. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In The MCS’s own words: <i> “We can talk to water companies when we see lots of Sewage Related Debris being recorded. We can prove to decision makers and leaders that our seas are in trouble by showing them over 20 years of litter data. We can talk to companies whose logos keep showing up on beach litter and we can work with manufacturers to find solutions. But we can't do any of this if we don't have the data to back it up.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tasked with cleaning up and recording what we could find on Carleon and Kynance Cove, myself and fellow volunteer Michael armed ourselves with gloves, black bags, handy hoops, litter pickers and clip boards, before heading off to each beach at low tide. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s amazing what you can find on just a short section of beach. At Kynance cove we found several beach towels and bits of clothing, as well as shoes, rubber balls, large pieces of scrap metal, cigarette lighters, bottle tops, bits of plastic and lots of netting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To our surprise it took the same amount of time to clean Carleon as it did to do Kynance, even though Carleon is much smaller! Carleon took us a bit longer because we found a lot of tiny pieces of plastic, all of which had to be categorised and recorded. There was also a lot of seaweed on the beach which also meant we had to spend time sifting through it for hidden items. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Speaking of hidden items - I found a vicious looking fishing hook in a nest of seaweed. Instantly I felt I had made a difference; getting rid of it has saved someone or something from getting hurt. Lots of research is now being done on ghost fishing gear, to learn more or find out how to report 'ghost gear' <a href="http://www.ghostgear.org/" target="_blank">visit the Ghost Gear Initiative's website</a></span></div>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-47521815470114660382015-10-07T12:59:00.001+01:002015-10-07T12:59:58.564+01:00My year with the Lizard Ranger Team<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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opportunity to hear about the range of projects that the whole team are
involved with. There has been a large scale project to restore the harbour wall
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rare schedule 1 Choughs. Cornwall is a stronghold for the Chough in the UK and
they feature on the county’s coat of arms. From the natural return of just 3
birds to Cornwall over 10 years ago, a small population has grown. My job was
to watch and protect a single nest on the Lizard. As I noted down the
activities of the two parents I noticed repeated behaviours as they would feed
their young. My time with the Choughs came to an end when the 5 chicks were rung (identification
rings placed on their legs) in the nest shortly before they fledged. The Chough
doesn't migrate so when I am out walking year round I often see the Choughs
flying overhead, which is always a welcome sight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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With the National Trust I have learnt more about the natural world through
first hand experience working within the woodland at Tremayne Quay and swailing
(controlled burning) the cliffs at Predannack. I have also participated in
surveys to monitor the moths in our garden, the crustaceans in our rock pools
and the litter on our beaches. Whilst working at the watch point at Lizard Point
I have had some of the most rewarding wildlife encounters including seeing two
Bottlenose Dolphins, a Barrel Jellyfish and watching a kit first emerge out of
a Rabbit warren.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<o:p></o:p>Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-40548625266109453652015-09-22T17:07:00.001+01:002015-09-22T17:12:17.587+01:00Nationally important bat roost discovered at Penrose<div class="MsoNormal">
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approximately 5000 individuals in the UK and is restricted to the mild climates
of south west England and south Wales.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
This new site is only the 5<sup>th</sup> and most southerly recorded
nursery roost for this species in Cornwall and is of national conservation
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The discovery
was made by Cornwall Environmental Consultants (CEC) Ltd, the trading arm of Cornwall
Wildlife Trust. CEC were asked by us to survey the bat populations
in buildings around the Stables at Penrose. The buildings have been monitored
for Lesser Horseshoe bats for many years, but we needed to
gain a full picture of how bats were actually using the buildings. The outcome
of these surveys would then determine how to renovate the buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">CEC’s Senior
Bat Ecologist, Steve Marshall, found at least 6 species of bats present and
more Lesser Horseshoe bats using more buildings across Penrose Estate than had previously
been counted, but the most momentous find is the new Greater Horseshoe nursery
roost, an unexpected but exciting result of the survey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b style="font-style: italic;">“Penrose
is a very exciting find. It is fantastic to see such a significant bat species
thriving and that the National Trust takes their responsibility to protect them
so sincerely….I think they were just as thrilled as I was when we discovered
them!” </b>(Steve Marshall CEC)<b style="font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We are already putting measures in place to safeguard the roost from
disturbance and working with CEC to see how it can be improved for the future. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We knew that Greater Horseshoes were using
our buildings and old mine workings for hibernation in the winter, but it’s
great to know they’re choosing Penrose to raise their young. We think the bats
were attracted to roost here due to the complex of unused old buildings and the
variety of mature woodland, open parkland and Loe Pool; all of which provide a
source of insects which the bats feast upon. The Trust manages the land around
Loe Pool to try and maximise the wildlife benefit. The building they have been
found in will undergo improvements for bats during the winter to encourage them
back next summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The parkland
immediately adjacent to the newly discovered bat roost is managed through a
Higher Level Stewardship scheme by the Trust’s tenant farmer, the Wallis
family. Natural England administer the scheme, which encourages farmers and
land owners to manage land in a more environmentally sensitive way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jeremy
Clitherow, Lead Adviser for Natural England in Cornwall, said: <b><i>‘We
are very pleased to have an Environmental Stewardship agreement with the Wallis
family that aims to help them manage Penrose Farm for its very important
wildlife and historic features. This includes a plan to restore the landscape
of the ancient Penrose parkland. On top of that Martin Wallis provides a
valuable facility for visiting school children by showing them around the farm
and educating them about how he balances food production with managing a high
quality environment.’<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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the 18 species of bat found in the UK, 10 can be found at Penrose. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Horseshoes are the UK’s largest bat, around the size of a small pear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are an important part of our environment and sign of a healthy and biodiverse
landscape. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the 20<sup>th</sup> century UK bat populations have declined by an estimated
70% and Greater Horseshoes have declined by 90%.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are under threat from unsympathetic building developments, loss of habitat and
changing farming practices<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laura, Area Ranger Penrose</span></i></div>
Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-82984767116288532292015-09-11T10:00:00.000+01:002015-09-11T10:00:03.647+01:00Ponds, pirates and pooters: the past few months with the Wild Lizard Project<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year has seen the involvement of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, where the project organised and ran a series of events, talks, scrub bashes and study days as part of their Lizard Horizons - The Landewednack Windmill Conservation and Environmental Education Project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have been busy which is fantastic as it shows the project is very much valued locally by schools and their families as a provider of exciting experiences in the outdoors. None of which could be done without our amazing volunteers! As well as having Tom, our full time Volunteer Education Ranger on board we have had two work experience students and lots of time given by the National Trust volunteers. Over the past seven months (Jan-July) the project has received 878 volunteer hours and still counting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking forward to the coming months, lots of schools are booking in making the most of the autumn weather and we have our October half term events. If you would like more information about the project or the visits and events we offer please go to the Linking the Lizard website (<a href="http://www.the-lizard.org/">www.the-lizard.org</a>) or drop me a line <a href="mailto:Claire.Scott@nationaltrust.org.uk">Claire.Scott@nationaltrust.org.uk</a></span><br />
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-67732221765908533342015-09-08T16:26:00.001+01:002015-09-08T16:26:22.418+01:00In search of The Lizard's lost shipwrecked souls<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Recent survey
work has brought archaeologists closer to solving a 300 year old shipwreck
mystery at Lizard Point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In November
1721, 207 unfortunate sailors lost their lives in a ferocious storm when their
military transport galley the Royal Anne hit rocks and sank off Lizard Point.
Just three people survived that fateful night by clinging to wreckage. Among
the dead was Lord Belhaven the newly appointed Governor of Barbados, who was leaving
Britain’s shores to take up the posting in mysterious circumstances after the
untimely death of his wife. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Royal
Anne was designed by the Marquis of Carmarthen, and had been launched in 1709
as a small and speedy warship, designed to be equally at home under oar and
sail so as not to be outmanoeuvred by pirates. She had fulfilled a
variety of military postings, including protecting Russian trade off Norway,
combating the Rovers of Sallee, notorious Moroccan based pirates, and she was sent
to cruise Scottish waters during the Jacobite rebellion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The wreck of
the Royal Anne was found close inshore near Lizard Point by divers in the
1970s, who first located two guns, but the wreck’s identity was only clinched
in the 1990s by the discovery of some silver cutlery with the Belhaven family
crest. The wreck site was protected in 1993 although the savage rocks and huge
Atlantic swells mean that only a scatter of objects survive. Other finds have
included coins, watch parts, copper bowls and cannon shot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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believed that the dead in 1721 were buried, as was customary at the time, in
un-consecrated ground. The peaceful valley at Pistil just west of Lizard
Point and 500m from the wreck site, has always been linked with this dreadful
event, being one of the few places where the shore can be accessed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Local lore
has it that the Lizard folk who went to bury the bodies could not complete this
mammoth grizzly task within the day, but that when they returned next dawn, a
pack of dogs had got their first and were tucking into a gruesome breakfast!
Even to this day it is said that dogs cower when passing through the meadow,
perhaps in shame at the actions of their ancestors. The story of Pistil Meadow
fired the imaginations of later generations, with the likes of Daphne du
Maurier<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>and Wilkie Collins taking an
interest in the tale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Eager to
investigate the truth behind these tales, the National Trust has teamed up with
archaeologists from Bournemouth University<span style="color: #1f497d;">,</span> Maritime
Archaeological Sea Trust (MAST) and The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Maritime
Archaeology Society (CISMAS) to survey Pistil meadow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Recent
geophys surveys using electromagnetic techniques, ground penetrating radar and <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>arth<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>r<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">es</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">s</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">v</span>ity<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>have
located a number of anomalies that could indicate mass graves. However, these
do not seem to tally with writings in the 1850s that stated low irregular
mounds chequered the surface of the field. The National Trust is working with
MAST and Bournemouth University to explore the options for further stages of
investigation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jim Parry
National Trust archaeologist said ‘Research so far has revealed a fascinating
story about the Royal Anne and her crew, but it would be fantastic to be able
to finally answer the question as to where her shipwreck victims were laid to
rest - if Pistil is indeed the spot. It is an extremely rare occurrence to find
such a site.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Trust is
working in partnership on plans for a limited excavation Summer 2016, and the
information gleaned will help inform management of the site, and may allow it
to be afforded legal protection as a grave in future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Join National
Trust Archaeologist Jim Parry and other experts for a guided walk to Pistil for more on the
fascinating history of the Royal Anne on Saturday September 12</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.
Meet 11am at National Trust Lizard carpark (opposite Lighthouse entrance).
£2.50 per person, plus additional parking charges for non-members. Dogs on
leads welcome. Booking not necessary. Please call 01326 291174 for
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-52167494563338482872015-09-01T10:42:00.001+01:002015-09-02T11:03:16.615+01:00Tom's round up on being a Wildlife Ranger on the Lizard<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally coming from the Black Country, being based on the Cornish coastline is a little bit different from what I’m used to. I’d been volunteering for a while back home to try and get a career in conservation but was struggling to find a full time position due to lack of experience. Luckily I came across the opportunity to be a residential volunteer on the Lizard to finally put my skills to the test and get some practice in the field. Of course I wasn’t until after I applied that I released just how far away the Lizard actually is, but getting to work at such an awesome and otherworldly location has been one well worth the 'butt-numbing' car journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a wildlife ranger I’ve got to
spend half my time monitoring 'George' and 'Nora', the local pair of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Cornish Choughs. At</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Two of this year’s chicks getting their coloured rings so they can be
tracked in the future</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">first I was a bit sceptical about how I would find nest watching
duty, surely it must get a bit boring after a while? But one of the brilliant
things about the choughs is their unpredictability. They’d have a habit of
flying out from one direction, only to sneakily return when you weren’t looking
from the other side. Then at other times you have them fly so close overhead
you could almost touch them as they soared past with a “cheeaow!” It was a bit
challenging at first to try and keep up with them and tell them apart from
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jackdaw and Crow neighbours, but after a while I was soon picking out
their calls and getting used to their favourite spots. It was great sharing their antics with the other nest watch volunteers and visitors. There's other great stuff to watch too, I’ll never forget seeing my very
first basking shark. It was a dawn watch when I saw these two fins get closer
and closer until finally I could see its massive silhouette under the water’s surface.
Naturally some shifts weren’t quite as glorious as this and instead I’d have to
battle a fierce easterly winds and monsoon-like rain. But getting to tag along with
the BTO bird ringer and see this year’s brood of five chicks (Yoko, Willow,
Whoopi, Yeats, and Bill) made it completely worthwhile!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve spent the other half of my
time down at the wildlife watchpoint at Lizard Point. 'The Point' always <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seems to
attract something different whether it’s a grey seal trying to haul out on a
rock that its way too big for, having gannets dive just metres away for fish, or
dolphins leaping across the horizon; you’re constantly seeing something new. I was pretty daunted by the challenge of
ID-ing all the marine species and seabirds I’d never seen before in the
Midlands (do Herring Gulls count?). But after a few shifts with the other
volunteers I was soon learning how to spot the regular species and where to
look for them. With the help of the <a href="http://www.cornwallsealgroup.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cornwall Seal Group</a> I‘m now able to recognise some of the seals by their fur patterns. It’s really
rewarding getting to put your skills into practice and help visitors spot
species they haven’t seen before, as well as trading tips and anecdotes of the
wildlife around the Lizard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Working on the Lizard has been a truly unforgettable
experience that’s given me so many new skills for the future. It's been
privilege to work alongside such a friendly and dedicated team of rangers and
volunteers who soon made the Lizard feel like home. Though I'm gutted the
season is drawing to an end, I’m psyched to see what the future will bring and
I know I’ll be back to visit in no time! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>- Tom</i></span></div>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-63967764166298816142015-08-21T10:04:00.004+01:002015-08-21T10:11:24.103+01:00Community Volunteering Ranger - What exactly do you do?!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I moved from the admin support role to the new role of Community and Volunteering Ranger lots of people have asked the same question <i>‘What exactly do you do?'</i> Like any National Trust job it’s probably easier to talk about what you don’t do rather what you do do, because there is so much variety in our jobs, which is what makes it so fun. To give you an idea of what I <i>do do</i>, here is a snapshot from my first 6 months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started in March when we were busy making preparations for the new wildlife watchpoint. The old serpentine store at the Point became available and we decided to renovate it and open it as a wildlife information centre to support the outdoor watchpoint at Lizard Point. The watchpoint is run entirely by volunteers, with a little help from me, and is open daily from April to mid September. So far this year the team has talked to well over 12,000 visitors about seals, choughs and other local wildlife. Here’s a before and after shot:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">March came with a very unexpected surprise that broke the ‘chough rulebook’*. The new Lizard pair who nested for the first time at Lizard Point in 2014, decided to move round the corner, whether the view was better or the neighbours friendlier who knows, but we had to think quickly to get our nest watch plans in place for a new site. The new nest was no longer visible from the watchpoint which meant we were going to need twice as many volunteers to cover the round the clock nest watch from March until June. Despite the initial difficulties for us, the choughs had a bumper brood with 5 healthy chicks fledging in early June. Thanks to sightings sent into the RSPB (cornishchoughs@rspb.org.uk) we know, and are delighted to report, that all 5 chicks are all still alive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(* Normally choughs are faithful to their nest site for life)</i>. Here’s a video of the chicks on their first flights:</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friends of Poldhu</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also work with the Friends of Poldhu who carry out regular beach cleans at Poldhu and Church Cove. Some of the Friends are about to embark on a mission to reduce the amount of dog waste left along the coastpath in the area. Watch this space for the new friendly Dog Rangers! If you are interested in getting involved please get in touch: catherine.lee@nationaltrust.org.uk</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rosie, from the visitor services team, and I organised Mullion Harbour Day this year, It was the first time we’d ever done but with help from the Ranger Team we had great day and a very successful event. Already we are looking forward to next year.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lizard Wireless Station</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As well as coordinating all the volunteers for nest watch and the watchpoint, part of my new job is to work with the volunteers at Lizard Wireless Station. This fascinating museum celebrates Marconi’s ground breaking experiments in radio. It is here that he proved that wireless technology could be used to communicate over the horizon, he also went on to prove it could be used to communicate with the Americas from his station at Poldhu. Marconi has shaped communication as we know it today and a visit to the Lizard Wireless Station will send you back in time and give you a real sense of The Lizard’s history. The building is over 110 years old and is set up with replica equipment so that it looks just as it would have in Marconi’s day. Volunteers host museum tours for visitors from 12-3pm (on Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays) from March until October. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you regularly read our blog or social media pages (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/LizardNT" target="_blank">facebook </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/lizardnt" target="_blank">twitter</a>) then you will already have heard about the ‘Sounds of our Shores’ Project. It’s a partnership project between National Trust, British Sounds Library and National Trust for Scotland. <b>Their aim is to encourage people from around the UK to go out and record coastal sounds and upload them to the first ever coastal sound map this summer. <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355899679081/" target="_blank">You can read more about it here</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because of the obvious links with sound, Marconi’s Lizard Wireless Station (LWS) has been in the limelight regularly this summer, so far we’ve had Countryfile and Radio 3 come for a visit to talk about Marconi and the ‘Sounds of our Shores’ Project. This coming week we have a Sound Artist and Musician called Joe Acheson (from the <a href="http://www.hiddenorchestra.com/" target="_blank">Hidden Orchestra)</a> coming to LWS. Joe will be staying with us for a few days recording various coastal sounds as well as sounds from the museum in preparation for creating a piece of music to celebrate Marconi’s work on the Lizard. <a href="http://www.joeacheson.com/" target="_blank">You can find out more about Joe’s other work here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately the Lizard episode of Countryfile is no longer available on iPlayer, but </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b061xcm3" target="_blank">you can listen to the BBC Radio 3 broadcast here</a>, </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">featuring the Lizard Wireless station, sounds of our shores and the Cadgwith singers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So those are the exciting bits that everyone wants to hear about, but to keep things running smoothly in the background I’m in the office most days. If I’m not doing emails then I’m often in meetings to discuss events and opportunities on the Lizard. One of the things that has taken up quite a large chunk of time this year is the launch of our new online volunteering system, which I must say is brilliant, it means a lot less paperwork for me and makes all of our processes much quicker. It has taken time and a touch of effort for the staff and volunteers to get used to the new system, but overall we’ve had a hugely positive response. I can certainly say that it makes keeping in touch with and looking after our 90 plus volunteers, here on the Lizard, a lot easier. It also gives our volunteers more flexibility in booking shifts, claiming expenses as well as easier access to information. WIN WIN WIN!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are interested in volunteering with us, please do get in touch: catherine.lee@nationaltrust.org.uk</span><br />
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A couple of weeks ago I had a chance encounter with a young lady who enthusiastically reminded me of the ‘Wild Wednesday’ workshops she attended as a young girl at Poltesco almost 15 years ago. These children’s workshops, started in 2001 during the summer holidays, were a means of engaging children in nature and art around the Poltesco valley. Today she works at St Michaels Mount undertaking similar work, engaging with young people through story-telling and events. Perhaps her attendance <o:p></o:p>at the Wild Wednesdays sparked a future interest and career in environmental education?</div>
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In 1992 the National Trust hosted the first Earth Walk
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event involved more than 100 children learning everything from circus skills,
drumming and wood carving. The primal and hypnotic drumming of ‘Thelemic Pulse’
resounding up the valley remains etched into the memories of those lucky to
have attended whilst a more physical reminder of this seminal event is the
small wooden totem pole in the picnic area. This was created, with the help of
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For a number of years, the Trust hosted the annual ‘Poltesco
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hosted each primary school on the Lizard, over 300 children each week, to learn
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Halloween workshops, bushcraft clubs, forest schools, camping trips and of
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The tradition continues today. Claire Scott, the Wild Lizard Education
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education and events, not just at Poltesco, but across the whole Lizard including
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-65110240575291424292015-08-05T13:52:00.001+01:002015-08-05T13:52:47.534+01:00Discovering the past at Gunwalloe<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week an excavation organised by the National Trust and
funded by the Trust’s 2015 Coastal Festival is enabling archaeologists to dig
deeper into Gunwalloe’s fascinating history. The site has captured the
imagination of local residents and archaeologists for over 60 years as features
have eroded out of the cliff face and dropped to the beach below. Over a week
long dig, excavations will be carried out by local volunteers under the
direction of Dr Imogen Wood. Gunwalloe is an important site as is holds a
fascinating mix of history in a relatively small area; From the Bronze Age and
Iron Age remains of a Promontory Fort, to the 6<sup>th</sup> century
establishment of a Christian hermitage and a powerful Dark Age Settlement and
Royal Manor, followed by the creation of St Winwalloe’s Church in the 14<sup>th</sup>
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watch as the excavation happens this week. This Saturday the 8<sup>th</sup> of
August we are holding an open day where you can talk to experts, see the
artefacts from previous excavations, make a clay pot and discover prehistoric
cooking. Just drop in between 11am and 5pm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-58556351709254185062015-07-10T16:06:00.000+01:002015-07-10T16:06:06.714+01:00Pirates and seashore treasures: a Wild Lizard Project week of work experience<div class="Standard">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I’m Elsa Amiss, I
live in the Lizard and I have just finished my first year in 6<sup>th</sup>
form at Helston College. This week I have been experiencing life as a Wild
Lizard Education Ranger with Claire Scott.
Amazing things happen at Poltesco and around the Lizard, with innovative and
exciting outdoor learning days for local schools. This week, classes from Mullion
Primary School came out to Poltesco as part of their seashore treasure and
pirate project. I helped to prepare and deliver activities that included
collecting natural treasures, making and floating paper boats and creating
monstrous sea creatures all in the fantastic setting of Carleon Cove. The
weather was perfect and the children delightful especially as most seemed to be
convinced I have magic ice powers, the film Frozen has a lot to answer for!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Launching pirate ships down the river, the mud didn't quite make it over my wellies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Claire Scott the Wild Lizard Ranger weaving a tale of plundering pirates and deep sea monsters.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Thursday must have
been the best view for anyone on work experience as I spent the day at the National Trust's Lizard Watch Point spotting seals and chatting about the area to
visitors. The seals are lovely to observe and having the watch point there
means that visitors can ask questions to find out more about the fascinating
wildlife in our area.</span><br />
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to the day to day running of the Wild Lizard Project has been a fantastic
opportunity with plenty of entertaining moments, knee deep in mud launching
ships, building a sea grotto and creating sea monsters. I have thoroughly enjoyed
being part of the Wild Lizard Project and playing a role in growing children’s
confidence with being outdoors and discovering just how amazing the Lizard is.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Children from Mullion Primary School taking the paper pirate boat challenge<br /><br /><h2>
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">There are lots of opportunities over summer to join in with the project and with brilliant from woodland craft days and seashore safaris throughout August there is lots going on. Check out the Facebook page for the lastest information about events: www.facebook.com/LizardNT.</span></h2>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-75566676594964647722015-06-29T19:08:00.002+01:002015-06-29T19:11:40.199+01:00Playing Our Part – the Lizard & Penrose’s place in the Trust’s strategy to 2025<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this year, the National Trust launched an ambitious plan to nurse the natural environment back to health and reverse the alarming decline in wildlife – warning that time was running out to save the countryside from further harm.<br /><br />Climate change now poses the single biggest threat to the places the Trust looks after, bringing new, damaging threats to a natural environment already under-pressure decades of unsustainable land management, which has undermined the long-term health of the land. <br /><br />The Trust said it would challenge itself to develop new, innovative ways of managing land on a large scale, which were good for farmers, good for the economy and good for the environment. It also pledged to work with partners to help look after some of the country’s most important landscapes, reconnecting habitats and bringing back their natural beauty. <br /><br />This is a really exciting time to work for the Trust and having worked here for over 20 years, with the strength of the conservation charity really behind what we want to do for the land, for wildlife and for people. This is a long term strategy with four key areas in which we want to work:<br /><br /> <br /><b>Looking after our places<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<li>It’s really important we look after what we already own to the best of our abilities. We want to make sure that all our land and buildings are in the best possible condition and that the type of farming or land use that is taking place on it is the most appropriate kind. </li>
<li>We need to play our part in mitigating climate change and cutting our energy usage is really important but we’ll also look to increase the amount of energy we generate through renewable sources, such as solar panels on the roofs of modern farm buildings or wood fuel systems to heat houses</li>
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<li>Our tenant farmers are critical to delivering our conservation objectives and through them we want to improve all our land to a good condition and allow people to enjoy and experience the nature and beauty that their work creates. </li>
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<li>We will continue to work with other organisations, such as Natural England and the Wildlife Trust to make our places and the habitats that they form, part of something that is bigger, better and more joined up. We’ve started on this already in our partnership working with Linking the Lizard <a href="http://www.the-lizard.org/">www.the-lizard.org</a> and the Loe Pool forum <a href="http://www.loepool.org/">www.loepool.org</a> and this will grow in the coming years.</li>
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<li>We've vibrant communities in Helston, Porthleven and on the Lizard and many visitors who love coming to Cornwall on holiday and by offering everyone a great experience wherever they go, from Penrose’s walled garden to the Wildlife Watchpoint at the Lizard, or simply by providing great access to amazing places we can help them really connect with nature and beauty and inspire them to support our cause.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For many of our communities the cliffs, beaches and Coast Path is their local green space and the place they visit to relax and unwind, or take exercise. Penrose offers this in abundance for the people of Porthleven and Helston with many miles of new footpaths and improved routes.<br /><br />The strategy calls on the National Trust to respond to the threats posed by climate change and unsustainable land management and play its part in new ways: achieving a step change in how we look after our own countryside, and reaching out to partners and communities beyond our boundaries to meet the challenges we face at this moment in our history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here at the Lizard and Penrose we have a strong base to build on, a knowledgeable and committed team who have been working in partnership with others for many years, a growing body of volunteers who support us in what we do, tenant farmers who understand soils, water and wildlife and some of the most beautiful and nature rich places in the country which can’t help but inspire people!<br /><br /><i>- Al Cameron (General Manager)</i></span>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-90682042908912371552015-06-22T17:24:00.002+01:002015-06-29T18:31:56.763+01:00Help record the 'Sounds of our Shores' this summer<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/what-we-do/what-we-protect/coast-and-countryside/neptune-coastline-campaign/" target="_blank">Neptune Coastline Campaign </a><a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355899679081/" target="_blank">National Trust</a> are working with <a href="http://www.nts.org.uk/Home/" target="_blank">National Trust for Scotland</a> and the <a href="http://sounds.bl.uk/?ns_campaign=brand&ns_mchannel=ppc&ns_source=google&ns_linkname=%2Bbritish%20%2Blibrary%20%2Bsound&ns_fee=0" target="_blank">British Sound Library</a> to create the first ever coastal sound map; an archive of new and old coastal sounds from across the UK. <span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-weight: bold;">We can’t do this alone, we need your help.</span> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You might not consider some of your everyday sounds to be special, but in 10 or 20 years </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">some of those sounds may change or disappear. Let me give you an example: When I first visited the Lizard, over 10 years ago, the foghorn was a fantastic deep low rumbling sound, a sound that you could feel through the base of your feet and it travelled right up through your body. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(Old Foghorn recorded by Edwin Carter): </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Today the frequency of the foghorn is almost twice as high, apparently the higher pitch travels better and further making it easier for passing ships to hear it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://audioboom.com/boos/3303216-current-lizard-lighthouse-foghorn">listen to ‘Current Lizard Lighthouse foghorn’ on audioBoom</a>. The new fog horn certainly goes through you, but it's not the same as the old foghorn. Had the old foghorn not been recorded that sound would have been lost and I would miss it. Wouldn’t you?</span></div>
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<br /><br />Not only is the <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355899679081/" target="_blank">‘Sounds of our Shores’</a> a chance to make a collection of important sounds, it is an opportunity to recognise and appreciate what sounds are important to us and why they are so special. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Similar to a memorable song, sound has a wonderful way of bringing us back to a moment in time, a place or emotional space. Sound touches us in a way that we can’t feel unless we really listen. Sound is so important in our lives, yet we take little time to appreciate it, which is I’m so excited about this project: not only do I get a chance to share the sounds that I hear and think are special but <b><i>I also get to hear what sounds you hear, and what sounds you think are special.</i></b><br /><br /><br />Sometimes it's difficult to listen, quite often when I first sit down I’m confronted with all the thoughts of what I've got to do tomorrow or the next day. Once these thoughts drift away, suddenly I start to hear things I couldn't hear before. I notice the bird singing in the background and the man walking along the beach with his dog. I become more aware of what is going on around me and I feel better connected to the place I’m sitting in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As well as contributing to a significant sound mapping project and sound archive, the<a href="https://audioboom.com/channel/soundsofourshores" target="_blank">‘Sounds of our Shores’</a> is also a perfect way of getting out and about to new places along the coast or exploring your local patch in a new way. There’s fun for all the family with this project, everyone can do it, so go on get out there, I want to hear what you hear!<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What could you record</b><br /><br />We are asking for sounds to be recorded along the UK coast, this can include waves crashing or rippling, footsteps in the sand, people laughing and playing on the beach, seagulls, choughs and other coastal birds, shanty singers, boat engines, winches, surfers, the sound of a busy café absolutely anything that you can hear on the coast. Here are a few of my favourite coastal sounds:<br /><br /><br /><b>Choughs </b>- no longer a common sound in Cornwall, but making a come back - the sound of a chough never fails to impress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://audioboom.com/boos/3302913-choughs-on-a-windy-lizard-in-cornwall">listen to ‘Choughs on a windy Lizard in Cornwall’ on audioBoom</a></span></div>
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<br /><b>Warblers - </b>coming to us from Africa in the spring the male sedge warbler sings his heart day and night until he finds a mate. Another favourite Lizard sound for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://audioboom.com/boos/3303399-sedge-warbler-on-the-lizard-cornwall">listen to ‘Sedge Warbler on the Lizard, Cornwall’ on audioBoom</a></span></div>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-7877549304527811542015-06-10T22:13:00.000+01:002015-06-11T16:01:56.819+01:00Cornwall’s new Chough Chicks: the class of 2015<ul style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Young Cornish choughs will be spending the next few weeks perfecting their flying skills and following their parents as they search out the best places to find food. If they are lucky they will live on the coastal cliffs for the next fifteen years or so and go on to raise many chicks themselves.<br /><br />Last week, as part of National Volunteering Week [1-7 June], the RSPB and National Trust in Cornwall are paying tribute to all the volunteers that give their time and skills to support conservation projects, especially at this time of year. The ‘Chough Watch’ team are a group of volunteers who help keep track of what is happening with all the pairs of choughs, not only keeping them safe and undisturbed but also acting as ambassadors for nature conservation.<br /><br /><b>Geoff Rogers</b> from Camborne has volunteered an incredible 170 hours this season said; <i>‘Keeping watch over the chough pairs during the last three months, from early nest building to now watching newly fledged chicks take their first flight has been an opportunity for me to really get to know not only the choughs, but other wildlife too, I have seen otters playing in the surf, red kites soaring and grey seals catching a fish lunch, all during my chough watches! I love being outdoors and I know volunteering really does support the work of conservation organisations like the RSPB and National Trust’.</i><br /><br /><b>Claire Mucklow</b> from the RSPB said; <i>‘Over the past 14 years hundreds of people have helped us with our chough related work as well as many other projects we run in Cornwall, we are so appreciative of all the time people like Geoff give because it really helps us to achieve more for wildlife. This year has been a challenging one, more pairs of choughs need more volunteers to watch over them -thanks to our brilliant devoted team we are coping, but we would welcome more help, so do get in touch with us if you think you would like to get involved. We would also like to thank the Tanner Trust for their kind donation to support our volunteer work.’</i><br /><br /><b>Tom Wilding </b>has been volunteering for the National Trust at Lizard Point for the last few months to gain experience as he starts out on his career in nature conservation. Tom says; ‘being part of the <i>‘Chough Watch’ team means I now have experience and skills that will help me in the future, I’ve found it very rewarding, great fun, and this time spent volunteering will definitely put me ahead of others in the job hunting front!’ </i><br /><br />You can get an idea of what Tom's been up to and what it's like to volunteer on chough watch and the wildlife watchpoint here: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />There are volunteering opportunities for all ages and abilities, you don’t need experience or fancy kit, just enthusiasm and some free time. For more information on choughs and volunteering for the RSPB contact either <b>cornishchoughs@rspb.org.uk </b>or <b>claire.mucklow@rspb.org.uk</b><br /><br /><br />For opportunities to volunteer with the National Trust and choughs on the Lizard contact <b>lizardrangers@nationaltrust.co.uk</b></span><br />
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you will be introduced to the newly fledged choughs</b> and some of the other fantastic wildlife
that surrounds this unique area. Our Rangers will be on hand to tell you more
about the history of choughs in Cornwall and talk you through the growing
conservation effort supporting the chough's natural recolonisation. Meet at
Lizard Point NT car park. £2.50 per person (additional parking charges apply to
non-members). No need to book. For information call 01326 291174</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-73146225877791972052015-06-10T13:46:00.000+01:002015-06-10T13:46:49.992+01:00A Busy Open Farm Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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success at Tregullas, with 500 people taking the opportunity to visit the Amiss
family’s farm in Lizard Village. Tregullas was one of over 300 farms open
nationally in this the 10<sup>th</sup> year of Open Farm Sunday, but the only
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chance to climb aboard a tractor is never one to be missed! This year Mr Dark
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woodworking, kids crafts and games, plus refreshments were served in aid of
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-86148509059288555082015-06-02T15:38:00.001+01:002015-06-02T15:38:44.292+01:00Strapwort comes home to Loe Pool<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You might have read our previous post a few months ago on
how we were preparing a site to reintroduce Stapwort, a plant that has been
extinct at Loe Pool for 100 years (</span><a href="http://lizardandpenrose.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/rare-plant-reintroduction-at-penrose.html" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">http://lizardandpenrose.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/rare-plant-reintroduction-at-penrose.html</a>)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, last Thursday we planted out over 1000 seedlings in a trial reintroduction. </span></div>
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Wildlife Conservation Trust (WWCT), safely delivered 15 trays of plug plants,
which their horticulture team had grown from seed in the Paignton Zoo
greenhouses. The team from WWCT joined the National Trust team to relocate the
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monitoring the survival rate and hopefully the spread of Strapwort over the
summer. Alex is going into his third
year studying Conservation Biology and Ecology and this research will feed into
his dissertation as well as informing the project team on the success of the
reintroduction. Alongside this research we will also be carrying out plant
counts later in the summer and in the following years to monitor how well the
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ideal as the Strapwort needs a dry period in the summer. Clearing the site last winter means the scrub is no longer shading the shoreline and we will be carrying out careful management of the area to ensure the habitat is kept suitable. Winter strimming and hand weeding in the summer will help to reduce competition from other plants. We are aiming to keep this area open and free from scrub to encourage more wild flowers to grow alongside the footpath.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Lizard and Penrose NThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468242536356279532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594298962272870470.post-23298124604474989812015-05-29T09:00:00.000+01:002015-06-06T06:15:40.279+01:00Bumper Broods and New Nests for Choughs in Cornwall<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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chough nest sites across Cornwall again this spring. Despite a battering from
some very strong and cold easterly winds, the 'Chough Watch' volunteers have
put in many hours to make sure that disturbance around nest sites was kept to a
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Earlier this year the Lizard choughs threw in an unexpected
surprise by settling into a new nest site, just east of their original nest at
Lizard Point, where they have raised five chicks this year (3 females and 2
males); terrific news for all involved. Tony Cross, BTO (British Trust of
Ornithology) bird ringer visited us last week to put colour rings on the chough
chicks, this helps us to identify the choughs as individuals throughout their
lives, which provides a wealth of scientific data. Tony's annual visit is
always awaited with much anticipation as it is the day we find out how many
chough chicks have been raised in the Duchy – there are at least 13 chicks with
one nest still unchecked – another good year for Cornish choughs!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Two Lizard chough chicks (3.5 weeks old) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">(photo: National Trust)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Catherine Lee from National Trust on the Lizard says: <em>'It's a long time since the Lizard saw
5 chough chicks in one brood and it suggests that we are getting things
right. Since the new tenant farmers, Rona and Nevil Amiss, arrivedat Britain's
most southerly farm – Tregullas Farm, we've seen a marked improvement in the
condition of the local habitat. Habitat and food availability play a huge part
in the choughs' success, but there are other factors to consider such as
disturbance, predation and of course the weather. Raising chicks is far from
plain sailing but the fact that the choughs have managed to find enough food to
fill 5 hungry bellies, is proof that things were right for them this year'.</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">George, the infamous male chough on the Lizard and proud father of 5 this year (photo: NT\BarryBatchelor)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">There is a huge commitment from a fantastic team of people to
help Cornwall's iconic bird recolonise its former range. Over 100
volunteers help to protect chough nests from disturbance. The RSPB are
happy to report that new pairs have joined the Cornish breeding population this
year, Nicola Shanks from the RSPB says <em>'we've
had new sites and first time breeders keeping the Chough Watch team very busy
working out what is happening at each site. Thanks to the volunteers and all
the time they give we have great information and safe nest sites'.</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">In addition to the nest protection, the RSPB, National Trust and
Natural England – forming the Cornwall Chough Project, work with local farmers
and land owners to ensure that the cliffs and coastal fields are managed in
such a way to improve the habitat for choughs and many other rare species across
Cornwall. Jeremy Clitherow, Lead Advisor from Natural England was thrilled with
the news<em> 'the environmental
stewardship agreements we have with local farmers helps to complete the jigsaw
of habitat management across the Lizard and National Nature Reserve. The Lizard
is a hotspot for our chough related habitat work, so it's fantastic to see an
increase in chick numbers here this year'.</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">The youngsters are expected to leave their nests early next
month. As well as the choughs on the Lizard, there are a number of pairs soon
to fledge young along the coast between Sennen and Pendeen, so June is a great
time to take a leisurely stroll along the coast to see Cornwall's wild choughs.
If you are in the Lizard area do visit the Wildlife Watchpoint at Lizard Point
for the latest news and sightings. It's open every day from 10am - 4pm (April –
mid September).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #363636; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">If you'd like to keep up to date with chough news and learn more
about them or get involved in the Cornwall Chough Project please visit <a href="http://www.cornishchoughs.org/">www.cornishchoughs.org </a>or <a href="http://www.twitter.com/cornishchoughs">www.twitter.com/cornishchoughs</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about them and help us discover what’s found where on The Lizard? Read on to
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Lizard is a good place for butterflies, with Marsh
Fritillary being our greatest
star. This beautiful insect was once widespread in the UK, but has declined
rapidly, making its Lizard colonies all the more important. It’s not our only
fritillary though, with small pearl bordered fritillary found on the coastal
heaths and you may be lucky enough to see the surprising large silver washed
fritillary visiting a buddleia in late summer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p>And there’s a whole host of other species on The Lizard to
spot, from commas to speckled woods, and blues to peacocks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to learn more, why not sign up for Butterfly
Conservation’s free event at Windmill Farm on Saturday 6<sup>th</sup> June. It will
be a <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #141823;">fascinating day learning basic butterfly
recognition, their food plants and spotting techniques with Cornwall Butterfly
Conservation enthusiasts. In the afternoon you will get the chance to put these
new skills into practice, and you may even spot a rarity!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>To book contact Jo Poland </span>07800 548832<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #141823;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #141823;">We’re keen to find local volunteers to help us
do more butterfly recording on the Lizard, by undertaking a regular walk and
sending in your sightings. You don’t need to be a ready made expert! Enthusiasm
is the main requirement, and an ability to commit to doing the same walk on a
sunny day (between 10am and 5pm) once a week April to September (although
it is a job that can be shared). Data from these regular transects contribute
to the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, and are vital to science’s understanding
of long term trends. Could you help us find out more? Currently there are few
transects on the Lizard, with some fine butterfly sites, like Windmill Farm and
Kynance which would really benefit from closer monitoring. Do get in touch (Rachel Holder 01326 291174) if you are interested and would like to
find out more. We'd love to hear from you!</span></span><br />
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