News and What's on

From 6th -13th September 2010 The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust will be host to members of the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society and the Conchological Society for their annual field meeting in the Isles of Scilly.

Listen to our show on Radio Scilly 107.9FM every Wednesday for general wildlife news and Friday is our sister show all out Scilly's wonderful marine environment. On air between 12 and 1pm.

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust is just one of the marine related charities that you can raise money for when taking part in this event.

Find out about the wonderful world of bats with a guided walk.

What lives under the boulders? And what weird and wonderful things can these marine creatures do? Come and find out ... On a Rockpool Ramble!

National Marine Week has been a massive success on the Isles of Scilly, raising much awareness about the marine environment through, fetes, rockpool rambles and puppet competition. We also collected a lot of data on species, with Shoresearch, Seasearch and a seaweed expert all exploring our marine habitats.

Throughout the summer months our wildlife guide and surveyor Paul Semmens will be leading a series of wildlife trips onboard the Scillonian - a chance to spot seabirds, basking sharks, porpoises and even whales.

Steamship Company and The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust help to rescue stowaway shrew!

Take the chance to celebrate marine wildlife with The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust during National Marine Week. Whether it’s clinging to a rock among a sea of anemones, or buried in the soft sand in cunning camouflage, the wildlife hidden beneath the waves around the UK is intriguing and mysterious. Why not take a voyage of discovery during The Wildlife Trusts’ National Marine Week?

Get out and about at the start of spring with a week of walking.

Along with Natural England and the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty we organised a day with Colin Speedie for local boat operators to get WiSE accreditation.

You are looking at the new website of The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, we love it and hope you do as well!

A total of 786 sightings of at least seven different marine animals were recorded from Scillonian III during 2009. These records came from the Trust's Paul Semmens, Scillonian III crew and the public.

E-Day 2009 was held in the Isles of Scilly on Tuesday 6th October. This Energy Saving Day was an experiment to see whether the community, the school and a family in the Isles of Scilly could reduce their demand for energy compared to the rest of the UK. The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust were part of E-day and would like you to get involved.

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust had an interesting gift on Friday 31st July 2009 when they were handed a small Portuguese Man-of-War in a bucket.