News archive 2010

Two years of intensive fieldwork and studies of the marine environment of the Isles of Scilly have culminated in the largest expedition of its type ever held in Scilly. The Isles of Scilly Marine Biodiversity Project, which is run by The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, hosted almost forty visiting marine biologists during a week-long field meeting during the big spring tides in September.

Cornwall Seal Group (CSG) were determined that a lack of funding would not stop seal surveys being conducted on the Isles of Scilly throughout the Summer of 2010. They dug deep and managed to pay for three complete surveys in June, July and August.

Isles of Scilly Travel is the first business to become members of both Cornwall Wildlife Trust and The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trusts’ Business Supporter’s schemes.

Public worried about species disappearing, but who’s heard of Nagoya? Natural History Museum launches The Big Nature Debate to explore public concerns about biodiversity loss ahead of October Nagoya conference.

The Isles of Scilly is known to be rich in its marine biodiversity, supporting a wide range of marine life from rare sunset corals to meadows of seagrass. Some of the greatest richness lies in the diversity of its seaweeds and The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust has been investigating this in a recent survey.

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

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.

The Wildlife Trusts launched our vision for Living Seas in Parliament in January 2010

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.