Background Information

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust is a locally-run conservation charity that champions, values and manages our landscapes for the benefit of current and future generations of islanders and visitors. All money we raise benefits Scilly.

Our mission is:

To protect, restore and create sustainable, nature-rich habitats on the land and in the seas around us;
To promote the enjoyment, appreciation, understanding and value of the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB);
To be respected in the island community and beyond as an exemplar organisation in evidence-based nature conservation;
To support the Isles of Scilly economy by operating as a viable business, employer and by showing leadership.

Eco-pledge

What we are doing to minimise our own impact on the environment & reduce our carbon footprint Read more

Governance & Policy

Everything you need to know about how the Trust is governed and run day to day Read more

Our Ambassadors

Two times Olympic Rowing Champion, Helen Glover & naturalist and TV presenter Steve Backshall are our first ambassadors Read more

Our Status

What type of organisation is the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust and how do we operate? Read more

The Wildlife Trusts

There are 46 Wildlife Trusts covering the UK. Read more

Latest

Nextdoor Nature

Nextdoor Nature is bringing communities together to help nature flourish where they live and work. Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Nextdoor Nature will provide people on the Isles of Scilly (and across the UK) with the advice and support they need to help nature on their doorstep, and leave a lasting natural legacy in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
New Chair for the Isles of Scilly AONB Partnership

The Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership has appointed a new chair, Tony Richardson, to champion Scilly’s outstanding protected landscape.
Bird Flu

We are deeply concerned by the spread of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) through wild birds, particularly seabirds, around the UK. We are asking members of the public on Scilly to remain vigilant to the disease.
Beach babes: protecting Scilly’s secret shorebirds

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust is appealing for help from the public in protecting pairs of nesting ringed plovers Charadrius hiaticula on several beaches around the archipelago, including Porth Hellick on St Mary's and Beady Pool on St Agnes.

Walrus in the Isles of Scilly

Answering your questions about the Isles of Scilly’s most unusual visitor – a Walrus – provided by BDMLR, Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, Cornwall Seal Group and the St Mary’s Harbour Team.
Tean

Uninhabited Island between Tresco & St Martin's
Orange birds-foot

Ornithopus pinnatus
Plants, Pittosporum and Our Planet

Plants are good for the planet...right? They sequester carbon, produce oxygen and provide habitat for our wonderful wildlife. So why is the removal of certain species warranted and even necessary?
Puffin

Fratercula arctica
Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust' CEO Sarah Mason leaving Scilly

Current Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust Chief Executive, Sarah Mason, is leaving Scilly after 8 years of leadership and 23 years within the Wildlife Trust family to take up a new Chief Executive role in the North of England.
Datasets & Drones: Scilly's Seabirds ~ A Round-Up of 2021: Part One

We entered our 2021 annual Seabird survey season with a spring in our step, after the disappointments of 2020 whereby the main survey windows were missed as a result of Covid-19. Annet surveys were back on the table and our full monitoring went ahead as planned; with interesting findings once again!
Awkward Auks & when to see them…

April heralds the return of our regionally, nationally and internationally important breeding seabirds, including our loveable "awkward Auks".
Winning for Scilly Wildlife

Join our new Lottery, Winning for Scilly Wildlife, to help us look after Scilly's wildlife & natural beauty, and be in with the chance of winning £25,000!
Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust confirms return of rare species

Locally-run, conservation charity, the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, confirms the first flowering Dwarf pansy (Viola kitaibeliana) on the uninhabited Island of Tean after 17 years absence.