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  1. Scilly's Nature
  2. Helping Wildlife

Helping Wildlife

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust is a conservation charity and our staff do not have the training, or capacity, to assist with wildlife that is injured or in need of help.

On occasion you may get a little closer to our wild friends than you anticipated.  It's important to know when they may just need to be left alone or if they might require a little assistance.   

If you see marine life being disturbed by anyone whilst in the Isles of Scilly, please call the Cornwall Marine & Coastal Code hotline on 0345 201 26 26.  

There is also no "Wildlife Hospital" on the Islands, as you may find or be used to on the Mainland; so make sure you know what options are available and what the best course of action is.  Our local vet Heike is often able to assist or offer advice and can be contacted on 01720 423667 or alternatively check out the information below: 

Baby Birds

Baby Birds

It is common to find baby birds and think that they are in need of help or have been abandoned but that may not be the case Read more

Published: 4th January, 2019

Author: Nikki Banfield

Bat Consultancy Moving Forwards

Bat Consultancy Moving Forwards

Due to changes in staffing the Trust is no longer able to provide a not-for-profit Consultancy service to homeowners/developers; find out more about who can help you with Bat Surveys. Read more

Published: 29th July, 2021

Updated: 28th March, 2022

Author: Nikki Banfield

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR)

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR)

When you find something stranded on the beach and it's alive...who you gonna call? BDMLR is an organisation dedicated to the rescue and well being of all marine mammals in distress around the UK. Read more

Published: 28th December, 2018

Updated: 4th January, 2019

Author: Nikki Banfield

Cornwall Marine Coastal Code

Cornwall Marine Coastal Code

Marine wildlife is easily disturbed by humans; we are in their space after all! Click here if you have seen marine wildlife being disturbed and you want to report it Read more

Published: 10th September, 2020

Updated: 4th January, 2021

Author: Sarah Mason

Dead Marine Mammals (Marine Strandings Network)

Dead Marine Mammals (Marine Strandings Network)

When you find something stranded on the beach and it's dead....who you gonna call? Not "Ghostbusters" but the Marine Strandings Network Hotline! Read more

Published: 28th December, 2018

Updated: 2nd November, 2020

Author: Nikki Banfield

Hedgehogs

Hedgehogs

Hedgehogs can be found on St Mary's and at certain times of the day/year they are quite active. What should you do if you come across one that appears unwell? Read more

Published: 4th January, 2019

Updated: 6th July, 2020

Author: Nikki Banfield

Racing Pigeons

Racing Pigeons

Technically not "wild" but if they turn up in Scilly they often need a little bit of TLC and a helping hand to get home again Read more

Published: 4th January, 2019

Updated: 7th January, 2019

Author: Nikki Banfield

Seal Pups

Seal Pups

If you want to know what to do if you find a seal pup, please read this... Read more

Published: 28th December, 2018

Updated: 11th December, 2019

Author: Nikki Banfield

Tree & Hedge Management for Biodiversity

Tree & Hedge Management for Biodiversity

Hedges and trees are vital habitats for biodiversity. Read more

Published: 22nd February, 2019

Updated: 18th January, 2021

Author: Sarah Mason

Walrus in the Isles of Scilly

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. Read more

Published: 2nd July, 2021

Updated: 9th August, 2021

Author: Sarah Mason

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  • Nextdoor Nature

    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

    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

    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

    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.

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  • Walrus in the Isles of Scilly

    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

    Tean

    Uninhabited Island between Tresco & St Martin's

  • Orange birds-foot

    Orange birds-foot

    Ornithopus pinnatus

  • Plants, Pittosporum and Our Planet

    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

    Puffin

    Fratercula arctica

  • Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust' CEO Sarah Mason leaving Scilly

    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

    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…

    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

    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

    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.

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