by cornwallnatureconservancy | Jul 21, 2017 | news |
Our new vet asked us to pop in and see Frankie. He was tiny, reddish brown, flat out and on a drip. Apparently, he had been knocked a glancing blow by a car. When a car and a fox collide, especially a maybe 6-week-old cub, there tends to be only one winner and one...
by cornwallnatureconservancy | May 16, 2017 | news |
April, being a wonderful spring month started with a bang! On the first day of the month, a Soay lamb was born followed by two more the next day. They are delightful. A further lamb was born to our youngest ewe – she was a bit surprised and failed to feed it. The...
by cornwallnatureconservancy | Apr 5, 2017 | news |
March started with a bang! Early in the month we said goodbye to our now well grown male Fishing Cat as he went off to his new home in the Axe Valley. Along with him went two young Azara Agouti and seven Harvest Mice. Our friend Andy, who owns the Wildlife Park...
by cornwallnatureconservancy | Mar 23, 2017 | news |
We both recently visited Jersey. I was returning after 50 years and Cherry had never visited before. We were mainly there to pay a visit to Jersey Zoo where I remember Gerald Durrell, half a century ago, taking two baby Gorilla’s into his flat to keep them warm and...
by cornwallnatureconservancy | Mar 17, 2017 | news |
On mid-summers day, a stunning warm day early bright sun was welcome to all in country and town. Unfortunately, due to Cherry’s illnesses earlier in the year, Cherry had been unable to put up her usual 17 hanging baskets. We were lucky to find a very reasonable plant...
by cornwallnatureconservancy | Mar 2, 2017 | news |
Rab, our man on enclosures and maintenance has made and erected over 30 bird boxes of different styles in February. Several Owl boxes, often used initially by Jackdaws, some Woodpecker and Starling boxes and some various Tit boxes with holes suitable for Blue Tits and...
