All about the wildlife. Celebrating, conserving, and recording the wildlife of St Austell, Mevagissey & Veryan Bays. 🌳🦔🦑🦭🪰🐝🌼🐬
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16 Mar 2023
🦫🦫 Huge day for the wildlife of the #ThreeBays as a pair of beavers were released @HeliganGardens!
We were thrilled to be invited along to witness this special moment. The last time beavers were in a Three Bay’s river was perhaps 500 years ago.
#BeaverFever #EagerBeaver
ALT Beaver in water
ALT Toby from Heligan and Three Bays
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29 Dec 2024
Some more pics of our New Year Plant Hunt today
29 Dec 2024
In bang-average weather we held our fifth annual New Year Plant Hunt today in Mevagissey. 10 intrepid walkers counted 78 species, including Common Whitlowgrass, Betony, Jersey Cudweed, and a Garden Pansy in an arable field.
Bosh!
#NewYearPlantHunt @BSBIbotany
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20 Jul 2024
Have you ever spotted any of these flutterly amazing butterflies? We'd love to see your pics 👇 🦋 📷
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19 Jul 2024
If you’d like to meet these lovely flowers - and more! - join Wal and Dan from 3BW for a wildflower walk at Vault beach on Sunday.
Meet 10am at Lamledra NT car park.
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26 May 2024
Braved the showers on the coast to look for a new plant, and success! Carrot Broomrape parasitising Sea Carrot (not the healthy one in photo 2, I can assure you!) well worth the soggy walk home #wildflowerhour #Orobanche #cornwall @ThreeBaysWild @wildflower_hour @nationaltrust
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Three Bays Wildlife Group retweeted
21 Jun 2024
Tomorrow, Dame Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, @DrAmirKhanGP
and @ChrisGPack hamand thousands of people from across the country will take to the streets of London with a simple message - #RestoreNatureNow📢
Help make that message heard
👇
restorenaturenow.com
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Three Bays Wildlife Group retweeted
26 May 2024
Braved the showers on the coast to look for a new plant, and success! Carrot Broomrape parasitising Sea Carrot (not the healthy one in photo 2, I can assure you!) well worth the soggy walk home #wildflowerhour #Orobanche #cornwall @ThreeBaysWild @wildflower_hour @nationaltrust
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Three Bays Wildlife Group retweeted
27 Apr 2024
The bluebells on Bottle Dump Hill are out in full-force. Make sure you wander down for an enchanting experience ✨️
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27 Apr 2024
Can you tell the difference between a native and a Spanish bluebell? Don't worry, we have a handy guide to help! 💙 wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/…
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Three Bays Wildlife Group retweeted
10 Apr 2024
This #WildlifeWednesday we are shining a light on the #OilBeetle!
☀️ With the warm sunny days we’ve experienced recently (in between the named storms, rain, flooding, hail & snow!) reports of oil beetles are appearing across social media.
🧵/1 #OilBeetleHunt
ALT 📷 Oil beetle © Phil Roxby
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9 Apr 2024
We’re really looking forward to this! 🐝
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8 Apr 2024
FIRST record of swallows back in our patch. Brave birds turning up in this weather…
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26 Mar 2024
Your kindness can kill a bumblebee 💔
📢 Please share! Bumblebee queens are starting to emerge from hibernation. British weather isn’t always ideal and people with the best intentions can cause more harm good. Let’s change that.
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20 Feb 2024
Stoat in a winter coat ❄️
Chris Bilkey sent us these lovely photos of a Stoat in partial ermine, taken at the Lost Gardens of Heligan. The ermine, or winter coat, isn’t a common occurrence in Cornwall although it has been observed a few times.
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2 Feb 2024
LOVE YOUR BEACH 💙
Join Three Bays Wildlife Group for a beach clean. Free parking for volunteers and all equipment is provided.
📍Porthluney Cove, Caerhays
🗓️ Feb 11th
🕣 10:00 - 11:30
For more info: facebook.com/events/s/love-y…
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31 Dec 2023
Three Bays Wildlife Group around Mevagissey found around 80 species of flowering plants. One highlight was this brightly coloured hybrid Pansy in an arable field.
Viola x contempta #NewYearPlantHunt
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31 Dec 2023
Loved taking part in the Mevagissey #NewYearPlantHunt again this year (despite the invigorating Cornish weather). Thanks @danryan_nature and @ThreeBaysWild - here’s hoping we beat our rank from last year!
31 Dec 2023
Very fun #NewYearPlantHunt in Mevagissey with a small crew who braved the weather warnings.
Our record count in 4 years of doing this route (not that we are competitive…).
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31 Dec 2023
Thanks to all those who came along today! We had lots of fun in great company!
#NewYearPlantHunt
31 Dec 2023
Very fun #NewYearPlantHunt in Mevagissey with a small crew who braved the weather warnings.
Our record count in 4 years of doing this route (not that we are competitive…).
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28 Dec 2023
Join us on a #NewYearPlantHunt!
📍 Willow Car Park, Mevagissey
🕣 11am - 2pm
🎒 Wildflower field guide (if you have one) and warm clothes
🍫 Snacks!
m.facebook.com/events/694538…
11 Dec 2023
We’re in! It will be our 4th year on the spin doing a #NewYearPlantHunt around the ancient fishing village of Mevagissey.
Always fabulous fun and loads to learn. Join us on Dec 31st. 🌼
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11 Dec 2023
We’re in! It will be our 4th year on the spin doing a #NewYearPlantHunt around the ancient fishing village of Mevagissey.
Always fabulous fun and loads to learn. Join us on Dec 31st. 🌼
Join @BSBIbotany #NewYearPlantHunt between 30 Dec & 2 Jan to discover how our wildflowers are responding to a changing climate.
Register now 👇to find out what's happening where & for resources to help you find & ID the plants most likely to be in bloom.
bsbi.org/new-year-plant-hunt
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Three Bays Wildlife Group retweeted
25 Nov 2023
Over the last week or so, people have been flocking to Poldhu Cove at sunset to watch the murmurations of thousands of starlings. Some locals say they cannot remember them coming to the cove in such numbers before. cornwalllive.com/news/cornwa…
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