Welcome to Wildlife Groundswell
Bringing People Together for Nature & Conservation on The Lizard
Swift Nest Box Belfry Tour – Ruan Minor & Landewednack | Sat 26 April
Swift Nest Box Belfry Tour – Ruan Minor & Landewednack | Sat 26 April
Upcoming Events
Swift Nest Box Belfry Tour – Ruan Minor & Landewednack | Sat 26 April
Join us for a special behind-the-scenes look inside two historic church belfries where swifts are finding new homes!
Saturday 26th April – Limited to 10 places
We’re inviting you to view recently installed swift nest boxes and call systems at:
• St Rumon Church, Ruan Minor at 12:00pm
• Followed by St Wynwallow Church, Landewednack at 1:00pm
These innovative installations are helping swifts return to our skies — and you’ll get to see how it’s done. Expect ladders, winding staircases, and a touch of adventure!
Bonus: The visit to St Wynwallow will be filmed by Prefigure Earth, a new platform spotlighting grassroots environmental action. If you’re inspired to say a few words on camera about your love for swifts — fantastic! But there’s no pressure.
Places are limited to 10, so please RSVP by email:
wildlifegroundswell@gmail.com
Locations:
• St Rumon Church – TR12 7JL – [What3Words: chilling.showrooms.december]
• St Wynwallow Church – TR12 7PH – [What3Words: comedians.shuts.resold]
Let’s celebrate and support swift conservation together!
#Swifts #CornwallWildlife #WildlifeGroundswell #SwiftNestboxes #ChurchBelfries
email us to tell us you are coming: wildlifegroundswell@gmail.com
Would you like to join one of our groups?
SWIFTS, SWALLOWS AND MARTINS GROUP
STREAM TESTING
ANY SIZE LANDOWNERS GROUP
BAT GROUP
CONNECT TO NATURE GROUP
Our Recent Conference
Talks and Workshop Reviews
Local Projects in the Community
We Did It – Thank You!
We are absolutely thrilled to share that we have not only reached but surpassed our fundraising goal! Thanks to your incredible generosity, we have raised over £5,000 to support conservation efforts on the Lizard Peninsula.
This campaign has been a huge success because of you—whether you donated, shared our posts, or helped spread the word. Your support has made a real impact, and we can’t wait to put this funding into action.
Thank you for standing with us to protect and restore nature on the Lizard Peninsula. We’ll keep you updated on the progress of these exciting projects—watch this space!
Here’s how the funding will be used:
Protecting Our Rivers
🌊 Riverfly Partnership Kits (£670) – Specialist equipment for volunteers to monitor aquatic invertebrates, key indicators of river health.
📚 Volunteer Training Packs (£250) – Educational materials supporting community-led monitoring.
🎓 Instructor Training (£100) – Training local leaders to expand conservation efforts.
Saving Our Swifts
🏰 Swift Nest Boxes (£900) – Installing 6–10 expertly designed nest boxes in three church belfries.
🔊 Swift Call Systems – Audio devices to attract swifts to new nesting sites.
📢 Community Education – Raising awareness and engaging people in swift conservation.
Supporting Our Bats
🦇 Echometer ‘Touch 2’ Bat Detectors (£750) – Identifying bat species through echolocation.
🌙 Roost Identification & Monitoring Evenings – Teaching communities how to protect bat roosts.
🤝 Partnerships with Conservation Groups – Working with Cornwall Bat Group and others to support national conservation initiatives.
Community Engagement & Learning
🎤 Guest Speaker Events (£500) – Hosting experts to discuss biodiversity and conservation.
🏡 Village Hall Hire (£120) – Providing accessible spaces for presentations and training.
📽 Projector for Community Presentations (£700) – Enhancing learning experiences with high-quality visuals.
Keeping Our Work Going
🌐 Website Hosting & Newsletter Platform (£403) – Keeping our community informed and engaged.
🛡 Public Liability Insurance (£137) – Ensuring safe and secure events.
📝 Annual Reporting & Administration (£50) – Maintaining our organization’s legal standing.
EAT The Lizard – community survey
The Lizard has an abundance of food grown, reared, produced or caught here. But most of it is transported off the peninsula to be sold elsewhere. At the same time, most people drive to the supermarkets in Helston to shop – buying food produced and shipped in from all over the UK and the world.
Very few farmers on The Lizard grow food that is sold locally. Most of it is sold to either supermarkets or companies who supply supermarkets. This puts pressure on the farmers, as they're forced into selling for lower prices that can make it hard to cover their costs of production, as well as increasing food miles and the associated fuel costs, packaging, carbon footprint and inefficiency.
Through Wildlife Groundswell, a few local people are keen to see if we can do anything about this – and if there's local appetite for easier ways to buy directly from farmers, growers, fishers and other local food producers, while maintaining or increasing existing trade in The Lizard's local shops.
We'd like to arrange a community gathering to discuss how this might happen, in a way that works for our communities and food producers.
We'd be grateful if you can answer this short survey to help us gauge the level of interest in taking this forward.
It will take you less than 5 minutes 😁Please follow this link to complete the survey https://forms.gle/BwM7uyZv5UPh47HSA
Get Involved
Wildlife Groundswell is powered by passionate volunteers. Whether you're interested in surveying wildlife, building habitats, or simply learning more about nature, there’s a place for you.
📅 Join an event – Check out our upcoming activities and workshops.
📩 Subscribe to our newsletter – Stay updated on our latest projects and opportunities.
💚 Become a volunteer – Help us make a real difference in conservation efforts.
Together, we are the Groundswell for Wildlife!
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Addressing the causes and effects of climate change
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