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This year, the public are being urged to ‘GIVE SEALS SPACE’ • Campaign launched by Seal Alliance and government to help protect seals from human disturbance • Just 25% of young seals survive to the age of 2 and interactions with the public can lead to mother and pup fatalities • UK is home to…
Our Green Recovery Challenge Fund ‘People Protecting Precious Places’ project is all about working with new audiences to spread key environmental messages further and wider. Our seas need saving for future generations by reaching out to build relationships with new audiences Being a charity championing the natural world can be hard. We all feel more…
For some of us, seals play a very big part of our lives. Adge Lane routinely surveys seals on his local patch in northwest Wales, keeping a watchful eye for issues and alerting others when something interesting has been seen. You just never know when a routine survey is going to turn out to be…
At Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust (CSGRT), we described 2018 as a landmark year, 2019 saw us riding a wave of success, which we managed to sustain in 2020 despite COVID19. Below are excerpts from CSGRT’s 2020 Annual Report. Click here to read or download the full report. We began 2020 with 4 paid rangers….
It has been a tough year for everyone, but at CSGRT, we are ending 2020 on a high, with something wonderful to celebrate! Excitingly, we have been awarded our biggest grant ever by the Green Recovery Challenge Fund to:
Help people have amazing seal experiences without impact Create ‘Watching Seals Well’ resources (website, signs, leaflets) Learn…
It had been an incredible year for media coverage here at CSGRT with appearances on Countryfile and Springwatch by the time Freddie from Beagle Media got in touch. Freddie was directing and producing a new TV series. He would be documenting writer and presenter Simon Reeve as he journeyed across Cornwall to explore the incredible…
Septimus ‘some seal’ wins posthumous Innovation Award! Even in death, Septimus lives on and his story is inspiring a whole new generation to care for our oceans. Mevagissey Museum has just won the Innovation Award in the Cornwall Heritage Awards 2020 with the fabulous Septimus Exhibition and workshops.
Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust (CSGRT)…
We’re living through unprecedented history. Whilst devastating for those suffering from or fighting the symptoms and indirect impacts of Coronavirus, there may be glimmers of a silver lining. The outbreak has enhanced our community spirit and we’ve appreciated the importance of our local environment for exercise and natural wellbeing. Let’s hope this persists beyond lockdown. Read More
Our Crowdfunder rollercoaster was full of steep learning curves and amazingly exhilarating moments as we got wonderful inspiring comments and donations from everyone. To SMASH through our target has been truly incredible – we cannot THANK YOU ALL enough for making this possible. We have made our Crowdfunder page a permanent feature as for some…
If you haven’t already heard, it’s our 20th Birthday! CSGRT have been monitoring, identifying and protecting grey seals around the SW since 2000. Incredibly some of the seals we first met in 2000 have been seen again in 2020! To celebrate, we arranged our first ever seal conservation conference! We went virtual because of COVID-19…
My name is Septimus (#SeptimusSomeSeal) and I am an adult male grey seal – technically a dead grey seal skeleton! Amid Coronavirus lockdown easing, I was asked to appear on National TV on my favourite programme of all time – Springwatch! After sorting out some logistical issues, my chaperone (Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust’s Director…
We are all living through an unprecedented period in history. Whilst devastating for those who have suffered from or are fighting the symptoms and indirect impacts of Coronavirus, there may be glimmers of a silver lining. The outbreak seems to have enhanced our community spirit to take action to help each other and the most…
