Environmental Records Centre
for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Cornish Species

The wealth of Cornwall and Scilly’s habitats is reflected in the diversity of species found within them – from the smallest beetle in our broadleaved woodlands to the largest mammal in the seas around our coast.

Speckled wood
Photograph taken by JB & S Bottomley

The Environmental Records Centre collates and manages information and data about these species, and we intend to share much of this information with you through this website. As pages are added concerning the various species groups found in the County the list below will grow.

• Amphibians and reptiles

• Birds
  • A checklist of the birds of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
  • Cornwall Bird Atlas Project

• Crickets, grasshoppers and their allies (orthoptera)
• Orthopteroid Insects of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: An updated provisional atlas
• Orthoptera of Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly: Native Species
• The British & Irish Stick-Insects
• Bat Detectors – A Beginner’s Guide for Orthopterists
  • Bush-cricket calls
  • Grasshopper calls

• Hoverflies
  • Species list for Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Cornwall

• Mammals
  • Checklist of mammal species for Cornwall
  • 'Celebrating Cornwall's Mammals - from dormice to dolphins!' Project
  • Mammal Recording packs

• Vascular plants
  • Check our publictions page for details of the most recent issue of Botanical Cornwall
  • Visit the Botanical Cornwall Group website

• Marine sightings and strandings records are collated by Seaquest South-West volunteers. This recording project is run jointly by the Cornwall and Devon Wildlife Trusts, and the last twelve months data is available on the Cornwall Wildlife Trust website.

Gorse
Photograph taken by J.Paton

Also see our downloads page for free downloadable publications and other information.

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