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WILDLIFE MATTERS:

AIM:
• Raising awareness on the importance of wildlife. 

​Projects:
• Ladock Parish Wildlife Group
​​• Connect with Nature
• Nature and Wildlife Walks 
• Environmental Talks and Presentations 
• Wildlife Identification 
• Wildlife Photography 
CONNECT with NATURE

​Aim:

• To promote, raise awareness and encourage people to connect with nature because it benefits both the mental health and physical well-being. You can do this wherever you are. But you don’t have to walk and drive miles and miles to do this most especially at this time of the pandemic. You can do this in your home or in your garden.
LADOCK PARISH WILDLIFE GROUP

Aims:
• Encourage people to connect with nature and wildlife in our parish.
• Record flora and fauna seen in our parish.

• Go on a nature and wildlife walks to improve our knowledge of the flora and fauna in our parish.
(Bird-watching, Butterfly-watching, Moth Evening, Fungi Walk and others)
• Invite speakers to give talks and presentation to improve our knowledge on various area of interest.
• Create a community group to meet like-minded people with the same interest and passion for nature and wildlife.
• To foster community spirit and encourage civic pride in our parish.
All wildlife species plays a vital role in our ecosystem.

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Wildlife recording is very important for conservation. Through recording and monitoring we learn where species can be found, how the population is doing and can also be an indicator of environmental changes.

A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains. List of Wildlife Pollinators:

Insect Pollinators:
1) Bees -
 honey bees, solitary species, bumblebees
2) Pollen Wasps - Masarinae
3) Ants
4) Flies including Bee Flies and Hoverflies - a species of fly called a midge is one of the pollinators of the cocoa tree
5) Mosquitoes

Lepidoptera:
6) Butterflies and Moths
7) Flower Beetles

Vertebrates:
8) Bats 
9) Birds - Hummingbirds, Honeyeaters and Sunbirds 

Mammals:
10) Monkeys
11) Lemurs - the black and white ruffed Lemurs is the largest pollinator in the world
12) Possums - Honey Possum
13) Rodents

Amphibians:
14) Lizards

15) Others


Circle of life. Nature's way of taking and giving back life to earth. It symbolizes the universe being sacred and divine. It represents the infinite nature of energy, meaning if something dies it gives new life to another. - Collins Dictionary
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​Email Address:   ilovecornwall8@yahoo.com
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • BLOG
  • TALKS
  • BOOKS
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • Greatest Wildlife Sighting
    • Tropical Butterflies
    • Birds in Cornwall
    • Rare Birds
    • Garden Birds
    • Sea Anemones in Cornwall
    • Wildflowers in Cornwall
    • Photography Packages
    • PHILIPPINES >
      • Rowena's Purple Cottage
      • Butterflies in the Philippines
      • Birds in the Philippines
      • GIAN & MIGO >
        • Gabriel Angelo Castillo
        • Miguel Angelo Castillo
  • ADVOCACY
    • CONNECT with NATURE
    • WILDLIFE MATTERS >
      • Wildlife in my Garden
      • Virtual Birdwatching in Cornwall
      • Virtual Butterfly-watching in Cornwall
    • LADOCK PARISH WILDLIFE GROUP >
      • 2023 LPWG Events
      • 2022 LPWG Events
      • 2021 LPWG Events
      • 2020 LPWG Events
    • Charity, Community Group, Local Organisation and others...
  • CONTACT