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Location: Roseland Peninsula Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls The weather is absolutely glorious. Sunny and warm. Hope it will stay like this for the whole summer season. Fingers-crossed.  Fresh and clean Cornish sea. I can't help myself going for a dip after that long walk to cool me down. Rob is on his elements. He just loves swimming especially on this sunny and warm weather. Beautiful crystal blue waters. Butterflies and Dragonflies
Location: Aish Tor, Dartmoor National Park Bovey Valley Woods, Newton Abbot Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Had an amazing time in Aish Tor, Dartmoor. Sooo happy to see one of UK's rarest butterfly, the High Brown Fritillary. After Aish Tor, we went to Bovey Valley Woods to see the White Admiral. We saw a few worn out ones and 2 in good conditions. What a successful day! The beautiful High Brown Fritillary, one of UK's rarest butterfly.    The lovely White Admiral at Bovey Valley Woods.
Location: Pondhu Primary School Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Went to Pondhu Primary School this morning to take photo of Soroptimist St Austell and District President Sandra Heyward and Diane Walker giving the Carol Jennings Award to 2 pupils of Pondhu Primary School. Poppy Bees, Junior Winner and Melia Buscombe, Infant Winner. The Carol Jennings Award begun in 2018 for 2 pupils at Pondhu Primary School, Junior and Infant, nominated by School Parliament for services to fellow pupils, an annual award at the Final School Assembly in July. Carol Jennings, a Soroptimist St Austell and District member, was the first Head Headteacher of Pondhu Primary School.  Carol Jennings Award  President Sandra Heyward and Diane Walker gave the Carole Jennings Award to 2 pupils of Pondhu Primary School. Poppy Bees, Junior Winner and Melia Buscombe, Infant Winner.  President Sandra Heyward with the Carol Jennings Award Winners: Poppy Bees, Junior Winner and Melia Buscombe, Infant Winner.  President Sandra Heyward with Poppy Bees, Junior Winner of the Carol Jennings Award.  President Sandra Heyward with Melia Buscombe, Infant Winner of the Carol Jennings Award.  MEeee, photo taken by Rob  Location: National Trust's Trerice House and Garden Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls I just love the Knot Garden at National Trust's Trerice House and Garden. The design of the knot garden, planted in 2013, was inspired by the decorative, geometric plaster ceiling in the Great Chamber that overlooks the space from the house.           Location: National Trust's Lanhydrock House and Garden Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Had a great time at National Trust's Lanhydrock House and Garden. The flowers are all in bloom in various colours and shapes. I felt sooo happy and relax surrounded by the beauty of nature on a glorious day.        Location: Charlestown Harbour Porthpean Golf Club Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Charlestown Harbour Charlestown Beach  Treasure Box Getting ready to start the Treasure Hunt. Photo opts in between the search for the answers of the clues. Photo opts while waiting for everyone. Supper buffet at Porthpean Golf Club after the enjoyable Treasure Hunt in Charlestown. Cornish Quiz The Lucky Winners Well-done Julie McFeat and Pat Wakeford for the successful event.
Location: Truro, Cornwall, UK Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Sooo delighted to watch the Partial Lunar Eclipse this evening. The sky is clear. Saw a few planets, stars, satellites and planes. The world is really full of mystery. This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission launch that put man on the Moon. The Apollo 11 mission carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off on 16 July 1969. Four days later Armstrong became the first man to step on to the Moon's surface. During a partial eclipse, some - but not all - of the Moon passes through the darkest area of shadow behind the Earth, the central region called the umbra. Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth crosses between the Sun and Moon - casting a shadow on the lunar surface. The lunar eclipse takes place between Tuesday July 16 and Wednesday July 17. The "maximum eclipse" will peak at 10.31pm UK time, so that's when you'll want to go outside and look skyward. The first stage of the eclipse, which is called the penumbral eclipsing, begins at 7.43pm UK time. Then the partial eclipsing finishes up at around 11pm, followed by the last stage – another penumbral eclipsing – at 1.17am. Partial Lunar Eclipse  Location: Portmellon Valley Portmellon Beach Gorran Old School Rooms Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Congratulations Jeremy Roberts and Three Bays Wildlife Group Committee, Volunteers and Wildlife Walk Leaders for the successful Portmellon Valley Bioblitz this weekend. It's such a great event. We are really impressed at how organised you are. The event went really smoothly. Looking forward for the next one.  8:30 am – Moth Trap see what we have caught – Starting the shack Portmellon 10:00 am – Explore shore and Snorkel Safari (booking essential for snorkelling) at Portmellon Beach 11:00 am - Bird Walk– Starting at Gorran Old School Rooms 1:00 pm – Butterfly and Bumble Bee Walk – Starting at the Shack Portmellon 3:00 pm – Wildflower and plant walk – Starting Gorran Old School Rooms 5:00 pm – End of BioBlitz Social gathering – The Rising Sun Portmellon Jeremy Roberts and Robert Wells Tea/Coffee and delicious bacon bap to start our day! Di and Susie, our 2 excellent caterer today with Jane and Linda. Thank you Di for my sweet pea flowers. Posing for a photo opt before embarking to a wildlife walk. Having a rest after the enjoyable walk. Me and Rob had an amazing time! Rob can't wait to jump off the sea!!! Drinks at The Rising Sun Inn after the successful Portmellon Valley Bioblitz weekend.
Cheers everyone! Location: Portmellon Valley Portmellon Beach Gorran Old School Rooms Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Well-done Jeremy Roberts and Three Bays Wildlife Group Committee, Volunteers and Wildlife Walk Leaders for a brilliant day at the Portmellon Valley Bioblitz. I had an enjoyable and fun-filled time. Loads of amazing wildlife walks and activities.  8:30 am – Bird Walk – Starting at the Shack Portmellon 11:00 am – General Wildlife Walk – Starting at Gorran Old School Rooms 1:00 pm – Butterfly and Bumble Bee Walk – Starting at the Shack Portmellon 3:00 pm – Wildflower and plant walk – Starting Gorran Old School Rooms 6:00 pm – Explore shore as the tide drops - join us for a drink at The Rising Sun 8:30 pm – Bat Walk – Starting at the Shack Portmellon I had a great time at the base camp with Steph Wild. Everyone was happy with their wildlife walks. They've seen loads of amazing wildlife species.  Rob went to the Butterfly and Bumble Bee Walk today. He had a great time. He's looking forward to go the the Bird Walk tomorrow. Some of the delectable food at the Gorran Old School Rooms, Jane and Linda, our excellent caterer. Moths, Butterflies and Stick Insects Thank you Madeline Lowe for bringing your gorgeous Stick Insects and some Moths too. We all had a go at holding the gorgeous Stick Insects.
Location: Portmellon Valley Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Had an enjoyable time doing the Butterfly Transect in Portmellon Valley with Rob and Simon. We've seen loads of gorgeous butterflies from our Butterfly Transect today: Comma, Painted Lady, Small Copper, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Small White, Large White and a lot more... Beautiful Butterflies Location: Dodman Point Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls I just had the most enjoyable time Sea Watching - spotting marine mammals in Dodman Point from morning till evening. Robert Wells, a marine expert from Three Bays Wildlife Group lead the fieldtrip. We've seen loads of amazing marine life, sea birds and butterflies. Looks like sea watching is going to be my new interest!!! We've seen loads of amazing wildlife: Marine Mammal: a pod of Dolphins and 2x Seals Mammal: 1x dead Shrew Bird: 20++ Cormorant, 2x Fulmar, Swallows, Swifts, loads of Gulls and a lot more... Butterfly: 1x Marbled White, 30++ Wall Brown, 30++ Meadown Brown, 30++ Ringlet, 20++ Gatekeeper, 5x Red Admiral, 5x Small White, 2x Large White, 3x Speckled Wood and a lot more... Dragonfly: 3x Golden-ringed Dragonfly Dodman Point is the highest headland on the south Cornwall coast, measuring 374 feet (114 m). It is also known by its earlier names of the Deadman and Deadman's Point. It hosts the remains of an Iron Age promontory fort, and at its seaward end is a large granite cross, erected in 1896 to help protect shipping from this headland. It is mentioned in the shanty Spanish Ladies. Below the large stone cross, there is a way down to the bottom of the small cliffs and there is some climbing there on the faces mainly bouldering as it is rarely scaled so there are no fixed anchor points. Our most notable sighting at Dodman Point were a pod of Dolphins. It's just awesome to see them jumping off the waters. Unfortunately, this yellow boat with a very noisy motor is going straight to the pod. He just keeps on going straight to them. Really causing a wildlife disturbance. Grey Seal Birds Butterfly Dragonfly  A dead Common Shrew Flowers Great day! Granite Cross Sooo exhilarating to be on the cliff edge!!! I always have an adrenaline rush. But I love it.
Location: Porthpean Golf Club Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls It's another great evening at our July club meeting. Emily Stevenson, was our brilliant speaker. Emily is the co-founder of Beach Guardian. Beach Guardian CIC is a Community Interest Company based in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Over the years regular beach cleaning has been done to collect and remove rubbish from the beaches; mainly washed up with the tide and mainly plastics from the sea. We now organise community beach cleans and conduct educational workshops with schools and other groups so that we are connecting people with the environment to improve health and wellbeing. The project’s aims and objectives include: 1) More regular, organised, community Beach Cleans and to encourage participation in the #2MinuteBeachClean initiative. 2) Educational Events to discuss about the impact on our local beaches and seas from plastics in the oceans so that pupils develop care and concern for their natural environment. 3) Encourage more local people to do beach cleans and share their findings which benefits mental health and wellbeing as well as the environment. 4) To record and report dead animals to Cornwall Wildlife Trust, Egg Cases to The Shark Trust and all washed up animals to the Marine Strandings Network. 5) To encourage more local businesses to support the “Final Straw Cornwall” and “Refill Cornwall” initiatives. 6) To encourage local Councils to adopt the Surfers Against Sewage Plastic-free Status Award. See the first two locations here: https://www.facebook.com/PlasticFreePadstow & https://www.facebook.com/PlasticFreeStMerryn. 7) To encourage all of Cornwall’s Harbours and fishermen to engage in the “Fishing for Litter” initiative. 8) To do art installations using plastics found washed up on local beaches to raise awareness. 9) To work with Visit Cornwall, TICs and holiday companies to ensure that visitors to Cornwall engage and are aware of these and other initiatives. 10) To introduce other schemes that have worked elsewhere in the country, such as “fill a bucket with plastic off the beach and claim a free cup of coffee” at beach cafes etc. Soroptimist Members of St Austell and District Preseident Sandra Heyward and Emily Stevenson Emily Stevenson The 3 birthday girls - Rowena, Kay and Julie Lovely cupcakes from Jeanette Gay Spectacular view at Porthpean Golf Club
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