Wildlife Trust appeal for helpers

Cornwall Wildlife Trust are encouraging volunteers to come forward to help them record dolphin and porpoise strandings.

Last year 250 of the animals were found on the county’s beaches and this year already many have been washed up.

Volunteers are expected to record and measure the animals. The information can then be used to track how the animals die and why.

But the Wildlife Trust says there aren’t enough people to do the job. You can send off for a recording pack which you can use to record sightings of dolphins alive as well as stranded.

Anyone wanting to become a volunteer should phone 01872 273939.