Environmental Records Centre
for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Welcome to the Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

The Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (ERCCIS) collates and manages all wildlife and geological information relating to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Bryher, Isles of Scilly
photograph taken by Jean Paton

Individuals and organisations give thousands of wildlife records to us each year. These records, when collated together, help us to gain a more complete picture of the biodiversity of Cornwall and Scilly.

Heathland photograph taken by Nick Tregenza

The Environmental Records Centre is part of, and hosted by, the Cornwall Wildlife Trust and is largely funded by the Trust, Cornwall County Council and Natural England. It is run in partnership with a range of data users and providers, including the Environment Agency, The National Trust, the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, district councils and the Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Federation of Biological Recorders.

What’s new …..

• Biological Recording Workshops and Field Trips programme - updated 28th September 2007
• Handbook for Biological Recorders, 2nd edition 2006 – fully revised and updated now available
• New section dedicated to Cornish species has been added to our site. Click here for further details.
• A new publication has just been produced detailing the species of grasshoppers and crickets (orthoptera) and their distribution in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Click here for further details.

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