The pair were honoured for their work recording marine life in Cornwall and across the country
Matt Slater is the coordinator for Seasearch Cornwall and has overseen the collection of more than 30,000 recordsMatt Slater from the Cornwall Wildlife Trust was awarded for training divers to record marine life.
Both were presented with their prizes in the National Biodiversity Network awards at the Natural History Museum in London. He said: "I love how every dive, snorkel or rock pooling session still yields animals and seaweeds that I haven't seen before."Ms Williams, whose work recorded a rare pod of bottlenose dolphins, said: "Collecting data on our wildlife is the only way we will be able to understand, conserve and protect it."
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