Author: Amanda Scott

  • Great Northern Diver

    Great Northern Diver

    Great Northern Divers are winter visitors to the seas of the Lizard. Photo: by P199

  • Cormorant

    Cormorant

    Cormorants are expert fishers: they can be seen round the coast of The Lizard and on the Helford. Photo: Ray Surridge

  • Grey Seal

    Grey Seal

    In the UK, Grey Seal pups are born between September and December. Photo: © Richard Birchett

  • Chequered Hoverfly

    Chequered Hoverfly

    There are many species of hoverfly in the UK. While most are known only by their scientific name, this one is distinguished by having a common name of its own. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Garden Spider

    Garden Spider

    In late summer and early autumn, you may notice orb spiderwebs covering the shrubs and long grass alongside the coastal paths on the Lizard, glistening with dew in the early morning. They will have been made by the Garden Spider, common in Cornwall. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Speckled Bush-cricket

    Speckled Bush-cricket

    This is a species that is often hard to spot with its leaf-coloured camouflage. Photo: Ray Surridge

  • Ocean Sunfish

    Ocean Sunfish

    The warm weather of summer brings Ocean Sunfish to seas around the Lizard. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Great Green Bush-cricket

    Great Green Bush-cricket

    The Great Green Bush-cricket’s preferred habitat is brambly scrubland, bracken and hedges. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Shore Crab

    Shore Crab

    If you’ve ever found a crab when rock-pooling, there’s every chance it was a Shore Crab.  Photo: Ray Surridge

  • Grey Bush-cricket

    Grey Bush-cricket

    This female Grey Bush-cricket climbed on to a rucksack strap to pose for the camera at Kynance. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Gold-ringed Dragonfly

    Gold-ringed Dragonfly

    Gold-ringed Dragonflies have a mostly western distribution in the UK. Look out for them on The Lizard’s heathland. Photo: © Natural England/Isabel Alonso

  • Slow Worm

    Slow Worm

    Slow Worms are perhaps our most secretive lizards. Photo: © Natural England/Philip Ray

  • Common Frog

    Common Frog

    Frogspawn is usually seen very early in the Spring on the Lizard, often as early as January, in pools and even in waterlogged ruts on tracks.  Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Adder

    Adder

    Adders can be spotted as the weather begins to get warmer and they emerge from hibernation. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Nature Conservation on The Lizard

    Nature Conservation on The Lizard

    Although much of the unique natural history value of The Lizard was not recognized until relatively recently, its wildlife resources are now very well protected. There are a host of designations, dedicated organisations and individuals which combine to ensure that this priceless area is best conserved. The heathlands and the coastline stand out as the…