Author: raysurridge
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Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpeckers often turn up at the birdfeeder at the Natural England offices on The Lizard. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Song Thrush
Song Thrushes are among the first birds to start singing in the earliest days of spring, but don’t be surprised if you hear one in mid-winter. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Yellow Stagshorn
It’s easy to see how this fungus got its name. It is most commonly seen from summer to autumn. Photo: Nomeda Vėlavičienė, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Little Egret
Look for Little Egrets in the creeks of the Helford. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Enquiries
General enquiries: please email: admin@the-lizard.org . Your message will be redirected to relevant members of the partnership. Specific enquiries: please use the About us link on the top menu, where […]
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Purple Sandpiper
Scan the rocks near Lizard Point in the winter months, and you may be lucky enough to find a flock of hard-to-see Purple Sandpipers. Photo: By Myosotis Scorpioides at en.wikipedia, […]
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Frogs eager to breed in Cornwall
The common frog Rana temporaria is a familiar sight across the UK. In any shallow standing water you are likely to come across tell-tale clumps of spawn, and tadpoles and […]
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A Summary of Sightings at Windmill Farm National Nature Reserve
Another great year at Windmill Farm! Cornwall Wildlife Trust and the CBWPS continue to provide excellent support to the upkeep, development and regeneration of the farm back to its natural […]
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Holly
“Deck the halls with boughs of holly”…Perhaps the favourite plant for Christmas decorations, Holly is also one of our most familiar woodland shrubs. Look out for its evergreen leaves on […]
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Turnstones on the Helford
The UK hosts an important overwintering population of Turnstones. Watch out for them on rockier shores round the Lizard coastline. Turnstones on the Helford Ray Surridge on Vimeo. Read more….
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Blue Roundhead
the beautiful Blue Roundhead is usually associated with summer and autumn, but might linger on into the winter. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Rabbit
We’re very familiar with rabbits in Britain, but did you know they are in serious decline in their native range in south-west Europe? Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Lizard Wildlife
The Lizard is especially known for its wonderful flora and the diversity of butterflies and moths that it attracts, as well as its birdlife. There are, however, plenty […]
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Volunteering – Wildlife Watching and Surveys
Between us – the Linking the Lizard partner organisations – we own and manage a considerable area of land on the Lizard. Unfortunately, there just isn’t enough time in the […]
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Working Holidays & Traineeships
Working Holidays with the National Trust At the heart of rich farmland and woodland in the Penrose Estate near Loe Bar, the National Trust offer several working holidays […]
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Volunteering in Outdoor Education
Many of the educational activities and community events held outdoors on the Lizard are run by the Wild Lizard Education Ranger, through The Wild Lizard Project. The project is funded […]