Author: raysurridge

  • Thyme Broomrape

    Thyme Broomrape

    Thyme Broomrape can be spotted along the sea cliffs in early summer. Just south of Kynance Cove is a good place to spot this distinctive plant. Photo: © Natural England/Neil […]

  • Blue Tit

    Blue Tit

    The Blue Tit is one of our most familiar birds, and a frequent visitor to bird tables. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt 

  • Out in the land with LAN

    Out in the land with LAN

    LAN is the acronym for the Lizard Ancient sites Network, a group of volunteers set up in 2009 to look after the prehistoric and early medieval sites on the Lizard […]

  • Common Milkwort

    Common Milkwort

    The grassy cliff tops of The Lizard are full of Common Milkwort from spring and into summer – the coastal path between Coverack and Lowland Point is a good place […]

  • Twin-headed Clover

    Twin-headed Clover

    Caerthillian is one of the best places to see some of the rare clovers that are found on the Lizard in late spring, including Twin-headed Clover. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Long-headed Clover

    Long-headed Clover

    Long-headed Clover, one of the the Lizard’s clover specialities, flowers on the cliffs at Caerthillian in early summer. Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 

  • Sheep’s-bit

    Sheep’s-bit

    Usually flowering in high summer, The Lizard’s climate can see Sheep’s-bit in bloom as early as June. Photo: © Natural England/Neil Pike

  • Orange-tip

    Orange-tip

    Orange-tips can be seen on the wing along the hedgerows and verges as the weather becomes warmer in mid- to late spring. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Main Dale

    Main Dale

    If you are lucky enough find yourself on the road that leads to Roskilly’s, for lunch or a delicious ice cream, you will probably be driving through an area of […]

  • Green-winged Orchid

    Green-winged Orchid

    Predannack or Windmill Farm are good places to look for Green-winged Orchids. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Spring Squill

    Spring Squill

    Spring Squill can be found flowering on the coast from April to May. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Peregrine

    Peregrine

    Peregrines can be seen round The Lizard. Photo: © Richard Birchett 

  • Spring and early summer at Windmill Farm National Nature Reserve

    Spring and early summer at Windmill Farm National Nature Reserve

    Hi all – I am Dougy the volunteer warden (on behalf of the Cornwall Bird Watching and Preservation Society and the Cornwall Wildlife Trust). The reserve is jointly owned by […]

  • Alexanders

    Alexanders

    Alexanders are among the first umbellifers to grace the verges and hedges of The Lizard in spring. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Spring Sandwort

    Spring Sandwort

    Spring Sandwort flowers from May to September – try Caerthillian or Kynance for good places to find it. Photo: © Natural England/Neil Pike

  • Blackthorn

    Blackthorn

    Blackthorn flowers blossom before their leaves, appearing in glorious masses in the hedgerows, in April into May.  Photo: Amanda Scott