Author: raysurridge

  • 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 peninsula. We work closely with Cornwall Council’s Historic Environment service, Natural England and the National Trust on the Lizard, and in the five years since…

  • 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 to spot this delicate, pretty plant. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • 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 “wild land” known as Main Dale, this is part of the Lizard National Nature Reserve managed by Natural England. You will see the land is…

  • 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 the CBWPS and the CWT. To find the farm, follow the A3083 Helston to Lizard road. 3 kms after the B3296 to Mullion Cove, look…

  • 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

  • Chough

    Chough

    Choughs have been breeding on The Lizard for many years now. Photo: © Dean Pollard