Category: grassland-b

  • Carrion Crow

    Carrion Crow

    Carrion Crows can be seen throughout the year. All too often maligned in popular culture, these are amazing and intelligent birds.Photo: © Richard Birchett

  • Ring Ouzel

    Ring Ouzel

    This member of the thrush family is easily mistaken at a distance for its cousin, the Blackbird, but a closer look gives the game away. A passage migrant across The […]

  • Barn Owl

    Barn Owl

    Also known as the Ghost Owl, this nocturnal bird of prey can sometimes be seen hunting during the day. An early evening or dusk walk through the National Trust’s Penrose […]

  • Woodchat Shrike

    Woodchat Shrike

    The Woodchat Shrike is a lovely species from further south that is an occasional vagrant to our shores.Photo: Dougy Wright

  • Blackbird

    Blackbird

    Blackbirds can be seen throughout the year on The Lizard. Photo: © Julian Dowse/Natural England

  • Redwing

    Redwing

    Windmill Farm is a good place to spot these winter visitors. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Fieldfare

    Fieldfare

    Flocks of Fieldfares can be spotted out on The Lizard through the winter. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Short-eared Owl

    Short-eared Owl

    Short-eared Owls often hunt by day, so it’s worth keeping an eye out for them, especially through the winter. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Snow Bunting

    Snow Bunting

    A breath of Arctic air – Snow Buntings can be spotted on migration at Lizard Point. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Sparrowhawk

    Sparrowhawk

    Although the Sparrowhawk breeds in woodland, it can be spotted hunting across many habitats. Photo: © Natural England/Andy Neale

  • Sand Martin

    Sand Martin

    In the spring and early summer, look out for breeding Sand Martins. They nest in burrows in sandy banks and cliffs. Photo: Myosotis Scorpioides at en.wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL]

  • Buzzard

    Buzzard

    The Buzzard is the most common bird of prey in the UK. Photo: Richard Birchett

  • Jackdaw

    Jackdaw

    A flock of Jackdaws used to be called a ‘clattering’ – for obvious reasons! Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Skylark

    Skylark

    In spring and summer, the skies above the heaths and fields of the Lizard are full of the beautiful song of the Skylark. Photo: © Natural England/P. N. Watts

  • Wryneck

    Wryneck

    The Wryneck, a relative of the woodpeckers, is one of the rarer visitors to the Lizard in the autumn migrant season. Photo: © Natural England/Dave Cornwell

  • Starling

    Starling

    The glossy plumage of a starling is beautiful to see on a crisp autumn day on the Lizard. In the autumn, you can see the amazing spectacle of a starling […]