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NHS Wild Wellbeing Across The Lizard
Summary Over the past twelve months, the National Trust, in partnership with the NHS Mental Health Support Team and Natural England, has had the pleasure of welcoming parents and their […]
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Kynance Gate Hut Circle Settlement
Summary Kynance Gate hut circle settlement was part of Cornwall National Landscape’s A Monumental Improvement Project which aimed to ensure that 40 scheduled monuments across Cornwall National Landscape were better […]
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Linking the Lizard
By working across boundaries, we hope to ensure that The Lizard Peninsula continues to be internationally recognised for its rich and unique wildlife, landscape, cultural heritage and for its outdoor […]
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Gunwalloe: Winnianton Farm Landscape Project
Summary Phase 2 of a project to further restore the landscape through demolition of inappropriate buildings, adaptive reuse of traditional buildings, improved visitor experience (new accessible toilets and café), increased […]
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Reawakening The Lizard
Wildlife Groundswell’s exciting new project: nature recovery across the Lizard peninsula Drawing together and expanding on Wildlife Groundswell’s existing projects, and in collaboration with other organisations, Reawakening The Lizard is our […]
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Historic bones and teeth discovered at Lizard Point
Excavations have been underway at the National Trust’s Lizard Point in Cornwall after a young visitor found a historic tooth which was identified as human. The discovery Arthur, aged seven, […]
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Knopper Gall
Knopper Galls, induced by a parasitic wasp, are one of the many kinds of galls found on our native oak trees. Head to our section on invertebrates to find out more. Photo: […]
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Knopper Gall
Knopper Galls are found on the acorns of Pedunculate Oaks, and are also reliant on the Turkey Oak during their life cycle. The knobbly growths are produced by the Knopper […]
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Swift
Those screaming cries, that wheeling flight – the sound and sight of summer. Photo: © Alexis Lours, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Silver-studded Blue
Silver-studded Blues are on the cusp of emerging. Look for the bright blue males flitting among the heather and grasses. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Brimstone
Only occasionally recorded on The Lizard and in the west of Cornwall, elsewhere Brimstones are among the first butterflies to be spotted in early spring. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Mistletoe
Mistletoe’s stronghold is central and southern England, but it is scattered locally elsewhere in the south and southwest. Its balls of evergreen leaves and stems are easiest to spot in […]
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Common Mussel
The Common (or Blue) Mussel is a common find on our shores. Look for them attached to rocks in rockpools, and in the zone between high and low tide. Photo: […]
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Marine: birds
Crab Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay
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Marine: life
Crab Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay
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Freshwater: plants
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