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Dunlin
Dunlins can be spotted in estuaries and salt marshes in the autumn and winter. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Balearic Island visitors
Fig1: Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)* The Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus is Europe’s only Critically Endangered seabird with a population thought to be around 3200 breeding pairs (18000-25000 individuals). The breeding […]
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Sanderling
The south-west is not such a good place to look for Sanderlings on migration, but a few do turn up each year. Predannack is one good place to look. Photo: © […]
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Hornet
Hornets are not anything like as fearsome as they look. Photo: Ray Surridge
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Whimbrel
Whimbrels may be spotted at Lizard Point on migration in the spring and later summer into autumn. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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The Magnificence of Meadows
Is there anything that is essentially more summertime than lying in a ripe flower-rich meadow? The grassheads have turned golden and hang heavy with seed that wafts in the gently […]
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Compass Jellyfish
It’s easy to see how the Compass Jellyfish gets its name. Photo: Ray Surridge
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Garden Tiger
The spectacular Garden Tiger moth is on the wing in July and August, followed from August to June by its ‘Woolly Bear caterpillars. Photo: Ben Sale from UK, CC BY […]
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Gatekeeper
Mid to late July into early August is the peak time for the chocolate-and-orange Gatekeeper butterfly. Look out for them round hedgerows and scrubby areas. Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC […]
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Betony
Purple spikes of Betony put on a lovely display along coastal paths in the summer. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Pollinators: butterflies and moths
While butterflies and moths are not generally as efficient pollinators as some other insects, they do their bit. Photo: Dougy Wright
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Privet Hawk-moth
This lovely Privet Hawkmoth was spotted at Caerthillian, resting on a fence. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Pollinators: hoverflies
Did you know hoverflies form an important group of pollinators? Read on to find out more about them from local hoverfly enthusiast Andy Pay.Photo: Andy Pay
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Soaprock and porcelain on the Lizard
The simple act of pouring boiling water into a cup belies a complex history; the origins of which partly lie in a stretch of coastline between Mullion Cove and Pentreath […]
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Diary of a Pony-patter
I was at a social gathering several years ago wherein I fell into conversation with a rather grand woman who enquired what I did for a living. When she learned […]
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Common Butterwort
The delicate violet flowers of Common Butterwort can be spotted from May to July in boggier spots on The Lizard. Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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