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  • Common Darter

    Common Darter

    The Common Darter is one of our latest-flying dragonflies: it is on the wing from June into October, and even November in warmer autumns. Photo: © Natural England/Paul Lacey

  • Jackdaw

    Jackdaw

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

  • Greenshank

    Greenshank

    Croft Pascoe Pool on Goonhilly Downs is a great place for spotting migratory and overwintering waders in the autumn, including Greenshanks. Photo: Ilya Maclean

  • Grey Wagtail

    Grey Wagtail

    Grey Wagtails are found near upland streams in the summer, but move to lowland habitats in the winter. 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

  • Devil’s-bit Scabious

    Devil’s-bit Scabious

    Noted for being the larval food plant of the nationally rare Marsh Fritillary butterfly, Devil’s-bit Scabious is lovely in its own right. You can find it flowering on Mullion Cliffs in late summer into autumn. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Yellow Wagtail

    Yellow Wagtail

    Yellow Wagtails are summer visitors to eastern and northern parts of Britain. They can be spotted in the southwest on migration as they return to their winter home in Africa. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • 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

  • Butterflies at Windmill Farm Nature Reserve

    Butterflies at Windmill Farm Nature Reserve

    My main interest is birding; however I enjoy all the diverse flora and fauna that can be found on the Lizard. Summer is a relatively quiet time for bird rarities, but there is still plenty to see on the wing. This article highlights some of the fantastic butterflies that can be found on the Lizard.…

  • Kittiwake

    Kittiwake

    Kittiwakes live far out at sea during the winter, but can be spotted round the coast in the breeding season, from March to August. Photo: © Natural England/Neil Pike

  • 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 murumuration – Poldhu is a good spot. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Lesser Yellowlegs

    Lesser Yellowlegs

    This distinctive bird is an occasional vagrant visitor to the UK in the autumn. Photo: Wwcsig

  • Grayling

    Grayling

    Grayling butterflies require plenty of bare earth for basking, so watch out for them in later summer along the trackways of the Lizard Downs. They are on the wing into September. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • House Sparrow

    House Sparrow

    House Sparrows are in decline, but rural areas are less affected than cities. Look out for this gregarious bird in noisy flocks.Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Whitethroat

    Whitethroat

    One of our summer visitors, you can spot Whitethroats into early autumn as they pass by on their way to Africa for the winter. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Field Gentian

    Field Gentian

    The lovely violet flowers of Field Gentian are a rarity. More common in the north of the UK, they are found in a small handful of places on The Lizard in late summer, including old trackways across the serpentine heaths. Photo: Steve Townsend

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