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In the land of the Goatsucker (article)
With winter finally retreating into history and warmer days once more with us, many people will be noting their favourite signs of the coming of Spring and Summer. For some […]
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Oystercatcher
Oystercatchers are often spotted round The Lizard’s shoreline. Photo: © Allan Drewitt/Natural England
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Swallow
Swallows are always an uplifting sight in the spring and throughout the summer. Photo: © Richard Birchett
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Gannet
Gannets do not breed on the Lizard, but can be seen flying past over the sea as they hunt far and wide for food. Photo: © Natural England/AllanDrewitt
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Red Fox
The Red Fox is largely nocturnal creature, but can sometimes be spotted in the daytime. Photo: © Richard Birchett
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Early-purple Orchid
Early-purple Orchids enjoy the serpentine soils of the Lizard. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage is a low, spreading plant that lights up damp shady places with a golden glow in spring. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Wood Anemone
Also known as Windflower, the Wood Anemone is a flower of early spring, found in woodland glades and old hedgerows.Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Rock Pipit
This olive-brown bird is well-camouflaged on the stony beaches it calls home, but watch out for it perching on rocks or feeding along the tidewrack. Photo: MPF / CC BY-SA
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Golden Hair-lichen
It is always a pleasure to find the rare and beautiful Golden Hair-lichen. Kynance is a good place to search. Photo: Björn S…, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Lesser Celandine
The bright buttery glint of Lesser Celandine in the hedgerows and fields is a welcome early sign of spring. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Three-lobed Crowfoot
This speciality of muddy tracks and ruts on The Lizard starts to show its delicate, tiny white flowers in February and March. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Dog’s Mercury
Found mainly in woodlands and hedgerows, Dog’s Mercury is far from showy, but is distinguished by being one of the earlier plants to flower each year. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, […]
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Championing the Lizard’s rare liverworts
The Lizard is justly recognised as a hotspot for mosses and liverworts, as much as it is for rare clovers, rushes and wild asparagus. This article explains more and highlights an […]
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Fulmar
Fulmars look superficially like gulls but are, in fact, related to Albatrosses. They can be spotted near to coastal cliffs, such as at Lizard Point. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Great Northern Diver
Great Northern Divers are winter visitors to the seas of the Lizard. Photo: by P199
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