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Oak Marble Gall
Oak Marble Galls, common on oak trees, are created by a parasitic gall-wasp. Photo: AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Land Quillwort
Look out for the ‘Catherine Wheel’ leaf rosettes of Land Quillwort between autumn and spring, a plant that, in mainland Britain, is only found on The Lizard. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Winter Heliotrope
This winter-flowering, vanilla-scented plant of waste places and roadsides is not native to Britain, but is a valuable source of nectar for emerging insects in the earliest days of spring. […]
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Dartford Warbler (article)
This small, dark, long-tailed warbler is a resident breeder in the UK but in low numbers. It has suffered in the past from severe winters: its population crashed to a […]
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Rook
Rooks, familiar across the British countryside, also have an important place in our folklore. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Sand dunes: unsung heroes of coastal defence
Visitors to Poldhu Beach might be shocked to discover that much of the sand has disappeared following the storms and high seas at the beginning of January, unveiling a very […]
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The Lizard’s Wildlife Web
The Word Wide Web is increasingly becoming a wonderful medium to help wildlife spotting and for sharing information. Obviously there is nothing quite like getting out there and immersing yourself […]
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Sea Campion
Sea Campion, a flower of early to mid-summer, flowers into the autumn on The Lizard’s clifftops. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Mute Swan
Watch for graceful Mute Swans on The Lizard. The creeks of the Helford River are a good place to look. Photo: © Amanda Scott
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Greenfinch
If you feed your garden birds, you probably won’t need to go far to see Greenfinches, a regular garden visitor, on The Lizard. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Turnstone
The UK hosts an important overwintering population of Turnstones. Watch out for them on rockier shores round the Lizard coastline. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Kennack Towans: restoration of a dune
The many thousands of locals and visitors alike which stream onto Kennack Sands during the Spring and Summer months may well be unaware that a National Nature Reserve backs onto […]
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Golden Plover
Golden Plovers hang out together in flocks on grasslands and marshy areas in the winter. Windmill Farm is one of the best places to see them on The Lizard. Photo: […]
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Heathland restoration and re-creation on The Lizard
On The Lizard we can still enjoy relatively large expanses of heathland on a truly landscape scale. They are world famous for their unique assemblage of plants and animals and […]
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Long-tailed Tit
The Long-tailed Tit lives up to its name, with a tail that is longer than its body. Photo: Ray Surridge
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Birds to see in December on the Lizard (article)
Winter brings some special visitors to the Lizard. This article describes some of the bird species you can hope to see on a December day. As with all the seasons, […]
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