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  • Main Dale

    Main Dale

    If you are lucky enough find yourself on the road that leads to Roskilly’s, for lunch or a delicious ice cream, you will probably be driving through an area of […]

  • Adder

    Adder

    Adders can be spotted as the weather begins to get warmer and they emerge from hibernation. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Green-winged Orchid

    Green-winged Orchid

    Predannack or Windmill Farm are good places to look for Green-winged Orchids. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Spring Squill

    Spring Squill

    Spring Squill can be found flowering on the coast from April to May. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Peregrine

    Peregrine

    Peregrines can be seen round The Lizard. Photo: © Richard Birchett 

  • Spring and early summer at Windmill Farm National Nature Reserve

    Spring and early summer at Windmill Farm National Nature Reserve

    Hi all – I am Dougy the volunteer warden (on behalf of the Cornwall Bird Watching and Preservation Society and the Cornwall Wildlife Trust). The reserve is jointly owned by […]

  • Alexanders

    Alexanders

    Alexanders are among the first umbellifers to grace the verges and hedges of The Lizard in spring. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Spring Sandwort

    Spring Sandwort

    Spring Sandwort flowers from May to September – try Caerthillian or Kynance for good places to find it. Photo: © Natural England/Neil Pike

  • Blackthorn

    Blackthorn

    Blackthorn flowers blossom before their leaves, appearing in glorious masses in the hedgerows, in April into May.  Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Chough

    Chough

        Choughs have been breeding at Southerly Point for many years now. Photo: Ken Billington

  • World War II discoveries at Windmill Farm

    World War II discoveries at Windmill Farm

    In this short article, originally published as a blog post on our website back in April 2013, Nick Marriott of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust describes the discovery of some pill […]

  • Volunteering

    Volunteers have always been, and will always be, important to Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Without volunteers the Trust would never have come into existence. Volunteering for the Trust is rewarding and […]

  • Habitats of The Lizard

    Habitats of The Lizard

    This article is an extract from Classic British Wildlife Sites –The Lizard Peninsula by Andrew Byfield in British Wildlife, 3 (2), pp. 92–105 (1991). Travelling from north to south across the […]

  • Where and When to see The Lizard Flora and Fauna

    Where and When to see The Lizard Flora and Fauna

    The Lizard peninsula more than warrants a visit at any time of year. March or April is the best time to see the early species such as Early Meadow Grass, […]

  • Wonderfully rich botanically

    Wonderfully rich botanically

    This article is an extract from Classic British Wildlife Sites –The Lizard Peninsula by Andrew Byfield in British Wildlife, 3 (2), pp. 92–105 (1991). So Why is The Lizard so wonderfully […]

  • The Lizard land use

    Location The most southerly point of England, The Lizard is sparsely populated, with just over 3% of the area being defined as urban: settlements are mainly being concentrated along the […]

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