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  • Conservation Ponies Part 2

    Conservation Ponies Part 2

    What is it? Benefits and Breeds   What is it?Managing interesting landscapes in a low intensive way to encourage the wildlife and plants that these areas support. • Conservation grazing […]

  • Conservation Ponies Part 1

    Conservation Ponies Part 1

    History For many people the bleak looking downs and moors of the Lizard are iconic parts of its landscape.Due to their wild appearance it is easy to imagine the downs […]

  • Dartmoor Pony

    Dartmoor Pony

    Dartmoor Ponies are a favourite breed for conservation grazing. You can find them on our East Cornwall National Nature Reserves. Photo: Debbie Sea-Kay

  • Sexton beetle

    Sexton beetle

    As spring arrives, we can look forward not only to budding flowers, but also to insects, like this Sexton beetle, greeting another year. Photo: Debbie Sea-Kay

  • Badger

    Badger

    With its striking black and white striped head, the badger is one of our most instantly recognisable mammals. Photo: Caroline Legg, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Pallas’s Warbler

    Pallas’s Warbler

    This autumn and winter visitor to The Lizard was hanging out at Coverack’s sewage works in early 2019. Photo: Dougy Wright

  • The Crawfish Comeback

    The Crawfish Comeback

    Waters around the Lizard appear to be playing an important role in the recovery of an iconic crustacean from a population crash that threatened it with near-extinction in the 70’s […]

  • Fly Agaric

    Fly Agaric

    It’s the picturebook ‘pixie toadstool’ – and there’s lots of it about in the autumn. Look for it in woodland. Photo: © Natural England/Peter Wakely

  • Carline Thistle

    Carline Thistle

    Late-flowering Carline Thistles bring a touch of gold to the early autumn landscape at Kennack Sands. The dry flowerheads persist through the winter. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Glossy Ibis

    Glossy Ibis

    This beautiful wader used to be considered a vagrant, but is becoming a more common, if still occasional, migratory visitor. Croft Pascoe Pool, on Goonhilly Downs is a good place […]

  • Kennack Sands

  • Barn Owl

    Barn Owl

    Also known as the Ghost Owl, this nocturnal bird of prey can sometimes be seen hunting during the day. An early evening or dusk walk through the National Trust’s Penrose estate […]

  • Lowland Point (Coverack)

    Lowland Point (Coverack)

    Mention The Lizard, and you may think of the wild west coast, with its serpentine cliffs and iconic coves, or the open expanse of heathland at Goonhilly. Delve a little […]

  • Common Heath

    Common Heath

    This day-flying moth species is on the wing in June across heathlands on The Lizard. Photo: Sarah Board

  • Broad-bodied Chaser

    Broad-bodied Chaser

    Windmill Farm is a haven for dragon- and damselflies, including species such as this Broad-bodied Chaser. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Green Tiger Beetle

    Green Tiger Beetle

    This might be our commonest tiger beetle, but its metallic green hue and long-legged bursts of speed make it a delight to see in the spring and summer. Photo: © […]

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