Tag: Butterflies

  • 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 […]

  • Common Blue

    Common Blue

    The Common Blue is one of the butterflies counted annually in Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count. Photo: Dougy Wright

  • Speckled Wood

    Speckled Wood

    Speckled Woods can be spotted in the shadier habitats of The Lizard. Flying from May to October, this is one of the butterflies that brightens the days into early autumn. […]

  • Clouded Yellow

    Clouded Yellow

    Clouded Yellow butterflies are summer visitors, arriving from May to June. The coast is a good place to watch out for them. Photo: Dougy Wright 

  • Orange-tip

    Orange-tip

    Orange-tips can be seen on the wing along the hedgerows and verges as the weather becomes warmer in mid- to late spring. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Butterflies on The Lizard

    Butterflies on The Lizard

    As ever with butterfly spotting the likelihood of finding a good diversity and number on the wing depends on the weather on the day, and the weather in preceeding weeks, […]