Tag: Cornwall
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Penrose Social Walks: Chyvarloe
This walk is organised by the National Trust at Penrose. Everyone is welcome to join us for a gentle walk from Chyvarloe car park taking in the parts of the […]
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Christmas Trail: Get on Nature’s Nice List
This fun trail is organised by the National Trust at Penrose. Join us at the Stables Cafe, follow a free short trail around the Walled Garden at Penrose to uncover […]
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Penrose Weekend Walks: Highburrow
This walk is organised by the National Trust at Penrose. Everyone is welcome to join us for a gentle walk at Penrose, as part of our family walk series. This […]
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Penrose Social Walks: Penrose Hill
This walk is organised by the National Trust at Penrose. Everyone is welcome to join us for a gentle walk from Penrose Hill car park taking in the parkland at […]
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Penrose Social Walks: Highburrow
This walk is organised by the National Trust at Penrose. Everyone is welcome to join us for a gentle walk at Penrose, as part of our social walk series. This […]
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Reawakening The Lizard
Wildlife Groundswell’s exciting new project: nature recovery across the Lizard peninsula Drawing together and expanding on Wildlife Groundswell’s existing projects, and in collaboration with other organisations, Reawakening The Lizard is our […]
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Lizard Walks: Poldhu and Mullion Cove
This walk is organised by the National Trust. Starting at Poldhu and heading to Mullion Cove, this circular walk will take in countryside and far-reaching views out to sea. This […]
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Storms and Shipwrecks: A Walk Around Lizard Point
This walk is organised by the National Trust. Step into Cornwall’s dramatic maritime past with a guided walk around Lizard Point, Britain’s most southerly mainland point and a notorious graveyard […]
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Reawakening The Lizard: a Celebration of Nature
This event is hosted by Wildlife Groundswell. Save the date! Join us for Celebration of Nature – a day of talks, creativity, music, and community at the heart of the […]
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Historic bones and teeth discovered at Lizard Point
Excavations have been underway at the National Trust’s Lizard Point in Cornwall after a young visitor found a historic tooth which was identified as human. The discovery Arthur, aged seven, […]
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Swift
Those screaming cries, that wheeling flight – the sound and sight of summer. Photo: © Alexis Lours, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Silver-studded Blue
Silver-studded Blues are on the cusp of emerging. Look for the bright blue males flitting among the heather and grasses. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Brimstone
Only occasionally recorded on The Lizard and in the west of Cornwall, elsewhere Brimstones are among the first butterflies to be spotted in early spring. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Mistletoe
Mistletoe’s stronghold is central and southern England, but it is scattered locally elsewhere in the south and southwest. Its balls of evergreen leaves and stems are easiest to spot in […]
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Common Mussel
The Common (or Blue) Mussel is a common find on our shores. Look for them attached to rocks in rockpools, and in the zone between high and low tide. Photo: […]
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Willow woes
During the summer of 2023 there was a subtle but significant browning of the leaves on some of the Grey Willow, Salix cinerea, in the willow carr (wet woodland) at Penrose. […]