Tag: Cornwall
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Lizard Walks: Lizard Village to Kynance
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. We will be starting at Lizard Village Green and taking in Kynance and Lizard Point on a circular route of around 4 miles (approx. 2.5 hours). We will be taking in the surrounding countryside and dramatic coastline including Lizard Point, with the opportunity to spot seals and…
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Lizard Walks: Lizard Village and Church Cove
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. We will be starting at Lizard Village Green and taking in Church Cove and Bass Point on a circular route of around 5 miles (approx. 3 hours). We will be taking in the surrounding countryside and dramatic coastline including Housel Bay, with the opportunity to spot seals…
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Lizard Walks: Coverack
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. In this walk we will be slightly upping the pace and walking a little further than the usual social walks. Everyone is welcome to join us for this walk, starting at Coverack and taking in Chynalls Point and Black Head on a circular route of around 4.5…
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Lizard Walks: Poltesco and Cadgwith
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. Everyone is welcome to join us for a gentle, circular walk from Ruan Minor taking in Poltesco and Cadgwith. The walk is approximately 3.5 miles long and will take around three hours. We will be taking in the surrounding coast and countryside including the old serpentine works…
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Ogor Dour Walk
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. Everyone is welcome to join us for a social walk starting at Teneriffe Farm Campsite, taking in the surrounding countryside, wildlife and dramatic coastline along the south west coast path. With stories of soap stone, shipwrecks and wildlife there is much to see on this walk. The…
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Ogor Dour Walk
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. Everyone is welcome to join us for a social walk starting at Teneriffe Farm Campsite, taking in the surrounding countryside, wildlife and dramatic coastline along the south west coast path. With stories of soap stone, shipwrecks and wildlife there is much to see on this walk. The…
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Lizard Wildlife Walk
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. Everyone is welcome to join us for a wildlife walk at Lizard Point, taking in the surrounding countryside and dramatic coastline, including the Wildlife Watchpoint and the opportunity to spot seals and choughs. The walk is approximately two miles and led by volunteer walk leaders, offering the…
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Lizard Wildlife Walk
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. Everyone is welcome to join us for a wildlife walk at Lizard Point, taking in the surrounding countryside and dramatic coastline, including the Wildlife Watchpoint and the opportunity to spot seals and choughs. The walk is approximately two miles and led by volunteer walk leaders, offering the…
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Guided Nature and Archaeology Walk: Kynance Gate
This is a joint event organised by Cornwall National Landscape and Natural England. Join our Natural Beauty & The Beast team, in partnership with Natural England, for our Guided walk at Kynance Gate to explore the amazing archaeology and ecology on The Lizard. When is this event? Thursday 30th July | Arrival time to be confirmed.…
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Holly Blue
The pretty Holly Blue is a butterfly of early spring and late summer. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Soil Circus by Maya Ronchetti
This exhibition is organised by Penrose National Trust. Please see their website for more details: https://bit.ly/4t73HFj Maya is a textiles and installation artist whose work explores the many ways people have connected with nature in the UK, drawing on cultural, historical and traditional stories, as well as more complex relationships with the natural world. For…
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Moth Event and Butterfly Walk at Windmill Farm
This event is organised by Cornwall Butterfly Conservation. Please check their website (https://www.cornwall-butterfly-conservation.org.uk/events.html) and social media for more information, including contact details; it is important to check the website and social media before an event in case of cancellation or changes, such as due to weather. Dougy Wright, CWT volunteer warden, will introduce the moths…
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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 most ambitious project to date! It aspires to restore nature on the Lizard peninsula to create a connected, diverse landscape, rich in plants and animals,…
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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, found a collection of teeth in the ground while exploring Lizard Point in August 2025. He showed them to Wildlife Watchpoint volunteer Ken Wallace who,…
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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 emerge in June. Look for the bright blue males flitting among the heather and grasses. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt