Tag: Cornwall
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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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Meadow Day: Meadows, Flowers and Horses
This is an event organised by Wildlife Groundswell. Wildlife Groundswell will be holding their annual free event for National Meadows Day at Kestle Barton on the afternoon of Saturday 4 July. This year, as well as enjoying being in the beautiful meadows, the afternoon will also focus on the ecological role of horses. Jenna Payne…
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Penrose Nature Spotters
This event is organised by Penrose National Trust. Please check their website for full details: https://bit.ly/4cdeQ04. This event is free (admission applies), and booking is not required. Everyone is welcome to join us for a gentle family friendly walk from Highburrow (Porthleven) taking in the parkland at Penrose. We will have nature spotting sheets available…
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Penrose Social Walks: Around Loe Pool
This event is organised by Penrose National Trust. Please see their website for full details:Around Loe Pool. The event is free, and booking is not required. Everyone is welcome to join us for a gentle walk around Loe Pool at Penrose, as part of our social walk series. This walk is approximately 6 miles and…
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Penrose Social Walks: Degibna
This event is organised by Penrose National Trust. Please see their website for more details: more information. The event is free (normal admission charge applies), and booking is not needed. Everyone is welcome to join us for a gentle walk from Degibna car park taking in woodlands and views across Loe Pool as part of…
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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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Lizard Walks: Kynance
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. Please see their website for full details: https://bit.ly/41rS7sv Everyone is welcome to join us for a gentle, circular walk, taking in the surrounding countryside and dramatic coastline. The walks are approximately 3 miles and led by volunteer walk leaders, offering the opportunity for fresh air and time…
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Chough Walk
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. Please check their website for full details: https://bit.ly/41yTZQ7. Please note that the event is free but booking is essential. Call 0344 249 1895 to book. On this two hour walk we will introduce you to local wildlife and the Cornish choughs while taking in far-reaching views out…
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Ogor Dour Walk
This event is organised by Lizard National Trust. Check their website for full details: https://bit.ly/4c6HjGf 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…
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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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Butterfly Field Trip to Goonhilly Downs
This event is organised by the Cornwall Branch of Butterfly Conservation (CBC) in partnership with The Lizard’s Natural England (NE) team. Please check CBC’s website and social media for more information; and also check prior to each field trip in case of cancellation due to weather or other complications. Goonhilly Downs house a significant number…
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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
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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