Tag: Cornwall
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Blue Roundhead
the beautiful Blue Roundhead is usually associated with summer and autumn, but might linger on into the winter. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Penny Bun
Penny Bun mushrooms are not often found on The Lizard; these were spotted in a spruce plantation. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Hedgehog
Hedgehogs are not numerous on The Lizard, but keep an eye out on those late evening strolls from spring to autumn. Photo: © Amanda Scott
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Chiffchaff
Mainly a summer visitor to the UK, a small but increasing number of this small warbler with its familiar song now overwinters here. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Shag
This Shag was spotted building its nest at Lizard Point. Photo: © Richard Birchett
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Raven
The highly intelligent Raven has great aerial ability given its large size. Photo: © Richard Birchett
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Traveller’s-joy
It is a joy to find our only native clematis scrambling through a hedge or fence. Photo: © Natural England/Peter Roworth
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Field Madder
The books say that Field Madder flowers until October, but it is often still hanging in there into November on The Lizard. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Whooper Swan
Overwintering and migrating Whooper Swans can be spotted on The Lizard’s inland pools in autumn and winter. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Great Black-backed Gull
In winter, Great Black-backed Gulls will often venture inland to hunt for food: look out for them near inland pools or scavenging at disposal sites.Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA […]
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Jelly Ear
Jelly Ear fungus can be spotted in the autumn and right through winter. It is usually found on dead or dying Elder wood. Photo: Josh Milburn at Mushroom Observer, CC […]
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Evening-primrose
Evening-primrose can be spotted into the autumn in milder weather. Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Buzzard
The Buzzard is the most common bird of prey in the UK.Photo: © Richard Birchett
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Black-headed Gull
Black-headed Gulls form large flocks in the autumn and winter months. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Black Medick
The small flowers of Black Medick are delicately pretty. In the autumn, look out for the distinctive black seedpods that give Black Medick, a cousin to the clovers, its name. […]
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Bristly Oxtongue
It may not be the prettiest of plants, but Bristly Oxtongue, which flowers from June into the autumn, has some impressive spikes on its leaves. Photo: Stemonitis, CC BY-SA 3.0, […]