Tag: Cornwall

  • Starling

    Starling

    The glossy plumage of a starling is beautiful to see on a crisp autumn day on the Lizard. In the autumn, you can see the amazing spectacle of a starling murumuration – Poldhu is a good spot. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • 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 September. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Field Gentian

    Field Gentian

    The lovely violet flowers of Field Gentian are a rarity. More common in the north of the UK, they are found in a small handful of places on The Lizard in late summer, including old trackways across the serpentine heaths. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Wren

    Wren

    The Wren is the most common breeding bird in Britain. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Small Tortoiseshell

    Small Tortoiseshell

    Small Tortoiseshells usually produce two broods in a year, and so a second-generation of adults emerges in August. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Pillwort

    Pillwort

    Look out for the rare, small fern Pillwort, which has benefited from conservation work on The Lizard. Ruan Pool on Windmill Farm is a good place to search. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Curlew

    Curlew

    Watch out for Curlews in July and August as they start to move to the coast. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Sea-holly

    Sea-holly

    Insect pollinators love the spiky blue flowers of Sea-holly. Loe Bar is a wonderful place to spot this lovely plant. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Common Blue

    Common Blue

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

  • Harebell

    Harebell

    Nodding Harebell flowers start to blossom on the Lizard from July, taking over from Sheep’s-bit as it begins to fade. Photo: janetgraham84new, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Common Dolphin

    Common Dolphin

    Watch out for schools of splashing and leaping Common Dolphins round The Lizard. Photo: © Natural England / Rebecca Walker

  • Dyer’s Greenweed

    Dyer’s Greenweed

    The yellow flowers of Dyer’s Greenweed can be seen on the Lizard from June to August. The cliffs near Kynance Farm are a good place to look. Photo: © Natural England/Neil Pike

  • Sulphur Beetle

    Sulphur Beetle

    The bright colour of Sulphur Beetles makes them hard to miss, despite being small. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Wheatear

    Wheatear

    Wheatears are summer visitors to Britain, and in July you can often spot juveniles born in the same year, as well as the striking adults.  Photo: © Richard Birchett

  • Ringlet

    Ringlet

    Ringlets may not be as showy as some other butterflies, but they have their own gentle charm. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Wild Thyme

    Wild Thyme

    Wild Thyme is in full bloom on The Lizard in July. Photo: Amanda Scott