Tag: Cornwall

  • Winter Heliotrope

    Winter Heliotrope

    This winter-flowering, vanilla-scented plant of waste places and roadsides is not native to Britain, but is a valuable source of nectar for emerging insects in the earliest days of spring. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Rook

    Rook

    Rooks, familiar across the British countryside, also have an important place in our folklore. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Sea Campion

    Sea Campion

    Sea Campion, a flower of early to mid-summer, flowers into the autumn on The Lizard’s clifftops. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Mute Swan

    Mute Swan

    Watch for graceful Mute Swans on The Lizard. The creeks of the Helford River are a good place to look. Photo: © Amanda Scott

  • Greenfinch

    Greenfinch

    If you feed your garden birds, you probably won’t need to go far to see Greenfinches, a regular garden visitor, on The Lizard. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Golden Plover

    Golden Plover

    Golden Plovers hang out together in flocks on grasslands and marshy areas in the winter. Windmill Farm is one of the best places to see them on The Lizard. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Grey Heron

    Grey Heron

    Grey Herons can be spotted fishing at places such as the Helford River or Windmill Farm.  Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Kestrel

    Kestrel

    Kestrels, with their narrow wings and long tails, can often be seen over The Lizard. Photo: © Natural England/Julian Dowse

  • Butcher’s-broom

    Butcher’s-broom

    Interesting name, unusual plant – watch out for the small green flowers in late winter and the large red berry fruits between October and May. Kennack Sands is a good place to find this plant. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Red Admiral

    Red Admiral

    The migratory Red Admiral butterfly can be spotted from spring until winter in the milder climate of the south-west. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Lapwing

    Lapwing

    Numbers of resident Lapwings are increased by birds migrating from northern Europe in the winter. Watch out for them in pastures and wetlands. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Ivy

    Ivy

    Ivy provides shelter and food for many species of invertebrates, birds and small mammals, so its autumn flowers are a welcome sight. Look out for it climbing up trees or carpeting woodland floors. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Meadow Pipit

    Meadow Pipit

    In autumn, Meadow Pipits migrate southward and to lowland areas. Watch out for them on The Lizard. Photo: © Allan Drewitt/Natural England

  • Parasol mushroom

    Parasol mushroom

    No prizes for guessing why this mushroom is called the Parasol…This one was spotted at Soapy Cove. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Wild Teasel

    Wild Teasel

    The dried spiny seedheads of Wild Teasel persist throughout the autumn and winter. They can be found in many habitats, including sand dunes, providing food for birds like Goldfinches. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Marsh Ragwort

    Marsh Ragwort

    Marsh Ragwort can be seen flowering in the marshier places and wet meadows on the Lizard from high summer to early autumn. Photo: Marsh Ragwort , Baltasound by Mike Pennington, via Wikimedia Commons