Tag: Cornwall

  • Wood-sorrel

    Wood-sorrel

    Wood-sorrel blooms in April and May. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Bar-tailed Godwit

    Bar-tailed Godwit

    Look out for this long-beaked wader round The Lizard coastline in winter, or on passage in spring and autumn. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Bluebells

    Bluebells

    You know it is spring when bluebells start to bloom.  Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Cuckoo

    Cuckoo

    Cuckoos migrate back to the UK in the spring. Photo: Dougy Wright

  • Early Forget-me-not

    Early Forget-me-not

    In the spring, look out for the tiny and delicate blue flowers of Early Forget-me-not nestling on sandy cliff-top and heathland soils round The Lizard. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Thrift

    Thrift

    The lollipop heads of Thrift start to bloom in April, all pink and gorgeous on the clifftops. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Peacock

    Peacock

    Peacock butterflies emerge into the sunshine from their winter sleep in the spring. Photo: © Natural England/Paul Glendell

  • Primrose

    Primrose

    It must be spring when there are primroses. Photo: © Natural England/Peter Roworth

  • Earthtongues

    Earthtongues

    There are nine species of Earthtongues in the UK. Often overlooked, they are an important indicator of ancient unimproved grassland. Photo: gailhampshire, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Goldfinch

    Goldfinch

    Who doesn’t love a Goldfinch? Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Herring Gull

    Herring Gull

    Did you know the Herring Gull is a red-listed species in the UK? Photo: © Natural England/Julian Dowse

  • Song Thrush

    Song Thrush

    Song Thrushes are among the first birds to start singing in the earliest days of spring, but don’t be surprised if you hear one in mid-winter. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Yellow Stagshorn

    Yellow Stagshorn

    It’s easy to see how this fungus got its name. It is most commonly seen from summer to autumn. Photo: Nomeda Vėlavičienė, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Little Egret

    Little Egret

    Look for Little Egrets in the creeks of the Helford. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Roe Deer

    Roe Deer

    Although still more common in eastern and central Cornwall, Roe Deer have more recently been spreading further west, including to The Lizard. Windmill Farm is a good place to see […]

  • Holly

    Holly

    “Deck the halls with boughs of holly”…Perhaps the favourite plant for Christmas decorations, Holly is also one of our most familiar woodland shrubs. Look out for its evergreen leaves on […]