Tag: Lowland heathland

  • Silver-studded Blue

    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

  • Leptothrix

    Leptothrix

    No, it’s not a miniature oil slick. That oily film on the surface of puddles on The Lizard is an iron-oxidizing bacterium. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Habitats of The Lizard

    Habitats of The Lizard

    This article is an extract from Classic British Wildlife Sites –The Lizard Peninsula by Andrew Byfield in British Wildlife, 3 (2), pp. 92–105 (1991). Travelling from north to south across the Peninsula one is immediately struck by the flat treeless nature of much of the landscape. The flatness is testimony to the force of wave action…

  • A heathland haven

    A heathland haven

    The Lizard Peninsula is remarkable for its wealth of wildlife and the quality of its landscape. It is a designated Special Area of Conservation in recognition of its outstanding international importance. The expansive heathlands are perhaps the most obvious and most significant part of the mosaic. Open heathland is actually rarer than rainforest! In the…