Tag: The Lizard

  • Fringed Rupturewort

    Fringed Rupturewort

    Fringed Rupturewort, one of the rare plants of the Lizard, can be seen in sandy and rocky habitats. A small, unassuming plant, look for its brighter green colouring among the […]

  • Thyme Broomrape

    Thyme Broomrape

    Thyme Broomrape can be spotted along the sea cliffs in early summer. Just south of Kynance Cove is a good place to spot this distinctive plant. Photo: © Natural England/Neil […]

  • Common Milkwort

    Common Milkwort

    The grassy cliff tops of The Lizard are full of Common Milkwort from spring and into summer – the coastal path between Coverack and Lowland Point is a good place […]

  • Twin-headed Clover

    Twin-headed Clover

    Caerthillian is one of the best places to see some of the rare clovers that are found on the Lizard in late spring, including Twin-headed Clover. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Slow Worm

    Slow Worm

    Slow Worms are perhaps our most secretive lizards. Photo: © Natural England/Philip Ray

  • Long-headed Clover

    Long-headed Clover

    Long-headed Clover, one of the the Lizard’s clover specialities, flowers on the cliffs at Caerthillian in early summer. Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 

  • Sheep’s-bit

    Sheep’s-bit

    Usually flowering in high summer, The Lizard’s climate can see Sheep’s-bit in bloom as early as June. Photo: © Natural England/Neil Pike

  • Orange-tip

    Orange-tip

    Orange-tips can be seen on the wing along the hedgerows and verges as the weather becomes warmer in mid- to late spring. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Common Frog

    Common Frog

    Frogspawn is usually seen very early in the Spring on the Lizard, often as early as January, in pools and even in waterlogged ruts on tracks.  Photo: © Natural England/Allan […]

  • Adder

    Adder

    Adders can be spotted as the weather begins to get warmer and they emerge from hibernation. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Green-winged Orchid

    Green-winged Orchid

    Predannack or Windmill Farm are good places to look for Green-winged Orchids. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Spring Squill

    Spring Squill

    Spring Squill can be found flowering on the coast from April to May. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Alexanders

    Alexanders

    Alexanders are among the first umbellifers to grace the verges and hedges of The Lizard in spring. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Spring Sandwort

    Spring Sandwort

    Spring Sandwort flowers from May to September – try Caerthillian or Kynance for good places to find it. Photo: © Natural England/Neil Pike

  • Blackthorn

    Blackthorn

    Blackthorn flowers blossom before their leaves, appearing in glorious masses in the hedgerows, in April into May.  Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Chough

    Chough

    Choughs have been breeding on The Lizard for many years now. Photo: © Dean Pollard