This Kittiwake was seen on the cliffs of Lizard Point, Cornwall and seemed strangely subdued. A first winter bird with summer plummage breaking through, it appeared tired and reluctant to fly despite being close to the many walkers and their … Read More
This large male adder was seen basking in the sun beside the boardwalks on the Windmill Farm Nature Reserve on the Lizard peninsular in Cornwall. Compared with April last year, when we seemed to be tripping over them wherever we … Read More
This Mullein Wave moth caterpillar was found on bare soil beside the South West Coast Path on the Lizard at the weekend. Looking like a tiny brown twig hanging from the side of an eroded bank we only noticed it … Read More
The BTO, British Trust for Ornothology, has issued a plea for people to keep feeding their garden birds during this sudden cold Easter snap. The early mild weather has seen many birds nesting early and some already have eggs and … Read More
Marbled Coronet is being regularly recorded in our garden in Cornwall at the moment. It’s yet another of those British moths that looks fairly ordinary until viewed closer through a macro lens. And if you were trying to describe it … Read More
The BTO have released an update on the progress of the Cuckoos they have been tracking during their migration from the UK to their over-wintering sites in Africa. Five birds (Martin, Chris, Kasper, Lyster and Clement) were fitted with satellite … Read More
Maturing Herring Gulls are now changing into their summer plumages and this one photographed at Swanpool, Falmouth had an unmottled grey back indicating that this summer would be its third.
Two Black-tailed Godwits at Marazion, Cornwall were unusual visitors to this excellent birding site for a few days last week. Both birds had already replaced much of their dull grey winter plumage for a much more colourful summer breeding plumage … Read More
The emergence of moths and butterflies from pupae is normally awaited with great expectation in the hope that a certain species will appear. However, the emergence of two parasitoid wasps from pupae found buried in the garden in January was … Read More
As its name suggest you would expect to find this flower in a wooded area but we came across a patch of Wood Anemones out in the open on the coastal heathland near St Ives. Even in poor light these … Read More
An Angle Shades moth (latin name Phlogophora meticulosa) emerged last night from the reddish brown pupa found when clearing out some old cast iron guttering in January. More identification and rearing information can be seen on this Angle Shades moth … Read More
The most common fish seen in our local rock pools is the Common Blenny. Despite being common they can be very difficult to see unless they move. So often the only glimpse you get is of them dashing under a … Read More