Despite the first real rain we’ve seen for weeks here in Cornwall we found 8 Grizzled Skipper during a quick visit to Penhale Dunes on the north coast. One was of the form taras (below right), an aberration having the … Read More
There were so many Cowslip in some areas of Glanville’s (Pennans) Field, Penhale near Perranporth you couldn’t help but step on them! Insight into Cowslip (Primula veris): Native and found throughout the British Isles, though very rare in northern Scotland … Read More
A spring without birdsong would not be spring. One of the wildlife events of the year that we look forward to most of all is the early morning dawn chorus. The delight of standing in a woodland glade with eyes … Read More
Along the hedgerows of the South West Coast Path near the Helford River, these beautiful butterflies were seen patrolling up and down the path before settling on a favourite perch. New Speckled Wood species page This is a common butterfly … Read More
Last week, the sun certainly brought the hoverflies out along a sheltered hedgerow bordering the South West Coast Path beside the Helford River in Cornwall. I was trying, and failing miserably, to take a photograph of a very unco-operative Speckled … Read More
Amongst recent moth sightings here in Falmouth, Cornwall have been several specimens of the recent colonist from Australia: the Light Brown Apple Moth. Thought to have been accidentally imported into Cornwall in the 1930s this highly variable little moth is … Read More
Groping around on hands and knees searching for caterpillars is one of those activities that at the time feels perfectly normal behaviour to those taking part but not necessarily to any other member of the public out for a quite … Read More
There are three types of garlic wild flowers in profusion in Cornwall at the moment. Ramsons or Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) shown above are flowering in the woods and you certainly know when you stumble upon them as a garlicy … Read More
There were several mature damselflies perched in the sun at Windmill Farm Nature Reserve on The Lizard in Cornwall last week including the Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) shown above and Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans). We were actually there hoping … Read More
Golden yellow flies covering cow pats are a familiar sight but it’s rare, understandably, that anyone gets down to take a close look. These Yellow Dung Fly are quite spectacular beasts. Insight into Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria): common throughout … Read More
We’ve met several people recently who have always lived in Cornwall but tell us they haven’t seen an Adder before, until this spring! There do seem to be many Adders around at the moment. This female was basking in the … Read More
“You can’t stop me flying.”