These beautiful white flowers are abundant along the hedgerows and edges of the South West Coast Path around Mawnan at the mouth of the Helford Estuary in Cornwall. Insight: Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) is common throughout the British Isles and … Read More
This Red-throated Diver has been finding the fishing easy in St Andrew’s Pool near St Austell for several days now. The resident Roach population will no doubt be pleased to see it leave for its summer northern breeding quarters. Insight: … Read More
This Slender Groundhopper was disturbed from grass during a cliff top walk around Rosemullion Head at the mouth of the Helford Estuary in Cornwall. That’s when the fun began! The groundhopper is small, well camouflaged and fast so getting a … Read More
The Gorse Moth or Gorse Bud Moth Cydia ulicetana has been well recorded in recent days during our South West Coast Path walks around the Helford Estuary. Insight: Cydia ulicetana is common on moorland and heathland in much of the … Read More
This female Scaup was on Swanpool Lake feeding amongst the resident waterfowl, including the similar looking female Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) shown, on floating bread thrown by visitors – a strange diet for a diving duck designed to feed on … Read More
It doesn’t matter where we go in Cornwall at the moment, there are huge numbers of Common Dog-violet colouring the scene. From the hedgerows to the fields above the cliffs, from the woodland to the open roadsides, everywhere has bright … Read More
A smart male Common Redstart was the pick of the bird migrants at Windmill Farm yesterday morning but proved extremely camera shy. However, the Green Tiger Beetles active on the banks around one of the ponds were far more accommodating. … Read More
This caterpillar was sitting on Wild Garlic or Ramsons (Allium ursinum) leaves on a path down to Bream Cove just south of Maenporth in Cornwall. Insight: The Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) moth usually overwinters as a larva. Both the moth … Read More
Two Holly Blue, seen flying along a Blackthorn hedge at the bottom of a south-west facing grass field yesterday, may be the first records of this butterfly in Cornwall this spring. Last year the first records for Cornwall were on … Read More
These bright yellow Colt’s-foot were flowering in the eroding cliffs of Godrevy Towans at the north end of St Ives Bay in Cornwall. Insight: Colt’s-foot (Tussilago farfara) flowers from March to April, the flowers appearing long before the leaves. It’s … Read More
A Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) moth was seen nectaring on sallow blossom during the day in the Nanquidno Valley near Land’s End in Cornwall. It was too far away to photograph so this image is from our library. Insight: This … Read More