Ed O’Connor
@edoconnor.bsky.social
Naturalist interested in most things (mainly plants, heathlands, birds). Agri-environment adviser based in Devon & Cornwall. Formerly of the Lizard NNR
Field Gentian will be in flower on Lizard Downs now, there were a few early ones flowering when I visited in late July.
August 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Field Gentian will be in flower on Lizard Downs now, there were a few early ones flowering when I visited in late July.
The Greenweed in your pic is the prostrate form of Dyer’s Greenweed (Genista tinctoria subsp. littoralis)
June 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Greenweed in your pic is the prostrate form of Dyer’s Greenweed (Genista tinctoria subsp. littoralis)
It’s one of the Squills. Autumn Squill would be my guess but not sure. Bit too late for Land Quillwort now especially with the dry spring, although I have seen it in June before.
June 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It’s one of the Squills. Autumn Squill would be my guess but not sure. Bit too late for Land Quillwort now especially with the dry spring, although I have seen it in June before.
That’d be the place to get one, just need some slightly stronger southeasterlies!
May 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
That’d be the place to get one, just need some slightly stronger southeasterlies!
*21 plus a dark-bellied
April 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
*21 plus a dark-bellied
I think all of it is SSSI. You can see the details here : designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.a...
SSSI detail
designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk
April 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I think all of it is SSSI. You can see the details here : designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.a...