Gardening in the far west of Cornwall
Local Flora & Fauna
Observations - Autumn 2025
On this page you will find photographs of plants and wildlife observed in West Penwith during September and October 2025. These may have been seen in the garden, in the countryside or out on the coast.
We will be using these records to gauge the effects of a changing climate on local plants and wildlife; both whether new species are becoming established in West Penwith or if plants are blooming earlier or for longer.
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For more recent observations, please visit our
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Subject: Azalea (unknown cv)
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Flowering Period: March - June
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Date of Photograph: 28th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Opposite Oakhill, Lamorna​
Subject: Male Greenfinch
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​Date of Photograph: 28th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: In the garden, Larder Cottages, Lamorna
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Subject: Erigeron glaucus
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Flowering Period: May - August
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Date of Photograph: 24th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: South West Coast Path above Long Rock Beach, near Penzance
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Subject: Sisyrinchium californicum
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Flowering Period: May - July
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Date of Photograph: 21st October 2025
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Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Castallack Farm, Lamorna​
Subject: Agapanthus
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Flowering Period: June - October
Date of Photograph: 19th October 2025
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Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Boskenna
Subject: Primroses
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Flowering Period: December - May
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Date of Photograph: 18th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Castallack Farm, near Lamorna​
Subject: Orange jelly fungus
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​Date of Photograph: 18th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Footpath to Castallack Quarry, near Lamorna
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Subject: Salvia 'Hot lips'
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Flowering Period: June - September
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Date of Photograph: 15th October 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: The Strand, Newlyn
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Subject: Red Bistort
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Flowering Period: July - September
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Date of Photograph: 15th October 2025
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Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: In the grounds of Newlyn Art Gallery​
Subject: Crocus specisous
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Flowering Period: September - November
Date of Photograph: 13th October 2025
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Photograph by: Bill Bankes-Jones
Location: In Bill's garden at Whitecross
Subject: Weigela
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Date of Photograph: 13th October2025
Photograph by: Bill Bankes-Jones
Location: In Bill's garden at Whitecross​
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Subject: Passiflora​
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Flowering Period: July - November
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Date of Photograph: 13th October 2025
Photograph by: Stephen Tucker
Location: In Stephen's garden at Crows an Wra
Subject: Camellia
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Flowering Period: January - April
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Date of Photograph: 12th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Lane to Bosistow Farm, Polgigga
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Note: in this location, in 2024, it was first observed flowering on 12th November
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Subject: Rhododendron
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Flowering Period: February - April
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Date of Photograph: 12th October 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Lane to Bosistow Farm, Polgigga
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Note: in this location, in 2024, it was first observed flowering on 12th November
Subject: Sea Campion
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Flowering Period: May - September
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Date of Photograph: 12th October 2025
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Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path west of Nanjizal​
Subject: Orange Hawkweed
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Flowering Period: May - September
Date of Photograph: 10th October 2025
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Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Cliff Road, Newlyn
Subject: Lobularia maritima
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Flowering period: June - September
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Date of Photograph: 10th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Sunny Cottage, Lamorna Cove​
Subject: Luma apiculata
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Flowering Period: Midsummer - autumn
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Date of Photograph: 9th October 2025
Photograph by: Gerald Hayman
Location: Trethinnick Studio, Lamorna​​
Subject: Comma butterfly
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Date of Photograph: 6th October 2025
Photograph by: Carole Jeffery
Location: Treverven, near St Buryan
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Subject: Nerine bowdenii
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Flowering Period: September and October
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Date of Photograph: 6th October 2025
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Photograph by: Gerald Hayman
Location: Trethinnick Studio, Lamorna​
Subject: Bar-tailed godwit
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Date of Photograph: 5th October 2025
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Photograph by: Nigel Heard
Location: Sennen Cove beach
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Subject: Hedgehog
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Date of Photograph: 5th October 2025
Photograph by: Derek Melotte
Location: Higher Trevorian, near St Buryan​​
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Subject: Fascicularia Bicolour
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Flowering Period: Autumn
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Date of Photograph: 4th October 2025
Photograph by: Susan Atkinson
Location: In Susan's garden, Mousehole​​
Subject: Female Four-spotted Footman moth
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Date of Photograph: 1st October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Inland footpath from Lamorna to Carn Barges
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Subject: Leptospermum scoparium
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Flowering Period: June with a possible second flowering from November - December
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Date of Photograph: 1st October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Chygurno, Lamorna
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Subject: Small Copper butterfly
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Date of Photograph: 29th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Caer Bran near Sancreed
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Subject: Himalayan Balsam
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Flowering Period: June - October
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Date of Photograph: 29th September 2025
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Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Footpath near Chapel Euny Wells​
Subject: Digitalis purpurea
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Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 29th September 2025
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Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Carn Euny Ancient Village
Subject: Wren
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Date of Photograph: 28th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Treryn Dinas Iron Age Hill Fort, Treen​
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Subject: Sheep's-bit
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Flowering Period: May - September
Date of Photograph: 26th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Carn Scathe, near Porthgwarra
Subject: Armeria maritima
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Flowering Period: April - July
Date of Photograph: 26th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Carn Scathe, near Porthgwarra
Subject: Wall Brown butterfly
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Date of Photograph: 25th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Footpath into the Kenidjack Valley, near Botallack
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Subject: Male Common Blue butterfly
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Date of Photograph: 25th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Kenidjack Valley
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Subject: Juvenile Wheatear
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Date of Photograph: 25th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Boscaswell Cliff, near Geevor
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Subject: Common Toadflax
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Flowering Period: June - November
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Date of Photograph: 25th September 2025
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Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Boscaswell Cliff, near Geevor​
Subject: Hedychium coccineum
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Flowering Period: August - October
Date of Photograph: 23rd September 2025
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Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: The Gurnick, Mousehole
Subject: Common Myrtle
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Flowering Period: July - August
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Date of Photograph: 23rd September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Footpath past Sandy Cove, Newlyn​
Subject: Rhododendron (unknown cv)
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Flowering Period: April-July
Date of Photograph: 19th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Lamorna Pottery
Subject: Agapetes 'Ludgvan Cross'
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Flowering Period: Spring & Summer
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Arbutus Unedo (Strawberry Tree)
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Flowering Period: Fruits form in autumn
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Cane Begonia
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Flowering Period: Summer and autumn
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Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn​
Subject: Cyclamen
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Flowering Period: September - November
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Hakonechloa macra (Japanese forest grass)
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Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn​
Subject: Hedychium greenii (Red ginger lily)
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Flowering Period: August - October
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Mandevilla splendens
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Flowering Period: Mid - late Summer
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Myrtus ugni molinae
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Flowering Period: Berries appear in autumn
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Sedum
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Flowering Period: June - August
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Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn​
Subject: Sempervivum 'Heigham Red'
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Flowering Period: Summer
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Stick insect on Aoenium 'Schwarzkopf'
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Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
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Subject: Autumn Crocus Waterlily
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Flowering Period: September - November
Date of Photograph: 13th September 2025
Photograph by: Stephen Tucker
Location: In Stephen's garden at Crows an Wra
Subject: Peacock Butterfly
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Date of Photograph: 12th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Bridleway towards Castallack, near Lamorna
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Subject: Amaryllis Belladonna
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Flowering Period: July - September
Date of Photograph: 8th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Top of Well Lane, Lamorna
Subject: Tulbaghia
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Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 8th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Penlee Park, Penzance
Subject: Alstroemeria
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Flowering Period: June - October
Date of Photograph: 8th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Wharfside Car Park, Penzance
Subject: Juvenile Goldfinch
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Date of Photograph: 7th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: In the garden, Larder Cottage, Lamorna
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Subject: Hedychium gardnerianum (Ginger lily)
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Flowering Period: August - October
Date of Photograph: 1st September 2025
Photograph by: Gerald Hayman
Location: Trethnnick Studio, Lamorna
Subject: Juvenile Turnstone
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Date of Photograph: 1st September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Wharfside Car Park, Penzance
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Subject: Banana
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Date of Photograph: 1st September 2025
Photograph by: Carole Jeffery
Location: Treverven, near St Buryan
Subject: Isoplexis
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Flowering Period: July & August
Date of Photograph: 1st September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Penlee Park, Penzance
