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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Subject: Azalea (unknown cv)
Flowering Period: March - June
Date of Photograph: 28th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Opposite Oakhill, Lamorna
Subject: Male Greenfinch
Date of Photograph: 28th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: In the garden, Larder Cottages, Lamorna
Subject: Erigeron glaucus
Flowering Period: May - August
Date of Photograph: 24th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: South West Coast Path above Long Rock Beach, near Penzance
Subject: Sisyrinchium californicum
Flowering Period: May - July
Date of Photograph: 21st October 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Castallack Farm, Lamorna
Subject: Agapanthus
Flowering Period: June - October
Date of Photograph: 19th October 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Boskenna
Subject: Primroses
Flowering Period: December - May
Date of Photograph: 18th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Castallack Farm, near Lamorna
Subject: Orange jelly fungus
Date of Photograph: 18th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Footpath to Castallack Quarry, near Lamorna
Subject: Salvia 'Hot lips'
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 15th October 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: The Strand, Newlyn
Subject: Red Bistort
Flowering Period: July - September
Date of Photograph: 15th October 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: In the grounds of Newlyn Art Gallery
Subject: Crocus specisous
Flowering Period: September - November
Date of Photograph: 13th October 2025
Photograph by: Bill Bankes-Jones
Location: In Bill's garden at Whitecross
Subject: Weigela
Date of Photograph: 13th October2025
Photograph by: Bill Bankes-Jones
Location: In Bill's garden at Whitecross
Subject: Passiflora
Flowering Period: July - November
Date of Photograph: 13th October 2025
Photograph by: Stephen Tucker
Location: In Stephen's garden at Crows an Wra
Subject: Camellia
Flowering Period: January - April
Date of Photograph: 12th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Lane to Bosistow Farm, Polgigga
Note: in this location, in 2024, it was first observed flowering on 12th November
Subject: Rhododendron
Flowering Period: February - April
Date of Photograph: 12th October 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Lane to Bosistow Farm, Polgigga
Note: in this location, in 2024, it was first observed flowering on 12th November
Subject: Sea Campion
Flowering Period: May - September
Date of Photograph: 12th October 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path west of Nanjizal
Subject: Orange Hawkweed
Flowering Period: May - September
Date of Photograph: 10th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Cliff Road, Newlyn
Subject: Lobularia maritima
Flowering period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 10th October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Sunny Cottage, Lamorna Cove
Subject: Luma apiculata
Flowering Period: Midsummer - autumn
Date of Photograph: 9th October 2025
Photograph by: Gerald Hayman
Location: Trethinnick Studio, Lamorna
Subject: Comma butterfly
Date of Photograph: 6th October 2025
Photograph by: Carole Jeffery
Location: Treverven, near St Buryan
Subject: Nerine bowdenii
Flowering Period: September and October
Date of Photograph: 6th October 2025
Photograph by: Gerald Hayman
Location: Trethinnick Studio, Lamorna
Subject: Bar-tailed godwit
Date of Photograph: 5th October 2025
Photograph by: Nigel Heard
Location: Sennen Cove beach
Subject: Hedgehog
Date of Photograph: 5th October 2025
Photograph by: Derek Melotte
Location: Higher Trevorian, near St Buryan
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Subject: Fascicularia Bicolour
Flowering Period: Autumn
Date of Photograph: 4th October 2025
Photograph by: Susan Atkinson
Location: In Susan's garden, Mousehole
Subject: Female Four-spotted Footman moth
Date of Photograph: 1st October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Inland footpath from Lamorna to Carn Barges
Subject: Leptospermum scoparium
Flowering Period: June with a possible second flowering from November - December
Date of Photograph: 1st October 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Chygurno, Lamorna
Subject: Small Copper butterfly
Date of Photograph: 29th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Caer Bran near Sancreed
Subject: Himalayan Balsam
Flowering Period: June - October
Date of Photograph: 29th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Footpath near Chapel Euny Wells
Subject: Digitalis purpurea
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 29th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Carn Euny Ancient Village
Subject: Wren
Date of Photograph: 28th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Treryn Dinas Iron Age Hill Fort, Treen
Subject: Sheep's-bit
Flowering Period: May - September
Date of Photograph: 26th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Carn Scathe, near Porthgwarra
Subject: Armeria maritima
Flowering Period: April - July
Date of Photograph: 26th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Carn Scathe, near Porthgwarra
Subject: Wall Brown butterfly
Date of Photograph: 25th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Footpath into the Kenidjack Valley, near Botallack
Subject: Male Common Blue butterfly
Date of Photograph: 25th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Kenidjack Valley
Subject: Juvenile Wheatear
Date of Photograph: 25th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Boscaswell Cliff, near Geevor
Subject: Common Toadflax
Flowering Period: June - November
Date of Photograph: 25th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Boscaswell Cliff, near Geevor
Subject: Hedychium coccineum
Flowering Period: August - October
Date of Photograph: 23rd September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: The Gurnick, Mousehole
Subject: Common Myrtle
Flowering Period: July - August
Date of Photograph: 23rd September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Footpath past Sandy Cove, Newlyn
Subject: Rhododendron (unknown cv)
Flowering Period: April-July
Date of Photograph: 19th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Lamorna Pottery
Subject: Agapetes 'Ludgvan Cross'
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)
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
Flowering Period: Summer and autumn
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Cyclamen
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)
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Hedychium greenii (Red ginger lily)
Flowering Period: August - October
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Mandevilla splendens
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
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
Flowering Period: June - August
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Sempervivum 'Heigham Red'
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'
Date of Photograph: 18th September 2025
Photograph by: Alison Hodge
Location: In Alison's garden in Newlyn
Subject: Autumn Crocus Waterlily
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
Date of Photograph: 12th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Bridleway towards Castallack, near Lamorna
Subject: Amaryllis Belladonna
Flowering Period: July - September
Date of Photograph: 8th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Top of Well Lane, Lamorna
Subject: Tulbaghia
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 8th September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Penlee Park, Penzance
Subject: Alstroemeria
Flowering Period: June - October
Date of Photograph: 8th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Wharfside Car Park, Penzance
Subject: Juvenile Goldfinch
Date of Photograph: 7th September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: In the garden, Larder Cottage, Lamorna
Subject: Hedychium gardnerianum (Ginger lily)
Flowering Period: August - October
Date of Photograph: 1st September 2025
Photograph by: Gerald Hayman
Location: Trethnnick Studio, Lamorna
Subject: Juvenile Turnstone
Date of Photograph: 1st September 2025
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Wharfside Car Park, Penzance
Subject: Banana
Date of Photograph: 1st September 2025
Photograph by: Carole Jeffery
Location: Treverven, near St Buryan
Subject: Isoplexis
Flowering Period: July & August
Date of Photograph: 1st September 2025
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Penlee Park, Penzance
