Gardening in the far west of Cornwall
Local Flora & Fauna
Observations - Summer 2025
On this page you will find photographs of plants and wildlife observed in West Penwith during the summer of 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
Local Flora & Fauna page
Subject: Colletes hederae (Ivy Bee)
Date of Photograph: 15th August 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: South West Coast Path towards Carn du from Lamorna Cove
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Subject: Alucita hexadactyla (Twenty plume moth)
Date of Photograph: 21st July 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: Inside Treveth, Well Lane, Lamorna
Subject: Beautiful Demoiselle dragonfly
Date of Photograph: 12th July 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: St Loy Cove
Subject: Gasteruption jaculator (Javelin wasp)
Date of Photograph: 20th July 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: South West Coast Path towards Carn du from Lamorna Cove
Subject: Mellinus arvensis (Field digger wasp)
Date of Photograph: 11th July 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: In the garden at Treveth, Well Lane, Lamorna
Subject: Anania hortulata (Small Magpie Moth)
Date of Photograph: 3rd July 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: South West Coast Path towards Carn du from Lamorna Cove
Subject: Volucella zonaria (Hornet Hoverfly)
Date of Photograph: 3rd July 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: South West Coast Path towards Carn du from Lamorna Cove
Subject: Hedychrum nobile (Noble Cuckoo Wasp)
Date of Photograph: 26th June 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: Pendeen Watch Lighthouse
Subject: Panurgus banksianus (Shaggy Bee)
Date of Photograph: 26th June 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: Pendeen Watch Lighthouse
Subject: Haematopoda pluvialis (Notch-horned Cleg)
Date of Photograph: 24th June 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: St Loy Cove
Subject: Zygaena filipendulae (Six-spot Burnet)
Date of Photograph: 17th June 2025
Photograph by: Jim Whitfield
Location: Cape Cornwall
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