Gardening in the far west of Cornwall
Local Flora & Fauna
Observations - Winter 2025-26
On this page you will find photographs of plants and wildlife observed in West Penwith during the winter of 2025-26. These may have been seen in the garden, in the countryside or out on the coast.
We will also be using this page to record sightings and 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.
You may click on individual images to enlarge them.
For more recent observations, please visit our
Local Flora & Fauna page
Subject: Sea Campion
Flowering Period: May - September
Date of Photograph: 24th February 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path east of
Lamorna Cove
Subject: Common Scurvygrass
Flowering Period: March - May
Date of Photograph: 24th February 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path east of
Lamorna Cove
Subject: Muscari
Flowering Period: April & May
Date of Photograph: 19th February 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: St Mary's Terrace, Penzance
Subject: Magnolia (unknown cv)
Flowering Period: March - April
Date of Photograph: 19th February 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Morrab Gardens, Penzance
Subject: Michelia (unknown cv)
Flowering Period: April- May
Date of Photograph: 12th February 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Morrab Gardens, Penzance
Subject: Violet odorata
Flowering Period: March - May
Date of Photograph: 6th February 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path west of Mousehole
Subject: Greater Stitchwort
Flowering Period: April-June
Date of Photograph: 6th February 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Raginnis Hill, Mousehole
Subject: Crocus
Flowering Period: February & March
Date of Photograph: 31st January 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Verge just past Larder Cottages, Lamorna
Subject: Galanthus nivalis
Flowering Period: January - March
Date of Photograph: 25th January 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Verge by the bus stop, Lamorna Turn
Subject: Smyrnium olusatrum
Flowering Period: March - June
Date of Photograph: 25th January 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Raginnis Hill, near Mousehole
Note: in this location, in 2025, it was first observed blooming on 19th February 2025
Subject: Lesser Celandine
Flowering Period: January - April
Date of Photograph: 25th January 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Raginnis Hill, near Mousehole
Subject: Early Purple Orchid
Flowering Period: April - June
Date of Photograph: 21st January 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Inland footpath on the eastern side of Lamorna Cove
Note: In this location in 2025, it was observed at a similar stage on 24th January 2025.
Subject: Anemone apennina
Date of Photograph: 21st January 2026
Flowering Period: March - May
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Outside Cappy Cottage, Lamorna Valley
