Gardening in the far west of Cornwall
Local Flora & Fauna
Observations - Summer 2026
On this page you will find photographs of plants and wildlife observed in West Penwith during the summer of 2026. 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: Grayling butterfly
Date of Photograph: 11th August 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Cliff near Carn les Boel near Nanjizal
Subject: Hedychium 'Tara'
Flowering Period: June - October
Date of Photograph: 6th August 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Morrab Gardens, Penzance
Subject: Female Keeled Skimmer dragonfly
Date of Photograph: 1st August 2026
Photograph by: James Fowler
Location: Porthgwarra
Subject: Wild Chicory
Flowering Period: July - October
Date of Photograph: 29th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Field adjacent to Treeve Moor, near Sennen
Subject: Common Toadflax
Flowering Period: June - October
Date of Photograph: 29th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Top of Maria's Lane, Sennen
Subject: Tansy
Flowering Period: July - October
Date of Photograph: 29th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Treeve Moor, near Trevescan
Subject: Comma butterfly
Date of Photograph: 26th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Hedgerow near Kemyel Drea
Subject: Cosmos
Flowering Period: June - October
Date of Photograph: 24th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Nigel Heard's garden, Lamorna
Subject: Dietes bicolor
Flowering Period: May - August
Date of Photograph: 20th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Roadside flower bed, Minack Theatre
Subject: Magpie Moth
Date of Photograph: 17th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Lamorna Valley
Subject: Magnolia
Flowering Period: April & May followed by a second flush in July & August
Date of Photograph: 17th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Lamorna Valley
Subject: Marsh Woundwort
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 16th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path near
Lamorna Cove
Subject: Hollyhock
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 15th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Trevescan
Subject: Male Clouded Yellow butterfly
Date of Photograph: 14th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Kenidjack Valley, near St Just
Subject: Kestrel
Date of Photograph: 14th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Cliffs near the Crowns Mines, Botallack
Subject: Small Heath butterfly
Date of Photograph: 14th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Botallack
Subject: Small Skipper butterfly
Date of Photograph: 14th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Kenidjack Valley, near St Just
Subject: Small Copper butterfly
Date of Photograph: 14th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path near Wheal Owles mine, Botallack
Subject: Bog asphodel
Flowering Period: June - August
Date of Photograph: 7th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: South West Coast Path near Lands End
Subject: Pyramidal Orchid
Flowering Period: early June - August
Date of Photograph: 7th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: South West Coast Path near Lands End
Subject: Common Fleabane
Flowering Period: July - September
Date of Photograph: 7th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path between Lands End & Nanjizal
Subject: Gatekeeper butterfly
Date of Photograph: 6th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: South West Coast Path east of Lamorna Cove
Subject: Female Emperor dragonfly
Date of Photograph: 6th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Polgigga duck pond
Subject: Male Common blue damselfly
Date of Photograph: 6th July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Pond on the lane from Lower Bosistow to Polgigga
Subject: Whitethroat
Date of Photograph: 6th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Cliffs above Nanjizal, near Trevescan
Subject: Field Poppy
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 6th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Field path from Trevescan to the cliff above Nanjizal
Subject: Golden - Ringed dragonfly
Date of Photograph: 5th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Cornfield at Raginnis near Mousehole
Subject: Hedge bedstraw
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 5th July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Roadside hedge at Kemyel near Mousehole
Subject: Gladioli
Flowering Period: July - September
Date of Photograph: 3rd July 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Mousehole Harbour
Subject: Ringlet butterfly
Date of Photograph: 2nd July 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Hedgerow on the lane between Kemyel and Castallack
Subject: Orange hawkweed
Flowering Period: May-September
Date of Photograph: 28th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Lamorna Valley
Subject: Triteleia laxa
Flowering Period: June - August
Date of Photograph: 27th June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Hedgerow adjacent to Oriental Cottage, Lamorna Valley
Subject:Meadowsweet
Flowering Period: June-September
Date of Photograph: 25th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path above Portheras Cove
Subject: Purple Loosestrife
Flowering Period: June - August
Date of Photograph: 25th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path above Portheras Cove
Subject: Creeping Thyme
Flowering Period: June & July
Date of Photograph: 25th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Botallack
Subject: Feverfew
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 24th June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Near the duck pond, Polgigga
Subject: Lady's bedstraw
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 24th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path near Porthchapel Beach
Subject: Silver studded blue butterfly
Date of Photograph: 22nd June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Cribba Head, near Penberth Cove
Subject: Female Stonechat
Date of Photograph: 22nd June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Treen Cliffs
Subject: Male Stonechat
Date of Photograph: 22nd June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Treen Cliffs
Subject: Meadow Pipit
Date of Photograph: 22nd June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Treen Cliffs
Subject: Tufted Vetch
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 22nd June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Treen Cliffs
Subject: Hemerocallis
Flowering Period: June - September
Date of Photograph: 22nd June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Penberth Valley
Subject: Hypericum pulchrum
Flowering Period: May - September
Date of Photograph: 22nd June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: South West Coast Path near Penberth Cove
Subject: Sisyrinchium californicum
Flowering Period: May-August
Date of Photograph: 21st June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Castallack Farm near Lamorna
Subject: Beautiful Demoiselle
Date of Photograph: 21st June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Bridleway from Castallack to Lamorna
Subject: Philadelphus
Flowering Period: May - July
Date of Photograph: 19th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Trethinnick Studio, Lamorna
Subject: New Zealand Pepper tree
Date of Photograph: 19th June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: Morrab Gardens, Penzance
Subject: Blue Potato Bush
Flowering Period: May - August
Date of Photograph: 19th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Morrab Gardens, Penzance
Subject: Canary Island Foxglove
Flowering Period: May - September
Date of Photograph: 19th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Morrab Gardens, Penzance
Subject: Cotton Lavender
Flowering Period: June - August
Date of Photograph: 19th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Roadside outside Sainsburys, Eastern Green, Penzance
Subject: Common Centuary
Flowering Period: June - October
Date of Photograph: 15th June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: South West Coast Path near Long Rock Beach
Subject: European Sea Rocket
Flowering Period: June-September
Date of Photograph: 15th June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: South West Coast path near Long Rock Beach
Subject: Greater Knapweed
Flowering Period: May - September
Date of Photograph: 15th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: South West Coast Path near Long Rock Beach
Subject: Sea Holly
Flowering Period: June-September
Date of Photograph: 15th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Long Rock Beach
Subject: Field Bindweed
Flowering Period: June-September
Date of Photograph: 15th June 2026
Photograph by: Eric Woods
Location: South West Coast Path near Long Rock Beach
Subject: Meadow Vetchling
Flowering Period: May - August
Date of Photograph: 14th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Hedgerow near Kemyel Wartha
Subject: Allium christophii
Flowering Period: May & June
Date of Photograph: 5th June 2026
Photograph by: Penny Woods
Location: Morrab Gardens, Penzance
