Spiny starfish
Our largest starfish, the spiny starfish can reach an impressive diameter of 70cm!
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Our largest starfish, the spiny starfish can reach an impressive diameter of 70cm!
Swathed in wildflowers in spring and summer and offering lovely views of the coast, this traditional hay meadow offers a glimpse of our countryside’s past.
Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.
Able to camouflage itself to its surroundings, the European flounder is one of our many amazing flatfish!
One of our largest soldier beetles, often found on flowers where they hunt other insects.
Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.
Hornwrack is often found washed up on our beaches, with many believing that it is dried seaweed. In fact, it is a colony of animals!
The ragworm is highly common on our shores, though rarely seen except by the fishermen that dig them up for bait.
Our last trips to the shore of the year, we visited our three hub areas again for the group surveys. All three were shores we’ve been to before at various times of the year. Since they were to be…
Kayak adventurer Erin Bastian has been all over the world but sees Cornwall as the holy grail of coastal adventure. From the sea she enjoys a unique perspective of our precious wildlife and knows…
As the bluebells fade, yellow archangel takes its turn to impress, with golden-yellow flowers carpeting our ancient woodlands.