Choughs on the Lizard Peninsula
This pair of native Choughs successfully bred and fled four young in 2007- West Cornwall, they must be quite a large family, by now! The Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) is a member of the crow family with a red beak and legs, and an excitable, high-pitched ‘chi-ow’ call from which it gets its name. It is [...]
A view from the Lizard
A view from the cliff. Church Cove Gunwalloe, Lizard Peninsula, you can just make out the Poldhu cove hotel in the background, and just behind the hotel you will find the Marconi center the first transmitter to send out a transatlantic radio signal. The signal went from Poldhu Wireless Station to St. John’s Newfoundland , [...]
Helford Cornwall – photos
Helford, the Lizard, This quite village in Cornwall has become the scene of controversy this week, a group of second homes owners have called for a judicial review against a planned jetty for Cornish fishermen. The jetty which has already been given planning permission by Kerrier district council will make the fishermen’s lives a lot [...]
