Birding St Mary's

Common Bindweed.
Field Buttercup.
Common Knapweed.
Willow.
Bird's Foot Trefoil
Meadow Buttercup.
White Clover.
Yellow Flag Iris.
Common Spotted Orchid.
Wall Barley.
Gorse.
Common Poppy.
Dog Rose.
Great Bindweed.
Spear Thistle.
Heather.
Coltsfoot.
Cowslip.
These are just a small example of species which occur here.

Gorse

Blue Tailed Damselfly.
Buff Tailed Bumblebee.
Red Tailed Bumblebee.
Carder Bee.
Blue Bottle.
Green Bottle.
Flesh Fly.
ST Mark's Fly.
Two Spotted Ladybird.
Common Darter

BUTTERFLY'S-MOTHS

Meadow Brown.
Common Blue.
Small Tortoiseshell.
Small Skipper.
Painted Lady.
Red Admiral.
Small White.
Wall Brown.
Small Copper.

MOTHS

Burnet Moth,
Udea lutealis
Sliver Y,

Udea lutealis

Silver Y

Wall and Small Copper

Painted Lady

Peacock Butterfly

Blue Tailed Damselfly

Common Darter

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE GREAT INSECT LIFE ON OFFER HERE..

Rabbit on wetland

Marine Mammals

These are the cetacean species which I have seen passing here.
Harbour Porpoise (often seen)
Minke Whale 2-3 (20/6/06
Bottle Nosed Dolphin (1)
White Beaked Dolphin (3)
There have been Whale sightings too. Such as Long Finned Pilot Whale.
Both Common and Grey Seals can often be seen here, and sometimes rest on the rocks near the lighthouse. The Grey seal is the one most likely to be seen.(just look for the "roman nose" as the Common seals face is flatter)

2006 sightings

Common Porpoise

Minke Whale 2-3

Common Seal

Grey Seal

Grey Seal Pup

Common seal pup

Common Seal Pup