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The Guardian - UK
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‘Spring sings with birdlife and wildflowers’: readers’ favourite UK trips of the season

Pink sea thrift by the coast path on the Lizard peninsula.
Pink sea thrift by the coast path on the Lizard peninsula. Photograph: Jonathan Garland/Alamy

Colour returns to the Cornish cliffs

Late spring is the best time to see the cliffs in colour as the bluebells, thrift and gorse battle it out for best in bloom on the Lizard in Cornwall. Walking the couple of easy miles along the coast between Kynance and Lizard Point will offer you a variety of exceptional, eye-catching and, in some cases, rare plants including Erica vagans, a variety of heath only found on the Lizard peninsula. Wildlife thrives here and in late spring your walk is likely to feature the soundtrack of Cornish choughs overhead. You may even see an adder or catch a glimpse of seals “bottling” (bobbing) in the Atlantic, enjoying the Cornish spring sunshine.
Layla Astley

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