Dune Plant ID Trail with Cornwall Wildlife Trust

Thursday 31st July, 2025 - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Perran Sands Holiday Park, Penhale, Perranporth TR4 9PQ

Come and join Cornwall Wildlife Trust and an expert from Buglife’s Kernow Wyls – People for Pollinators project on a walk through the dunes with a fun plant ID sheet – your job is to be a nature detective and look for amazing plants hiding in the sand, grass, and little wet areas called dune slacks.

Plants to Look For:

  • Pyramidal Orchid – A bright pink flower shaped like a pyramid!
  • Early Gentian – A tiny blue flower that only grows in places like this.
  • Marram Grass – Super-tough grass that holds the dunes together
  • Petalwort – A teeny-tiny plant that loves wet sand (you’ll need sharp eyes!).
  • Wild Thyme – Smells amazing when you rub the leaves.
  • Shore Dock – Very rare! Grows in wet dune dips.
  • Eye Bright – A tiny white or purple flower that looks like it’s wearing little eyelashes!
  • Self Heal – A purple flower often used in old medicine.

For more information and to book your place please visit Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Eventbrite page.

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