aw " ▁call , ▁began ▁bre eding ▁on ▁L izard ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁This ▁followed ▁a ▁concert ed ▁effort ▁by ▁the ▁Corn ish ▁Ch ough ▁Project ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁DE F RA ▁and ▁the ▁R SP B . ▁ ▁The ▁L izard ▁contains ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁special ised ▁fl ora ▁of ▁any ▁area ▁in ▁Britain , ▁including ▁many ▁Red ▁Data ▁Book ▁plant ▁species . ▁Of ▁particular ▁note ▁is ▁the ▁Corn ish ▁he ath , ▁Er ica ▁v ag ans , ▁that ▁occurs ▁in ▁abund ance ▁here , ▁but ▁which ▁is ▁found ▁now here ▁else ▁in ▁Britain . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁places ▁where ▁the ▁rare ▁form ic ine ▁ant , ▁Form ica ▁ex sect a , ▁( the ▁narrow - head ed ▁ant ), ▁can ▁be ▁found . ▁ ▁The ▁L izard ▁district ▁has ▁a ▁local ▁organisation , ▁the ▁L izard ▁Field ▁Club , ▁whose ▁members ▁have ▁studied ▁the ▁natural ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁area ▁since ▁ 1 9 5 3 . ▁ ▁South ▁coast ▁At ▁Pol ru an ▁the ▁g or se ▁covered ▁south ▁facing ▁cl iffs ▁between ▁Pol ru an ▁and ▁Pol per ro ▁provide ▁habit ats ▁for ▁the ▁gold fin ch , ▁yellow ham mer ▁and ▁stone chat ▁in ▁particular . ▁V ip arian ▁life ▁includes ▁the ▁slow w orm ▁and ▁the ▁ad der . ▁The ▁latter ▁is ▁particularly ▁numerous . ▁ ▁Marine ▁life ▁includes ▁the ▁b ask ing ▁sh ark ▁which ▁have ▁been ▁known ▁to ▁enter ▁the ▁har bour . ▁In