A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.48029, -4.85895
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Snipe and Reed Bunting
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Snipe and Reed Bunting
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Snipe, Reed Bunting, Lapland Bunting +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Snipe, Reed Bunting, Lapland Bunting +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood +21 more · last seen 2022
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Spiky Bog-moss, Sphagnum palustre var. palustre, Gorse · last seen 2017
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saints WayWalking route47 km▾
Padstow to Fowey
Named routeRef SWLength 47 kmRegional walking route
Camel TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef CAMPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route438 m▾
Named routeRef 32Length 438 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 32Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 32Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeRef 32Length 3.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 32Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Old and new on the skyline of St Breock
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Wildlife to spot
3,434 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,434 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Swallow · Woodpigeon · Stonechat · Herring Gull · Raven +20
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2022▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Slow-worm
Emperor Dragonfly
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Purple Moor-grass · Gorse · Tormentil · Sweet Vernal-grass · Western Gorse +103
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- GorseUlex europaeus
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Western GorseUlex gallii
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,434 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Swallow · Woodpigeon · Stonechat · Herring Gull · Raven +20
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2022▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Slow-worm
Emperor Dragonfly
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Purple Moor-grass · Gorse · Tormentil · Sweet Vernal-grass · Western Gorse +103
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- GorseUlex europaeus
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Western GorseUlex gallii
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas