A prehistoric round known as Caer Kief
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.33065, -5.11718
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Keeled Skimmer, Gatekeeper +199 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Dented Silk-moss, Dwarf Swan-neck Moss +67 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 17: Newquay to Perranporth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 18: Perranporth to Portreath)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Newquay to PenzanceWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32National Cycle Network
Saints Trail - St Agnes to ThreemilestoneCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Saints' TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Shortlanesend to TruroCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route4.1 km▾
Named routeRef 34Length 4.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 32Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
20 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
11,219 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,219 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +41
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2023
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Meadow Grasshopper · Keeled Skimmer +19
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
Heath Lobelia
- Heath LobeliaLobelia urens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,219 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +41
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2023
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Meadow Grasshopper · Keeled Skimmer +19
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
Heath Lobelia
- Heath LobeliaLobelia urens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis arbustorum
Eristalis arbustorum
Eristalis arbustorum
Eristalis arbustorum
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculiSallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculiGreat Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissimaGreat Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissimaViolet Carpenter BeeXylocopa violaceaViolet Carpenter BeeXylocopa violaceaLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024Dilta chateriDilta chateri2024Dilta chateriDilta chateri2024Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2023Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Scarce Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura pumilio2023Scarce Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura pumilio2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023