An early Christian memorial stone at Boskenna
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.05715, -5.60244
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
- ✦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 — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Red Admiral +76 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Fox-tail Feather-moss, Great Scented Liverwort, Sea Beech +2 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South West Coast Path (Section 23: Sennen Cove to Lamorna)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 24: Lamorna to Marazion)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
UK:National Cycle Network - west boundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route84 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 84 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route105 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route820 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 820 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route92 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Kernow Way Part 1Mountain bike route▾
West Kernow Way: Logan Rock detourMountain bike route▾
Detour off the main route which has steep, narrow single track with boulder steps.
Named route
West Kernow Way Part 2Mountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
9,310 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,310 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Herring Gull · Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow +40
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- SwiftApus apus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspring
2025▾
Red Fox · Badger · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Feral Ferret
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Feral FerretMustela putorius subsp. furo2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Common Lizard · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Common Cockchafer +9
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- PhilopotamusPhilopotamus
Elder · Great Mullein · Bramble · Blackthorn · Sycamore +25
- ElderSambucus nigra2021
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2021
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2021
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2021
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2021
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,310 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Herring Gull · Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow +40
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- SwiftApus apus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspring
2025▾
Red Fox · Badger · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Feral Ferret
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Feral FerretMustela putorius subsp. furo2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Common Lizard · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Common Cockchafer +9
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- PhilopotamusPhilopotamus
Elder · Great Mullein · Bramble · Blackthorn · Sycamore +25
- ElderSambucus nigra2021
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2021
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2021
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2021
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2021
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
