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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
50.23022, -5.12703
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Saint Piran Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Saint Piran Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Robin, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Robin, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Common Darter, Azure Damselfly +122 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pale-fruited Thread-moss, Isothecium myosuroides, Common Threadwort +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km83 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Route CFP18Walking route▾
Named routeRef CFP18Local walking route
Route CBR64Walking route▾
Named routeRef CBR64Local walking route
Route CBW55Walking route▾
Named routeRef CBW55Local walking route
Route CBW54Walking route▾
Named routeRef CBW54Local walking route
Route CBR53Walking route▾
Named routeRef CBR53Local walking route
Bissoe Tramway 2public footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mSurface compactedPath type: service
Bissoe Tramway 2public footpath · 96 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 96 mSurface compactedPath type: footway
Race Hillpublic footpath · 74 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 74 mPath type: unclassified
55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Coast to Coast TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Redruth and Chasewater Railway TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RCRTRegional cycle route
UK:National Cycle Network - Truro loopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Saints Trail - St Agnes to ThreemilestoneCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Shortlanesend to TruroCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
19 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,524 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,524 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Chiffchaff +34
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Lesser Stag Beetle · Vine Weevil · Stenophylax permistus +25
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Western Conifer Seed Bug
Pale-fruited Thread-moss · Two-horned Pincerwort · Common Threadwort · Isothecium myosuroides · Heath Threadwort +44
- Pale-fruited Thread-mossPohlia annotina
- Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
- Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata
- Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
- Heath ThreadwortCephaloziella stellulifera
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,524 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Chiffchaff +34
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Lesser Stag Beetle · Vine Weevil · Stenophylax permistus +25
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Western Conifer Seed Bug
Pale-fruited Thread-moss · Two-horned Pincerwort · Common Threadwort · Isothecium myosuroides · Heath Threadwort +44
- Pale-fruited Thread-mossPohlia annotina
- Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
- Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata
- Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
- Heath ThreadwortCephaloziella stellulifera
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2025Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025ClinoceraClinocera2025ClinoceraClinocera2025Non-biting midgesChironomidae2025Non-biting midgesChironomidae2025CheliferaChelifera2025CheliferaChelifera2025BaetisBaetis2025BaetisBaetis2025SimuliumSimulium2025SimuliumSimulium2025Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2025Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2025Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Juniper Haircap
Juniper Haircap
Polytrichum juniperinum
Polytrichum juniperinum
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataLesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideusLesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideusPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusRedshankCeratodon purpureusRedshankCeratodon purpureusGreat Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosumGreat Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosumThick-set EarwortScapania compactaThick-set EarwortScapania compactaCrenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimumCrenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimumCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaPink-fruited Thread-mossPohlia melanodonPink-fruited Thread-mossPohlia melanodonField Forklet-mossDicranella staphylinaField Forklet-mossDicranella staphylinaSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusClay Earth-mossArchidium alternifoliumClay Earth-mossArchidium alternifoliumFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesHeath EarwortScapania irriguaHeath EarwortScapania irriguaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaUrn HaircapPogonatum urnigerumUrn HaircapPogonatum urnigerumSlender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroidesSlender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroidesWoodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemoraleWoodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemoraleEndive PelliaPellia endiviifoliaEndive PelliaPellia endiviifoliaWater EarwortScapania undulataWater EarwortScapania undulataUlota crispaUlota crispaUlota crispaUlota crispaSilver-mossBryum argenteumSilver-mossBryum argenteumOverleaf PelliaPellia epiphyllaOverleaf PelliaPellia epiphyllaSupine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatumSupine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatumMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiGreasewortAneura pinguisGreasewortAneura pinguisSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansGreat CrestwortLophocolea bispinosaGreat CrestwortLophocolea bispinosaDicranella variaDicranella variaDicranella variaDicranella variaCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataCephaloziellaCephaloziellaCephaloziellaCephaloziellaDicranella howeiDicranella howeiDicranella howeiDicranella howeiTaper-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium acuminatumTaper-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium acuminatumFairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicinaFairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicinaFallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallaxFallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallaxHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum