Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
50.36102, -4.74439
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Dunnock +57 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Otter, Common Dolphin +13 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — caddisflies, Olives (Baetidae), stoneflies +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 32: Mevagissey to Par)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 33: Par to Polperro)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Saints WayWalking route47 km▾
Padstow to Fowey
Named routeRef SWLength 47 kmRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Diversion West of Charlestown)Walking route▾
Par Beach TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
105 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
Route 305Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 305National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 2 Plymouth to St. AustellCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route272 m▾
Named routeRef 305Length 272 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route172 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 172 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Wheal Martyn Trailbridleway · 1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmSurface fine_gravelPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
23,354 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,354 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Dunnock · Blackbird · Magpie · Chaffinch +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Harvest Mouse · Grey Seal · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species +5
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wall Lizard · Pond Terrapin
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hornet Hoverfly +15
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Flagellate Feather-moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Tamarisk-moss +2
- Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
- Common Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,354 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Dunnock · Blackbird · Magpie · Chaffinch +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Harvest Mouse · Grey Seal · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species +5
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wall Lizard · Pond Terrapin
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hornet Hoverfly +15
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Flagellate Feather-moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Tamarisk-moss +2
- Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
- Common Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Kindbergia praelonga
Kindbergia praelonga
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