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🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 110 ha
Getting here
50.28408, -4.80663
Open directionsv The Lost Gardens of Heligan are located near Mevagissey in Cornwall, England and are considered to be amongst the most popular in the UK. The gardens are typical of the 19th century Gardenesque style with areas of different character and in different design styles.
Read more on Wikipedia → Castle Grade II listed park and garden
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Chaffinch 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Steward’s House Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Chaffinch 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Steward’s House Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food ☕ Café🧺 Picnic spot🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Large White +78 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
South West Coast Path (Section 31: Portloe to Mevagissey) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref SWCP National walking route
Show on map South West Coast Path (Section 32: Mevagissey to Par) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref SWCP National walking route
Show on map South West Coast Path (Diversion West of Charlestown) Walking route ▾
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3 Cycling route 527.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 3 Length 527.7 km National Cycle Network
Show on map UK:National Cycle Network - west bound Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 3 Length 1.4 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 184 m ▾
Named route Ref 3 Length 184 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 63 m ▾
Named route Ref 3 Length 63 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 418 m ▾
Named route Ref 3 Length 418 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
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Photos Heligan - Upper entrance to Bottle Dump Hill
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Wildlife to spot
11,041 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 11,041 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Robin · Jackdaw · Chaffinch · Goldcrest · Swallow +44
Robin Erithacus rubecula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025 Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2025 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Seal · Harbour Seal
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Emperor Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax +30
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus Bank Haircap · Bifid Crestwort · Forked Veilwort · Dwarf Neckera · Fox-tail Feather-moss +1
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Dwarf Neckera Neckera pumila Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 11,041 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Robin · Jackdaw · Chaffinch · Goldcrest · Swallow +44
Robin Erithacus rubecula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025 Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2025 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Seal · Harbour Seal
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Emperor Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax +30
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus Bank Haircap · Bifid Crestwort · Forked Veilwort · Dwarf Neckera · Fox-tail Feather-moss +1
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Dwarf Neckera Neckera pumila Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2025
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2025
Fern Weevil Syagrius intrudens2025
Fern Weevil Syagrius intrudens2025
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2025
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Sepsis Sepsis2025
Sepsis Sepsis2025
Band-eyed Brown Horsefly Tabanus bromius2025
Band-eyed Brown Horsefly Tabanus bromius2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes2025
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes2025
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025
Muscidae Muscidae2025
Muscidae Muscidae2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata2025
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata2025
Marsham's Nomad Bee Nomada marshamella2025
Marsham's Nomad Bee Nomada marshamella2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia2025
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia2025
Eristalis Eristalis2025
Eristalis Eristalis2025
Back-Swimmer Notonecta2025
Back-Swimmer Notonecta2025
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2025
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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