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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.33028, -4.75724
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Cormorant
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Cormorant
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
☕Café⛺Campsite🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Cormorant, Jackdaw +87 more · last seen 2025; Coastal cliffs — seabirds and cliff-nesting species
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Cormorant, Jackdaw +87 more · last seen 2025; Maritime cliff and slope priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle, Marmalade Hoverfly, Swollen-thighed Beetle +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths 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
Quay Roadpublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mSurface concretePath type: residential
Quay Roadpublic footpath · 140 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 140 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
South West Coast Pathpublic footpath · 123 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 123 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: footway
99 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 route172 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 172 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,956 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,956 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Cormorant · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +44
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides2024
- RazorbillAlca torda2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐝Insects16 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Banded Pine Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug · Eristalis arbustorum · Cheilosia · Lesser Stag Beetle +11
- Banded Pine WeevilPissodes castaneus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,956 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Cormorant · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +44
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides2024
- RazorbillAlca torda2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐝Insects16 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Banded Pine Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug · Eristalis arbustorum · Cheilosia · Lesser Stag Beetle +11
- Banded Pine WeevilPissodes castaneus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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