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Penkevel Wood

✦ Ancient woodland72 ha

📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome72 ha

Getting here

50.23211, -4.99191

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Curlew, Shelduck, Little Egret +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Heath Threadwort · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Mudflats priority habitat; Birds — Curlew, Shelduck, Little Egret +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

South West Coast Path (Section 30: Falmouth to Portloe)Walking route

Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

49 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 3 Link RouteCycling route

Named routeRegional 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

NCN National Route 32Cycling route

Named routeRef 32National Cycle Network

Shortlanesend to TruroCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route40 m

Named routeRef 3Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other

Wildlife to spot

24,338 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

24,338 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2025

Curlew · Greenshank · Redshank · Dunlin · Shelduck +35

CurlewNumenius arquata
GreenshankTringa nebularia
RedshankTringa totanus
DunlinCalidris alpina
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TealAnas crecca
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
KnotCalidris canutus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Barn OwlTyto alba
GadwallMareca strepera
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
SanderlingCalidris alba
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Heath Threadwort

Heath ThreadwortCephaloziella stellulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

24,338 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2025

Curlew · Greenshank · Redshank · Dunlin · Shelduck +35

CurlewNumenius arquata
GreenshankTringa nebularia
RedshankTringa totanus
DunlinCalidris alpina
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TealAnas crecca
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
KnotCalidris canutus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Barn OwlTyto alba
GadwallMareca strepera
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
SanderlingCalidris alba
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Heath Threadwort

Heath ThreadwortCephaloziella stellulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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