Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.55168, -4.91911
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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 Great Black-backed Gull
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Great Black-backed Gull
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Cormorant +87 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST ENODOC
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Cormorant +87 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ivy Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly, Meliscaeva auricollis +43 more · last seen 2026; Sand dunes — natterjack toad, sand lizard and dune invertebrates
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 109 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 14: Port Isaac to Padstow)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 15: Padstow to Porthcothan)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Saints WayWalking route47 km▾
Padstow to Fowey
Named routeRef SWLength 47 kmRegional walking route
Camel TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef CAMPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Marsland Mouth to NewquayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Sandyhillspublic footpath · 82 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 82 mPath type: residential
Sandyhillspublic footpath · 47 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 47 mPath type: residential
Lower Greenbankspublic footpath · 112 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 112 mPath type: residential
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route142 m▾
Named routeLength 142 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route498 m▾
Named routeRef 32Length 498 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route980 m▾
Named routeRef 323Length 980 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 323Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route365 m▾
Named routeLength 365 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface grass
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Wildlife to spot
15,787 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,787 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2026▾
Jackdaw · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +44
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- KnotCalidris canutus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects22 species
springautumn
2026▾
Ivy Bee · Common Cockchafer · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Meliscaeva auricollis +17
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,787 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2026▾
Jackdaw · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +44
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- KnotCalidris canutus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects22 species
springautumn
2026▾
Ivy Bee · Common Cockchafer · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Meliscaeva auricollis +17
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Legnotus limbosus
Legnotus limbosus
Legnotus limbosus2025
Legnotus limbosus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Empis stercoreaEmpis stercorea2025Empis stercoreaEmpis stercorea202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Calamosternus granariusCalamosternus granarius2025Calamosternus granariusCalamosternus granarius2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025White-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipes2025White-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipes2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2025Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025