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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
49.99638, -5.18754
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Wren
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐾Treleague Farm on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Wren
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐾Treleague Farm on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Wren, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Wren, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Deceiver, Wood Pinkgill, Bulbous Honey Fungus +38 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Pegomya, Common Carder Bee +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ciliate Crystalwort, Husnot's Frillwort, Atlantic Pouncewort +131 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 26: Porthleven to The Lizard)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 27: The Lizard to Coverack)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
The Lizard Coastal WalkWalking route9.7 km▾
Walk around the Lizard Peninsula.
Named routeLength 9.7 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Lizard rarirty walkWalking route1.6 km▾
Named routeLength 1.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Mills, fishing and serpentine walkWalking route▾
Friar's Lanepublic footpath · 367 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 367 mPath type: service
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,075 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,075 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Kestrel · Shag · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +41
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GannetMorus bassanus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwiftApus apus
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Minke Whale · Common Porpoise · Common Dolphin · Field Vole
- Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Rose Chafer · Meadow Grasshopper · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Black-tailed Skimmer +13
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
Deceiver · Wood Pinkgill · Bulbous Honey Fungus · Violet Bramble Rust · Orange Ping-Pong Bat +36
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Wood PinkgillEntoloma rhodopolium
- Bulbous Honey FungusArmillaria gallica
- Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
- Orange Ping-Pong BatFavolaschia claudopus
- Microbotryum violaceum s. lat.Microbotryum violaceum s. lat.
- Hairy Curtain Crust
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,075 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Kestrel · Shag · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +41
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GannetMorus bassanus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwiftApus apus
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Minke Whale · Common Porpoise · Common Dolphin · Field Vole
- Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Rose Chafer · Meadow Grasshopper · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Black-tailed Skimmer +13
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
Deceiver · Wood Pinkgill · Bulbous Honey Fungus · Violet Bramble Rust · Orange Ping-Pong Bat +36
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Wood PinkgillEntoloma rhodopolium
- Bulbous Honey FungusArmillaria gallica
- Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
- Orange Ping-Pong BatFavolaschia claudopus
- Microbotryum violaceum s. lat.Microbotryum violaceum s. lat.
- Hairy Curtain Crust
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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