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Zennor Quoit

📷 Chris Andrews · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Robin, Chaffinch +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Robin, Chaffinch +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown +32 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

South West Coast Path (Section 20: Hayle to St Ives)Walking route

Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route

South West Coast Path (Section 21: St Ives to Pendeen)Walking route

Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route

St Michael's WayWalking route20 km

A waymarked route from Lelant to St Michael's Mount

Named routeRef SMWLength 20 kmRegional walking route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

West Kernow Way Part 2Mountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

11,393 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,393 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumn

2025

Wren · Dunnock · Carrion Crow · Robin · Chaffinch +49

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RookCorvus frugilegus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
ShagGulosus aristotelis
GannetMorus bassanus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RavenCorvus corax
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
JayGarrulus glandarius
SiskinSpinus spinus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Barn OwlTyto alba

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Roe Deer

Domestic CattleBos taurus
Feral SheepOvis aries
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,393 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumn

2025

Wren · Dunnock · Carrion Crow · Robin · Chaffinch +49

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RookCorvus frugilegus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
ShagGulosus aristotelis
GannetMorus bassanus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RavenCorvus corax
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
JayGarrulus glandarius
SiskinSpinus spinus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Barn OwlTyto alba

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Roe Deer

Domestic CattleBos taurus
Feral SheepOvis aries
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Andrews · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Stone hut circle settlement, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system 500m south of Foage FarmHistoric site1 km→✦Three wayside crosses in the churchyard of St Sennara's ChurchHistoric site1.5 km→🦉STEEPLE WOODLAND NATURE RESERVENature reserve4.9 km→✦Wayside cross immediately south of St Towennicus' ChurchHistoric site1.8 km→✦Round cairn 135m west of Little CarnaquiddenHistoric site2.7 km→✦A small multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle-an-Dinas' which contains an 18th century folly called 'Roger's Tower'Historic site3.4 km→

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