St Catherine’s Point

Isle of Wight > United Kingdom

Coastal slope grassland and scrub. Good for migrants, visual migration & sea watching. Birds, Flowers, Invertebrates, Views. Knowles Farm, National Trust owned

Added* by Ian Ridett
Most recent update 16 marraskuu 2021

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Description

St Catherine's Point is the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight. Scrub and grassland by sea with cliffs behind. Nesting korppi, muuttohaukka and myrskylintu on cliffs. It is an area of open grassland & thorn, bramble & gorse scrub with some sheltered sycamore woodland, cattle grazed.

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Access

Extensive walks, irregular bus service to Niton under-cliff. For directions to a car park click on the P in the map. Walk towards Lighthouse. Footpaths lead to coast or past Knowles Farm. The circular walk shown on the map is about 3 km long.

Terrain and Habitat

Scattered trees and bushes , Grassland , Plateau , Valley , Sea , Beach

Conditions

Slippery , Hilly , Open landscape

Circular trail

Yes

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

Spring , Autumn

Best time to visit

Spring migration , Autumn migration

Route

Narrow trail

Difficulty walking trail

Strenuous

Accessible by

Foot

Birdwatching hide / platform

Extra info

Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Black Tern, Common Scoter, Balearic Shearwater, Pied Flycatcher, Serin. Yellow-browed Warbler annual in autumn, good numbers of regular UK migrants in both Spring & Autumn; easterly winds in Spring are best for seawatching.

Rarities include; Wallcreeper, Black Stork, Red-rumped Swallow, Bee-eater, Hoopoe, Tawny Pipit, Pectoral Sandpiper & Great Shearwater amongst others..

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Top 5 birds

1. pilkkasiipi
(Melanitta fusca)

2. mustatiira
(Chlidonias niger)

3. tulipäähippiäinen
(Regulus ignicapilla)

4. keltahemppo
(Serinus serinus)

5. punakottarainen
(Pastor roseus)

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