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Trevose Head

Cornwall  >  United Kingdom

A headland West of the town of Padstow on the North Cornwall Coast.

Ajouté* par Baz Willmott
Dernière actualisation 12 août 2024
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Description

The North Cornwall Coast has always been prone to bad weather with frequent sea mist reducing visibility, before the building of the Trevose Head lighthouse in 1847 the only lighthouses on this section of coast was the Longships Lighthouse (45 miles to the South West) and Lundy Island Lighthouse (45 miles to the North East). The headland is probably better known as a seawatching site but also has a good list of land birds. BE WARNED HIGH CLIFFS, there is a deep sheer round hole and quarry near Dinas Head (press STAR on map) near all year car park. DO NOT attempt to walk in low visibility/low light levels on the headland. The whole headland is very open and exposed with very little shelter from inclement weather.

Seabird passage tends not to be close to shore here as it is at headlands further South West (ie St Ives Island or Pendeen Watch - see separate entries), strong onshore winds from the North West/North/North East may force birds closer to land. From early in the season Puffin des Anglais can pass by here, sometimes numbering in thousands, on feeding forays. Labbe pomarin, Labbe parasite, Labbe à longue queue, Grand Labbe, Puffin majeur, Puffin fuligineux and Puffin des Baléares are all possible in smaller numbers in Summer/Autumn. In Winter and into Spring small numbers of Plongeon catmarin and Plongeon imbrin can be regularly seen, often sheltering in the bays on either side of the headland. Also Macreuse noire 'rafts' are a distinct possibility, always worth checking for a Macreuse brune.

Détails

Accès

Leave the A39 at Winnard's Perch Roundabout North West on the B3274 signed Padstow, continue on this road and turn Right at crossroads signed Seven Bays Park/St Merry Park/Treginear (Brown Sign). Continue and turn Right at sign Trevose Head and Lifeboat Station, continue and turn sharp Left (NOT Padstow Lifeboat Station), Trevose Head car park is at the end of this road.

The circular walking route indicated on the map is about 3,5 km.

Terrain et Habitat

Arbres et buissons disséminés , Prairie , Agriculture , Mer/océan , Canyon/falaise

Conditions

Vallonné , Rocailleux , Paysage ouvert

Boucle

Oui

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Oui

Saison idéale pour observer

Toute l'année

Itinéraire

Route pavée , Sentier large , Sentier étroit

Niveau de difficulté de l'itinéraire

Durée de la marche

Accessible via

A pied , Vélo , Voiture

Observatoire/hutte d'observation

Non

Informations supplémentaires

All car parks are fee payable, Trevose Head all year round car park is open dawn to dusk. Trevose Head Summer Only car park (March - October press STAR on map) is also open dawn to dusk. There is NO overnight parking at both sites.

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