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St Gothian Sands NR and Godrevy Head

Cornwall  >  United Kingdom

Good range of birds at any time of year and unusual or rare species turning up on a regular basis. The headland is good for watching visible migration.

Tillagd* av Paul Freestone
Senast uppdaterad 20 oktober 2024

Beskrivning

St Gothian Sands was declared a Local Nature Reserve in 2005. Prior to this it was a derelict sand works located to the west of Godrevy Head. In 2005 the main pools and conservation areas were created and have now become a haven for resident and migrating birds. The headlands at Godrevy are excellent for watching visible migration with pipits, finches, wheatears and swallows passing through in good numbers on the right day, Among the regular birds you can see are strandskata, storspov, roskarl, havstrut, Smådopping, vigg and gravand. Among the rarities that have been seen are Vitvingad trut, vittrut, vandringstrast and rödhuvad törnskata.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

The area can be found along the B3303 coast road between Hayle and Portreath adjacent to the Godrevy Towans National Trust Reserve. Free parking is available but limited during peak holiday times.

Terräng och habitat

Våtmark , Kanjon/klippa , Strand , Hav / ocean

Förhållanden

Öppet landskap

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vår , Höststräck , Vårsträck

Rutt

Bred stig

Hur ansträngande vandring

Lätt vandring

Nås

Till fots

Fågeltorn / plattform

Nej

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