Wildife and Bird Watching in Cornwall
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Cornwall, including the Scilly Isles, is one of the finest counties for wildlife watching in the UK. A top spot for migrant and unusual birds such as the Balearic Shearwater and Choughs, it is also one of the best for marine wildlife too.
Basking sharks are inrceasingly common, especially between May and October, and bottlenose and Risso's dolphins are often seen, as well as a few Minke whales. Cornwall has more strandings than any other county, and is also prone to 'exotic' finds that have blown across the Atlantic.
Basking sharks are inrceasingly common, especially between May and October, and bottlenose and Risso's dolphins are often seen, as well as a few Minke whales. Cornwall has more strandings than any other county, and is also prone to 'exotic' finds that have blown across the Atlantic.
These maps are intended as a guideline only; you must check the exact location of the reserve yourself. Wildlife Extra assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or usefulness of the information on this website.
- Basking shark watching, Cornwall.
- Cabilla and Redrice Woods Nature Reserves.
- Churchtown Farm Community Nature Reserve
- Golitha Falls National Nature Reserve
- Hayle Estuary RSPB
- Helman Tor Nature Reserve.
- Kennall Vale Nature Reserve
- Marazion Marsh RSPB
- St George’s Island Marine Nature Reserve.
- Tamar Estuary Nature Reserve
- The Lizard National Nature Reserve
- Upton Towans Nature Reserve
- Windmill Farm Nature Reserve.
Recent Cornwall news
- Appeal to help save Cornwall’s dolphins
- Rare visitors washed up on Cornish beach – Columbus crabs
- Devon seal moves to Cornwall to give birth
- Unusual whale and dolphin wash up on the Scilly Isles
- Dolphin harassment – Dolphin watch guidelines
- Whale and dolphin strandings show big increase in Cornwall
- First choughs chicks in far west of Cornwall for nearly 150 Years
- Mass dolphin stranding in Cornwall - at least 26 dolphins dead
- Volunteers needed for Cornish basking shark surveys
- More rare turtles strand in Cornwall
- Spate of Dolphin Deaths hits Cornwall
- Baby Fin Whale Found Dead on Cornish Beach
- Striped dolphin stranded alive in Cornwall
- 17 Loggerhead Turtles Strand Since January
- Need help with a wildlife site in Cornwall?
More Cornwall news
- Unusual marine wildlife hits Cornwall
- Endangered Porbeagle shark stranded on Cornwall beach
- First Basking sharks of the season seen off UK coasts.
- Minke whale stranded in Cornwall
- Two Common Dolphins returned to the sea after successful rescue on Cumbrian coast
- WINTER BIRDS IN CORNWALL THRIVING, BUT CORN BUNTINGS IN TROUBLE
- Cirl Buntings breed in Cornwall for the first time in 200 years.
- 'Alleged' Great white shark sighting off Cornwall.
- Biggest Thresher Shark ever, caught off Cornish Coast
- Minke whale killed by ship off Cornwall
- Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Fox Club ‘Springwatch’ events
- Cornwall Wildlife Trust launches their new boat
- Two unusual finds in Cornwall.
- Huge increase in marine strandings in Cornwall.
- Cirl buntings re-introduced into Cornwall.
Unusual whale and dolphin wash up on the Scilly IslesTwo highly unusual marine mammals, a Sowerby's beaked whale and a Risso's dolphin, have been washed up on the western shores of the Isle of St Agnes within days of one another.
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Mass dolphin stranding in Cornwall - at least 26 dolphins deadOn Monday 9th June, 26 common dolphins stranded and died near St Mawes in Cornwall.
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Minke whale stranded in CornwallA 7 metre long Minke whale washed up on Porthcothan beach. Minke sighting are unusual at this time of year.
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Cirl buntings re-introduced into Cornwall.The rare Cirl bunting was reduced to just a few hundred pairs in south Devon, but they have now been re-introduced into Cornwall.
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