Silverwell is home to the Carrick Heaths / Silverwell Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest. This links — via a substantial and unbroken private County Wildlife Site corridor — to Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s public Park Hoskyn (The Hayman Reserve), and beyond to Mithian. The interactive map below shows the location of these valuable wildlife sites:
Wildlife & Nature Designations
Silverwell & surrounding parishes
Nationally protected for its habitats, geology or wildlife (Natural England).
Locally important for nature — no implied public access.
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The lists below are some of the confirmed native and migratory species that are spotted annually in Silverwell:
Birds
- Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
- Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
- Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
- Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Collard Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Coot (Fulica atra)
- Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
- Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
- Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
- Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
- Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
- Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
- Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Magpie (Pica pica)
- Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
- Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
- Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
- Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
- Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
- Teal (Anas crecca)
- Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Mammals
- Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
- Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
- Daubenton’s Bat (Myotis daubentonii)
- European Badger (Meles meles)
- Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
- Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
- Mole (Talpa europaea)
- Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
- Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
- Stoat (Mustela erminea)
- Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Plants
- Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)
- Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)
- Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale)
- Bog Pimpernel (Anagallis tenella)
- Common Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
- Cornish Moneywort (Sibthorpia europea)
- Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)
- Devil’s-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis)
- Dorset Heath (Erica ciliaris)
- Heath Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)
- Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
- Marsh St John’s-wort (Hypericum elodes)
- Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)
- Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
- Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)
- Yellow Centaury (Cicendia filiformis)
- Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)
- Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica)
- Water Mint (Mentha aquatica)
- Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca)
- Greater Bird’s-foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus)
- Silverweed (Potentilla anserina)
- Square-stalked St John’s-wort (Hypericum tetrapterum)
- Broad-leaved Enchanter’s-nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)
- Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
Invertebrates
- Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa – dragonfly)
- Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
- Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)
- Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)
- Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
- Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
- Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
- Pammene obscurana (moth)
- Peacock (Aglais io)
- Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
- Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
- Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
- Eurasian Hornet (Vespa crabro)
- Unarmed Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla inermis)
- Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
- Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)
- Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
- White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
- Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
- Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
- Moss Carder Bee (Bombus muscorum)
- Brown-banded Carder Bee (Bombus humilis)
- Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
- Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
Please contact us if you have spotted any local wildlife to add to this list.
Keep an eye on our News page to join one of our local seasonal wildlife counts.
For more information on the Carrick Heaths SSSI, click here.
