Escape to the heart of nature in this delightful 1- bedroom cottage, offering the perfect retreat for two. This cottage combines rustic charm with home from home comforts, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere.
Simple in style, yet warm and welcoming, the living room has an abundance of charm, featuring a comfortable sofa and a lovely dining table that provides a pleasant space for both relaxation and meals.
Cook up a feast of an evening with the fully fitted kitchen, microwave, fridge/freezer. Outside, a small seating area offers the ideal spot for enjoying a morning coffee or an afternoon tipple during the summer months.
The cottage includes a comfortable double bedroom and a private bathroom with a shower, WC, and basin.
Located at the quieter end of Praa Sands beach (Ashton side) is The Barn at Millstream – a charming, one bedroom, ground floor cottage with private parking The accommodation is set over one floor with just one step up into the bedroom. Staying at The Barn at Millstream you are just a few short minutes walk down hill to the beach with easy access onto the surrounding coastal footpath.
Electricity, bed linen and towels included. No smoking. This property has a £150 security deposit.
With its sweeping beaches, rugged moorlands, hidden woodlands, and rolling countryside estates, Cornwall is a superb destination if you want to spend some time bird watching on holiday.
One of the best spots is Hayle Estuary Nature Reserve, managed by the RSPB. This rich wetland habitat attracts a variety of birdlife, including teals, wigeons, and goosanders. While winter offers the highest numbers, spring and early summer also bring migrant waders such as oystercatchers, dunlins, and whimbrels to the tidal pools and marshes.
Marazion Marsh, also managed by the RSPB and overlooking the iconic St Michael’s Mount near Penzance, boasts Cornwall’s largest reedbed. It’s a haven for species like chiffchaffs, Cetti’s warblers, little egrets, and grey herons. Bitterns are regularly recorded here, and birds of prey, including sparrowhawks and buzzards, are often spotted too.
For a variety of songbirds and raptors, head to the Rame Peninsula near Cawsand. This beautiful area of tidal creeks, sandy beaches, and peaceful farmland attracts goldcrests, firecrests, warblers, and buntings. You may also glimpse birds of prey such as hobbies, merlins, peregrine falcons, and, if you’re lucky, the rare hen harrier.
At Stithians Lake, a large reservoir, breeding birds like little grebes, coots, and moorhens are common. Waders such as greenshanks, ruffs, and curlew sandpipers can also be seen foraging along the muddy banks.
Not far from St Ives, St Ives Island, actually a headland between Porthmeor and Porthgwidden beaches, is a top spot for seabird watching, especially in autumn. Huge flocks of skuas, terns, gannets, fulmars, and auks pass by, alongside waders like purple sandpipers, whimbrels, and turnstones.
Finally, no trip to Cornwall would be complete without exploring Bodmin Moor. This dramatic granite moorland, scattered with ancient ruins and rich in wildlife, is especially rewarding in spring and summer, when skylarks, stonechats, wheatears, and sedge warblers arrive to breed. In autumn and winter, the moor plays host to thousands of golden plovers, along with snipes and the more elusive jack snipe.
