Wildlife in and around Budemeadows
Our site is situated amidst fields and surrounded by hedgerows providing a variety of habitats for all sorts of creatures. The secluded coves along the coast harbor seals, dolphins can sometimes be seen from the cliff tops and the nearby Tamar valley is frequented by otters.
We
know that summer will soon be here when our resident swallows return
(April 9th in 2011) from their Winter holidays.
Birds we've seen on
or over the campsite
These are the birds we've been able to identify, doubtless there are more, please let us know if you spot any we have not listed during your stay.| Barn
Owl Blackbird Blue Tit BullFinch Buzzard Carrion Crow Chaffinch Coal Tit Collard Dove Dunnock Goldfinch Green Woodpecker |
Great Tit Greater Spotted Woodpecker House Martin House Sparrow Jackdaw Jay Long-tailed Tit Mallard Pheasant Pied Wagtail Red Kite Redwing |
Robin Rook Snipe Song Thrush Sparrow Hawk Starling Swallow Wimbrel Wood Pigeon Wren Yellow Wagtail |
Recent Sightings and Additions
We had several sightings of a Peregrin Falcon reported all Summer (2010), usually atop a telegraph pole along the nearby roads. In early September one was disturbed during its dinner of fresh pigeon on site. It's still around and we're hoping to get a photo to post on the website.
Red Kite 
Greater Spotted Woodpecker 
Other Wildlife
There are
Foxes and Badgers in the
area, but they are rarely seen on site. The hedgerows are home to
a number of small mammals such as shrews, field mice, moles and voles
as well as stoats and weasels. There are rabbits of course
and if you are an early riser you may catch a glimpse of deer in the
surrounding fields, look a couple of fields further and you may see a
Llama or two. There are Otters living in the river and marsh land around the Bude canal. The photos here were taken about 2 miles from our campsite.
