Collections
Opening times
Monday to Saturday (closed Sundays)
CURRENT HOURS
10.30 am - 4.30 pm
(last admission 4.00pm)
Admission £4.50 adults,
£3.00 concessions,
under 18s FREE
ADMISSION FREE ON SATURDAYS
WINTER HOURS
From 1 October
to Good Friday:
10.30am - 4.30pm
(last admission 4.00pm)
WINNER Cornwall Tourism Awards GOLD
South West Tourism Excellence Awards SILVER
.jpg)
.jpg){kind=small}
Natural History
Nest of marsh tit
when checked on 7.11.2000, the nest had four small white and brown speckled eggs in it.
Nest of nightingale
The nest of a Nightingale with 4 eggs. This bird is a summer visitor to southern England, nesting in deciduous tickets with a dense understorey of brambles.Commonest in south-east England, it is rarely found as a migrant elsewhere. It spends the winter in sub-saharan Africa.
Nest of sedge warbler
Like the Reed Warbler, which has a similar song, the Sedge Warbler occurs in extensive reedbeds. But unlike that species it also breeds in damp overgrown areas. It is a summer visitor to Britain, wintering in subsaharan Africa.
Nest of stonechat
The Stonechat is a characteristic species of rough patches, coastal gorse and heathland where its call which resembles pebbles being knocked together, gives the bird its name. It feeds on insects, spiders and worms. Numbers are severely depleted by hard winters, but they quickly increase again.
Nest of swallow
The Swallow is a summer visitor, nesting on rafters in barns and outhouses. Normally they have two broods, occasionally three They feed on insects, taken in flight. Once the young have left the nest they make a wonderful sight as they rest on rooftops and wires, the air fill of their constant twittering.
Nest of teal
The Teal is the smallest European duck, breeding on fresh and brackish waters with an abundance of aquatic vegetation. In water they form large flocks on estuaries and in sheltered bays.
