St Levan common species such as northern gannet ("Morus bassanus"), Manx shearwater ("Puffinus puffinus"), common guillemot, ("Uria aalge") and razorbill ("Alca torda"), as well as rarer birds such as Balearic shearwater ("Puffinus mauretanicus") and Cory's shearwater ("Calonectris borealis"). The headland of Tol-pedn (or Gwennap Head) is favoured by birdwatchers and many travel the length and breadth of Britain to track rare seabirds. Some of the butterflies that can be found on the coast include grayling ("Hipparchia semele"), silver-studded blue ("Plebejus argus"), small pearl-bordered fritillary ("Boloria selene") and wall ("Lasiommata megera"). There is also a day-flying moth, the thrift clearwing ("Synansphecia muscaeformis"); the
Bannerman's shearwater Bannerman's shearwater Bannerman's shearwater ("Puffinus bannermani") is a seabird in the Procellariidae family formerly considered conspecific with Audubon's shearwater ("Puffinus lherminieri"). Little is known of this species other than that it breeds in the Volcano Islands in the Ogasawara Group to the southwest of Japan and doesn't seem to range far from this area. The species population size has not been estimated but is assessed to be decreasing. Not much is known about this species and more research is required to obtain an understanding of its ecology. Based on the ecology of closely related species, "P. bannermani" is thought likely