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
Buller's shearwater blackish also; the two black areas do not meet at the hand however; the area between them is a rather light grey, under bright light it may appear almost white. With the bird facing upwards, the pattern gives the impression of a broken black "M", with light grey interspersing areas. The underside is bright white; on the head the upperside's grey extends town to eye height and the white cheeks may shine up conspicuously, as in the smaller shearwaters of "Puffinus sensu stricto". The rectrices are blackish and the tail is wedge-shaped; bill and iris are dark. Fledged juveniles already