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Places › Wales › North Wales › Flintshire Getting here
53.17054, -3.14553
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Alexander's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Alexander's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Pavement Mushroom, King Alfred's Cakes, Yellow Brain +9 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Pavement Mushroom, King Alfred's Cakes, Yellow Brain +9 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Dingy Skipper +72 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Dingy Skipper +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Llwybr Clawdd Wat Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride the Clwyds Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Village Tour
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60,528 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 60,528 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker +45
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Swift Apus apus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Herring Gull Larus argentatus House Martin Delichon urbicum Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Greenfinch Chloris chloris Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Rock Dove Columba livia Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Little Egret Egretta garzetta Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Hobby Falco subbuteo Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Swallow Hirundo rustica Stock Dove Columba oenas Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Tawny Owl Strix aluco Redwing Turdus iliacus Coal Tit Periparus ater Rook Corvus frugilegus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Toad Bufo bufo2024 🐝 Insects 13 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Mesembrina meridiana · Green Shieldbug +8
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 60,528 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker +45
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Swift Apus apus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Herring Gull Larus argentatus House Martin Delichon urbicum Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Greenfinch Chloris chloris Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Rock Dove Columba livia Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Little Egret Egretta garzetta Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Hobby Falco subbuteo Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Swallow Hirundo rustica Stock Dove Columba oenas Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Tawny Owl Strix aluco Redwing Turdus iliacus Coal Tit Periparus ater Rook Corvus frugilegus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Toad Bufo bufo2024 🐝 Insects 13 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Mesembrina meridiana · Green Shieldbug +8
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis
Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Large Marsh Horsefly Tabanus autumnalis
Large Marsh Horsefly Tabanus autumnalis
Rosy Apple Aphid Dysaphis (Pomaphis) plantaginea
Rosy Apple Aphid Dysaphis (Pomaphis) plantaginea 