Blodwell Rock Camp and portions of Llanymynech Hill Camp Also in Powys: Wales
17 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
52.79544, -3.08919
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +41 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +41 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Tawny Funnel, Glistening Inkcap, Suede Bolete +40 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Common Damselbug +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Offa's Dyke Path; Named hiking route nearby: Offa's Dyke Path
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Llwybr Clawdd WatWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 13Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW13Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 14Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW14Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Blackbridge Lanebridleway · 650 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 650 mPath type: track
Photos
Field beneath Blodwell Rock
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
47,031 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,031 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Coal Tit · Great Tit +13
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
🐝Insects55 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Damselbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Trioza remota +50
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Trioza remotaTrioza remota
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Snowdrop · Stinking Hellebore · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Black Spleenwort · Maidenhair Spleenwort +1
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,031 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Coal Tit · Great Tit +13
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
🐝Insects55 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Damselbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Trioza remota +50
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Trioza remotaTrioza remota
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Snowdrop · Stinking Hellebore · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Black Spleenwort · Maidenhair Spleenwort +1
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mocydia crocea
Mocydia crocea
Mocydia crocea
Mocydia crocea
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataAcalypta parvulaAcalypta parvulaAcalypta parvulaAcalypta parvulaSepsis fulgensSepsis fulgensSepsis fulgensSepsis fulgensDicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydisDicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydisDicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydisDicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydisHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusEuropean Tarnished Plant BugLygus rugulipennisEuropean Tarnished Plant BugLygus rugulipennis24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusMetidiocerus rutilansMetidiocerus rutilansMetidiocerus rutilansMetidiocerus rutilansCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCrossopalpus minimusCrossopalpus minimusCrossopalpus minimusCrossopalpus minimusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusZyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellarisOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisDrymus (Sylvadrymus) ryeiDrymus (Sylvadrymus) ryeiDrymus (Sylvadrymus) ryeiDrymus (Sylvadrymus) ryeiCrossopalpus nigritellusCrossopalpus nigritellusCrossopalpus nigritellusCrossopalpus nigritellusLaricobius erichsoniiLaricobius erichsoniiLaricobius erichsoniiLaricobius erichsoniiLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataParadelia intersectaParadelia intersectaParadelia intersectaParadelia intersectaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisSmooth-gastered Furrow BeeLasioglossum parvulumSmooth-gastered Furrow BeeLasioglossum parvulumLasiosomus enervisLasiosomus enervisLasiosomus enervisLasiosomus enervisEupteryx floridaEupteryx floridaEupteryx floridaEupteryx floridaGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusScolopostethus decoratusScolopostethus decoratusScolopostethus decoratusScolopostethus decoratusScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisPine Cone BugGastrodes grossipesPine Cone BugGastrodes grossipesEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumCymus glandicolorCymus glandicolorCymus glandicolorCymus glandicolorTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiGwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolorGwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolorEudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolorCrossopalpus humilisCrossopalpus humilisCrossopalpus humilisCrossopalpus humilisMyrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodisLordiphosa andalusiacaLordiphosa andalusiacaLordiphosa andalusiacaLordiphosa andalusiacaGrass AntMyrmecina graminicolaGrass AntMyrmecina graminicolaStygnocoris sabulosusStygnocoris sabulosusStygnocoris sabulosusStygnocoris sabulosusMegophthalmus scanicusMegophthalmus scanicusMegophthalmus scanicusMegophthalmus scanicusCabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleraceaCabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleraceaDusky AntFormica fuscaDusky AntFormica fuscaEmpoasca decipiensEmpoasca decipiensEmpoasca decipiensEmpoasca decipiensAnt Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoidesAnt Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoidesGeomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata