Burgi Geos, promontory fort site
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Dogs welcome
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60.71075, -1.12578
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
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🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Goldeneye, Whooper Swan, Redwing +19 more · last seen 2020; Birds — Goldeneye, Whooper Swan, Redwing +19 more · last seen 2020
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Viviparous Sheep's-fescue, Heather, Grass +27 more · last seen 2015; Plants — Viviparous Sheep's-fescue, Heather, Grass +27 more · last seen 2015
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Plants — Crowberry, Wild Thyme, Dandelion
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brekon Coastal Walking route ▾
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Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
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Named route Ref CPPY04 Point-to-point Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
184 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 184 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 22 species
winter autumn
2020 ▾
Goldeneye · Whooper Swan · Redwing · Whimbrel · Snipe +17
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Redwing Turdus iliacus2019 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus2011 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2011 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2019 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2016 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2015 Greylag Goose Anser anser2010 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2015 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus2014 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2011 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2010 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2010 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2010 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2010 Curlew Numenius arquata2010 Great Skua Stercorarius skua2010 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2010 Skylark Alauda arvensis2010 Redshank Tringa totanus2010 Dunlin Calidris alpina2010 Harbour Seal · Grey Seal
Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus Viviparous Sheep's-fescue · Heather · Devil's-bit Scabious · Cuckooflower · Round-leaved Sundew +29
Viviparous Sheep's-fescue Festuca vivipara Heather Calluna vulgaris Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia Mat-grass Nardus stricta Marsh Horsetail Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 184 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 22 species
winter autumn
2020 ▾
Goldeneye · Whooper Swan · Redwing · Whimbrel · Snipe +17
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Redwing Turdus iliacus2019 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus2011 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2011 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2019 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2016 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2015 Greylag Goose Anser anser2010 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2015 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus2014 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2011 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2010 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2010 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2010 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2010 Curlew Numenius arquata2010 Great Skua Stercorarius skua2010 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2010 Skylark Alauda arvensis2010 Redshank Tringa totanus2010 Dunlin Calidris alpina2010 Harbour Seal · Grey Seal
Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus Viviparous Sheep's-fescue · Heather · Devil's-bit Scabious · Cuckooflower · Round-leaved Sundew +29
Viviparous Sheep's-fescue Festuca vivipara Heather Calluna vulgaris Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia Mat-grass Nardus stricta Marsh Horsetail Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Equisetum palustre
Equisetum palustre
Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium
Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium
Deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum
Deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum
Goldenrod Solidago virgaurea
Goldenrod Solidago virgaurea
Great Wood-rush Luzula sylvatica
Great Wood-rush Luzula sylvatica
Wild Thyme Thymus drucei
Wild Thyme Thymus drucei
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Bell Heather Erica cinerea
Bell Heather Erica cinerea
Common Sedge Carex nigra
Common Sedge Carex nigra
Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa
Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa
Tormentil Potentilla erecta
Tormentil Potentilla erecta
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix
Early Hair-grass Aira praecox
Early Hair-grass Aira praecox
Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum
Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum
Heath Rush Juncus squarrosus
Heath Rush Juncus squarrosus
Polypody Polypodium vulgare
Polypody Polypodium vulgare
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
Hare's-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum
Hare's-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum
Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum
Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta
Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta
Crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum
Crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum
Polypodium vulgare Polypodium vulgare2010
Polypodium vulgare Polypodium vulgare2010
Crowberry agg. Empetrum nigrum2010
Crowberry agg. Empetrum nigrum2010
Heath Wood-rush Luzula multiflora2010
Heath Wood-rush Luzula multiflora2010
Sheep's Fescue agg. Festuca ovina2010
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