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Places › Wales › North Wales › Flintshire Getting here
53.11062, -3.02437
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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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Comma, Peacock +99 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Comma, Peacock +99 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Great Scented Liverwort, Himalayan Balsam +17 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Bluebell, Great Scented Liverwort, Himalayan Balsam +17 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Llwybr Clawdd Wat Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
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Photos The junction of Gresford Road and Caer Estyn
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Wildlife to spot
7,717 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,717 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Wren +35
Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Mole
Badger Meles meles2023 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Mole Talpa europaea2023 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 15 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Alder Leaf Beetle · Tawny Mining Bee · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Brown Hawker · Green Shieldbug +10
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,717 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Wren +35
Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Mole
Badger Meles meles2023 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Mole Talpa europaea2023 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 15 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Alder Leaf Beetle · Tawny Mining Bee · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Brown Hawker · Green Shieldbug +10
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus2023
Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus2023
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2023
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2023
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2023
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2023 