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Getting here
52.86905, -3.66899
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Tufted Duck
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Tufted Duck
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Cormorant +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Cormorant +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Limnius volckmari, Baetis rhodani/atlanticus, Non-biting midges +64 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Alpine Water-moss, Claw Brook-moss +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Dermatocarpon · last seen 2024
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
5 signed routes nearby
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A494 near Caer Gai Roman Fort
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Wildlife to spot
3,652 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,652 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Cormorant · Great Crested Grebe · Teal · Tufted Duck · Ring-necked Duck +28
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- ScaupAythya marila
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Limnius volckmari · Glossosoma boltoni · Black-legged Water-snipefly · Sericostoma personatum · Protonemura meyeri +26
- Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari
- Glossosoma boltoniGlossosoma boltoni
- Black-legged Water-snipeflyIbisia marginata
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
- Protonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeri
- LeuctraLeuctra
- Perlodes mortoni
Aspen · Himalayan Balsam
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,652 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Cormorant · Great Crested Grebe · Teal · Tufted Duck · Ring-necked Duck +28
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- ScaupAythya marila
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Limnius volckmari · Glossosoma boltoni · Black-legged Water-snipefly · Sericostoma personatum · Protonemura meyeri +26
- Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari
- Glossosoma boltoniGlossosoma boltoni
- Black-legged Water-snipeflyIbisia marginata
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
- Protonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeri
- LeuctraLeuctra
- Perlodes mortoni
Aspen · Himalayan Balsam
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Perlodes mortoni
Perlodes mortoni
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