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Cairn D

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Dogs welcome0 ha

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52.89032, -4.02485

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Visiting this summer

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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

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 — Herring Gull, Mallard, Canada Goose +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Mallard, Canada Goose +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Garden Chafer, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · last seen 2025; Insects — Garden Chafer, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Variable Crisp-moss, Warnstorf's Bog-moss, Hampe's Threadwort · last seen 2023; Plants — Variable Crisp-moss, Warnstorf's Bog-moss, Hampe's Threadwort · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Taith Ardudwy WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wales Coast Path (Meirionnydd)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPRegional walking route

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

Taith Ardudwypublic footpath · 692 m

Ancient Trackway

Public pathpublic footpathLength 692 mSurface groundPath type: path

Taith Ardudwypublic footpath · 575 m

Ancient Trackway

Public pathpublic footpathLength 575 mPath type: track

Taith Ardudwypublic footpath · 679 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 679 mPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Lôn Las Cymru (North)Cycling route

Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network

Llwybr Llyn Traws (Trawsfynydd Lake Cycle Route)Cycling route13.6 km

A fantastic cycling experience around stunning Llyn Trawsfynydd

Named routeLength 13.6 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route

Named routeRef 82National Cycle Network

Lôn Las Cymru (Central)Cycling route

Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route66 m

Named routeRef 8Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

8,956 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,956 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winterautumn

2025

Herring Gull · Mallard · Canada Goose · Great Black-backed Gull · Goosander +50

Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
TealAnas crecca2023
Barn OwlTyto alba
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
PochardAythya ferina
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
ScaupAythya marila2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
PintailAnas acuta2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2023
SanderlingCalidris alba2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Lesser Horseshoe Bat

Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros

🦎

Reptiles3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Lizard · Adder · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
AdderVipera berus2024
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2025

Garden Chafer · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis

🌿

Plants3 species

autumn

2023

Variable Crisp-moss · Warnstorf's Bog-moss · Hampe's Threadwort

Variable Crisp-mossTrichostomum brachydontium
Warnstorf's Bog-mossSphagnum warnstorfii
Hampe's ThreadwortCephaloziella hampeana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,956 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winterautumn

2025

Herring Gull · Mallard · Canada Goose · Great Black-backed Gull · Goosander +50

Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
TealAnas crecca2023
Barn OwlTyto alba
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
PochardAythya ferina
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
ScaupAythya marila2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
PintailAnas acuta2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2023
SanderlingCalidris alba2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Lesser Horseshoe Bat

Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros

🦎

Reptiles3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Lizard · Adder · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
AdderVipera berus2024
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2025

Garden Chafer · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis

🌿

Plants3 species

autumn

2023

Variable Crisp-moss · Warnstorf's Bog-moss · Hampe's Threadwort

Variable Crisp-mossTrichostomum brachydontium
Warnstorf's Bog-mossSphagnum warnstorfii
Hampe's ThreadwortCephaloziella hampeana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dewi · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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