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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome
Getting here
53.06718, -3.41561
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Crossbill
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Crossbill
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Crossbill, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Raven, Crossbill, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Beech Knight, Lactarius pterosporus, Beechwood Sickener +16 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Orange-tip, Peacock, Wall +13 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Marsh Violet, Alga, Cosmarium · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brenig WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hiraethog TrailWalking route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride North WalesCycling route▾
Named routeRef Brenig LoopLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 2 Lake Tour
Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Up to the Lake
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
9,843 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,843 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspring
2025▾
Raven · Robin · Mistle Thrush · Chaffinch · Crossbill +37
- RavenCorvus corax
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
Adder
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2023▾
Orange-tip · Wall · Brown Hawker · Peacock · Old Lady +5
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- WallLasiommata megera
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- PeacockAglais io
- Old LadyMormo maura
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene
- Green-veined White
Beech Knight · Lactarius pterosporus · Beechwood Sickener · The Miller · Blusher +7
- Beech KnightTricholoma sciodes
- Lactarius pterosporusLactarius pterosporus
- Beechwood SickenerRussula nobilis
- The MillerClitopilus prunulus
- BlusherAmanita rubescens var. rubescens
- The FlirtRussula vesca
- Sulphur Tuft
Marsh Violet
- Marsh VioletViola palustris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,843 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspring
2025▾
Raven · Robin · Mistle Thrush · Chaffinch · Crossbill +37
- RavenCorvus corax
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
Adder
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2023▾
Orange-tip · Wall · Brown Hawker · Peacock · Old Lady +5
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- WallLasiommata megera
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- PeacockAglais io
- Old LadyMormo maura
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene
- Green-veined White
Beech Knight · Lactarius pterosporus · Beechwood Sickener · The Miller · Blusher +7
- Beech KnightTricholoma sciodes
- Lactarius pterosporusLactarius pterosporus
- Beechwood SickenerRussula nobilis
- The MillerClitopilus prunulus
- BlusherAmanita rubescens var. rubescens
- The FlirtRussula vesca
- Sulphur Tuft
Marsh Violet
- Marsh VioletViola palustris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pieris napi
Pieris napi
Speckled WoodPararge aegeriaSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaDrinkerEuthrix potatoriaDrinkerEuthrix potatoriaSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeHypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare
Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare
Orange GrisetteAmanita croceaOrange GrisetteAmanita croceaPenny BunBoletus edulisPenny BunBoletus edulisGreasy Green BrittlegillRussula heterophyllaGreasy Green BrittlegillRussula heterophyllaBay BoleteImleria badiaBay BoleteImleria badiaCudoniella tenuisporaCudoniella tenuisporaCudoniella tenuisporaCudoniella tenuispora