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Candleston Castle

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📷 John Lord · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.48292, -3.62678

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦108+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Carrion Crow
✦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

🐦108+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Carrion Crow
✦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

Toilets

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Common Sandpiper +105 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Common Sandpiper +105 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis tenax, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Marmalade Hoverfly +68 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Marmalade Hoverfly +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Rose, Eyebright +3 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Rose, Eyebright +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

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Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

885Cycling route

Named routeRef 885National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 888Cycling route

Named routeRef 888National Cycle Network

NCN 88 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

Bridgend Active Travel NewtworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route156 m

Named routeRef 885Length 156 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

39,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

39,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Chaffinch · Teal · Little Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +56

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GadwallMareca strepera
MagpiePica pica2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025

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Insects6 species

spring

2026

Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Platycheirus albimanus · Eristalis pertinax · Criorhina ranunculi +1

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Criorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculi
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

39,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Chaffinch · Teal · Little Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +56

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GadwallMareca strepera
MagpiePica pica2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025

🐝

Insects6 species

spring

2026

Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Platycheirus albimanus · Eristalis pertinax · Criorhina ranunculi +1

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Criorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculi
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 John Lord · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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