Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.02423, -3.56387
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Non-biting midges, Limnephilidae, Oulimnius +87 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hiraethog TrailWalking route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride North WalesCycling route▾
Named routeRef Brenig LoopLocal cycle route
5 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
ElorgarregMountain bike route▾
AlwenMountain bike route▾
Taith CylchMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,618 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,618 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · Grey Heron · Magpie · Willow Tit · Swallow +7
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Ficedula hypoleuca hypoleucaFicedula hypoleuca hypoleuca2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2021
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects40 species
springautumn
2024▾
Limnephilidae · Non-biting midges · Sericostoma personatum · Rhithrogena semicolorata · Limnius volckmari +35
- LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2023
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae2023
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2023
- Rhithrogena semicolorataRhithrogena semicolorata2023
- Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari2023
🌿Plants42 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Water Screw-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia · Cylindric Beard-moss · Red Beard-moss +37
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
- Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
- Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,618 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · Grey Heron · Magpie · Willow Tit · Swallow +7
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Ficedula hypoleuca hypoleucaFicedula hypoleuca hypoleuca2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2021
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects40 species
springautumn
2024▾
Limnephilidae · Non-biting midges · Sericostoma personatum · Rhithrogena semicolorata · Limnius volckmari +35
- LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2023
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae2023
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2023
- Rhithrogena semicolorataRhithrogena semicolorata2023
- Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari2023
🌿Plants42 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Water Screw-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia · Cylindric Beard-moss · Red Beard-moss +37
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
- Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
- Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
