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Capel Llanlluan

📷 Alan Hughes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.82287, -4.09548

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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
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 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 — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Rhingia campestris, Hornet +91 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Rhingia campestris, Hornet +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Heath Rush, Lady-fern, Common Spotted-orchid +64 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Heath Rush, Lady-fern, Common Spotted-orchid +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Sorrel, Wood-sorrel, Common Nettle +9 more foraging species

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Usnea articulata, Peeling Oysterling, Hare'sfoot Inkcap +1 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Usnea articulata, Peeling Oysterling, Hare'sfoot Inkcap +1 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Swiss Valley TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network

Tywi Valley PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route

Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route494 m

Named routeRef 47Length 494 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route255 m

Named routeRef 47Length 255 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route826 m

Named routeRef 47Length 826 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,746 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,746 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winterspring

2026

Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Blue Tit +43

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Shrew · Water Shrew · Hazel Dormouse

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Common ShrewSorex araneus
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Newt

NewtTriturus

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Back-Swimmer · 7-spot Ladybird

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Back-SwimmerNotonecta
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants3 species

winterspring

2026

Maidenhair Spleenwort · Hart's-Tongue · Wood-sorrel

Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,746 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winterspring

2026

Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Blue Tit +43

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Shrew · Water Shrew · Hazel Dormouse

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Common ShrewSorex araneus
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Newt

NewtTriturus

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Back-Swimmer · 7-spot Ladybird

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Back-SwimmerNotonecta
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants3 species

winterspring

2026

Maidenhair Spleenwort · Hart's-Tongue · Wood-sorrel

Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Alan Hughes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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