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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.87377, -3.89620
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦12+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mistle Thrush and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦12+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mistle Thrush and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Mistle Thrush, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff +9 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brimstone Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Heart & Dart +228 more · last seen 2020
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Birds — Mistle Thrush, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff +9 more · last seen 2025
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Cycle across the Beacons
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Black Mountain Quarries WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Beacons WayWalking route152 km▾
Named routeLength 152 kmRegional walking route
Heart of Wales Line TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycle across the BeaconsCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,346 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,346 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMistle Thrush · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Wheatear · Cuckoo +7
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
July Highflyer · Plain Golden Y · Dark Arches · Straw Dot · Light Emerald +94
- July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2019
- Plain Golden YAutographa jota2019
- Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
- Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
- Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019
- Grey Scalloped BarDyscia fagaria
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Red Bartsia · Hard-fern
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,346 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMistle Thrush · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Wheatear · Cuckoo +7
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
July Highflyer · Plain Golden Y · Dark Arches · Straw Dot · Light Emerald +94
- July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2019
- Plain Golden YAutographa jota2019
- Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
- Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
- Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019
- Grey Scalloped BarDyscia fagaria
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Red Bartsia · Hard-fern
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
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aversata2019Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2019Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2019Striped WainscotMythimna pudorina2019Striped WainscotMythimna pudorina2019Small Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila porcellus2019Small Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila porcellus2019Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019CoronetCraniophora ligustri2019CoronetCraniophora ligustri2019Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2019Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2019Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019Small Fan-footHerminia grisealis2019Small Fan-footHerminia grisealis2019Purple ThornSelenia tetralunaria2019Purple ThornSelenia tetralunaria2019Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2019True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2019Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2019Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2019Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina2019Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina2019Garden TigerArctia caja2019Garden TigerArctia caja2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2019Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2019Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2019Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2019Double-lineMythimna turca2019Double-lineMythimna turca2019Minor Shoulder-knotBrachylomia viminalis2019Minor Shoulder-knotBrachylomia viminalis2019Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2019Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2019Brussels LaceCleorodes lichenaria2019Brussels LaceCleorodes lichenaria2019Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata2019Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata2019Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis2019Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis2019Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2019Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Barred YellowCidaria fulvata2019Barred YellowCidaria fulvata2019Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2019Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2019EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2019EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2019Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEar Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2019Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Clouded-bordered BrindleApamea crenata2019Clouded-bordered BrindleApamea crenata2019Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019Marsh Oblique-barredHypenodes humidalis2019Marsh Oblique-barredHypenodes humidalis2019DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2019DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2019Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2019Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2019Common White WaveCabera pusaria2019Common White WaveCabera pusaria2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019Narrow-winged PugEupithecia nanata2019Narrow-winged PugEupithecia nanata2019Buff FootmanEilema depressa2019Buff FootmanEilema depressa2019Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2019Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019ChevronEulithis testata2019ChevronEulithis testata2019Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Small RufousCoenobia rufa2019Small RufousCoenobia rufa2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Scarce FootmanEilema complana2019Scarce FootmanEilema complana2019Northern RusticStandfussiana lucernea2019Northern RusticStandfussiana lucernea2019Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2019Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2019Broom MothCeramica pisi2019Broom MothCeramica pisi2019Ghost MothHepialus humuli2019Ghost MothHepialus humuli2019Blomer's RivuletVenusia blomeri2019Blomer's RivuletVenusia blomeri2019Small SeraphimPterapherapteryx sexalata2019Small SeraphimPterapherapteryx sexalata2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Mottled PugEupithecia exiguata2019Mottled PugEupithecia exiguata2019Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2019Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2019Lilac BeautyApeira syringaria2019Lilac BeautyApeira syringaria2019Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019Beautiful SnoutHypena crassalis2019Beautiful SnoutHypena crassalis2019Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2019Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2019Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2019Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2019V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2019V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2019Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria2019Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria2019Four-dotted FootmanCybosia mesomella2019Four-dotted FootmanCybosia mesomella2019Dark SpectacleAbrostola triplasia2019Dark SpectacleAbrostola triplasia2019Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2019Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Brown RusticRusina ferruginea2019Brown RusticRusina ferruginea2019Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019Peach BlossomThyatira batis2019Peach BlossomThyatira batis2019