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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Dogs welcome
Places › Wales › South West Wales › Carmarthenshire Getting here
51.99739, -4.18352
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Robin, Chaffinch +57 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Carrion Crow, Robin, Chaffinch +57 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Usnea articulata, Ochre Brittlegill, Ballerina +38 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Usnea articulata, Ochre Brittlegill, Ballerina +38 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — White Earwort, Broom Fork-moss, Bank Haircap +185 more · last seen 2025; Plants — White Earwort, Broom Fork-moss, Bank Haircap +185 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Four-spotted Chaser, Azure Damselfly, Common Darter +30 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Four-spotted Chaser, Azure Damselfly, Common Darter +30 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network National Route 82 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 82 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 982 m ▾
Named route Ref 82 Length 982 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 7.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 82 Length 7.7 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Signed route nearby
Derwen Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Raven Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
1,478 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,478 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 24 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Stonechat · Robin · Swallow · Crossbill · Starling +19
Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula Swallow Hirundo rustica2017 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Starling Sturnus vulgaris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Blackbird Turdus merula Barn Owl Tyto alba2016 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2015 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Raven Corvus corax Magpie Pica pica Jay Garrulus glandarius Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2021 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2021 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor2016 Merlin Falco columbarius2014 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2014 Pine Marten · Otter
Pine Marten Martes martes Otter Lutra lutra2015 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter summer
2023 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Four-spotted Chaser · Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Bilberry Bumblebee +28
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2016 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2016 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2014 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2014 Bilberry Bumblebee Bombus monticola Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Ballerina · Meadow Waxcap · Yellow Fieldcap · Common Jelly Spot · King Alfred's Cakes +15
Ballerina Porpolomopsis calyptriformis Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis Yellow Fieldcap Bolbitius titubans Common Jelly Spot Dacrymyces stillatus King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica Holly Speckle Trochila ilicina Phacidium lauri Montbretia · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Common Liverwort · Bank Haircap · New Zealand Willowherb +4
Montbretia Crocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2015 Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2015 Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2022 New Zealand Willowherb Epilobium brunnescens2016 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,478 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 24 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Stonechat · Robin · Swallow · Crossbill · Starling +19
Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula Swallow Hirundo rustica2017 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Starling Sturnus vulgaris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Blackbird Turdus merula Barn Owl Tyto alba2016 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2015 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Raven Corvus corax Magpie Pica pica Jay Garrulus glandarius Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2021 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2021 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor2016 Merlin Falco columbarius2014 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2014 Pine Marten · Otter
Pine Marten Martes martes Otter Lutra lutra2015 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter summer
2023 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Four-spotted Chaser · Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Bilberry Bumblebee +28
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2016 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2016 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2014 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2014 Bilberry Bumblebee Bombus monticola Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Ballerina · Meadow Waxcap · Yellow Fieldcap · Common Jelly Spot · King Alfred's Cakes +15
Ballerina Porpolomopsis calyptriformis Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis Yellow Fieldcap Bolbitius titubans Common Jelly Spot Dacrymyces stillatus King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica Holly Speckle Trochila ilicina Phacidium lauri Montbretia · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Common Liverwort · Bank Haircap · New Zealand Willowherb +4
Montbretia Crocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2015 Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2015 Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2022 New Zealand Willowherb Epilobium brunnescens2016 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2014
2014
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura pumilio2016
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura pumilio2016
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2016
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2016
Black Darter Sympetrum danae2014
Black Darter Sympetrum danae2014
Heath Bumblebee Bombus jonellus
Heath Bumblebee Bombus jonellus
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata2015
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata2015
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2014
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2014
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2014
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2014
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2014
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2014
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Gypsy Cuckoo Bee Bombus bohemicus
Gypsy Cuckoo Bee Bombus bohemicus
Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum
Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Pill Beetle Byrrhus pilula
Pill Beetle Byrrhus pilula
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2022
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2022
Heather (Girdled) Colletes Colletes succinctus2022
Heather (Girdled) Colletes Colletes succinctus2022
Small White Pieris rapae2017
Small White Pieris rapae2017
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2017
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2017
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2016
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2016
Silver Y Autographa gamma2015
Silver Y Autographa gamma2015
July Belle Scotopteryx luridata2015
July Belle Scotopteryx luridata2015
Large White Pieris brassicae2014
Large White Pieris brassicae2014
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2014
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2014
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2014
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2014
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2014
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2014 Phacidium lauri
Phacidium lauri
White Brain Exidia thuretiana
White Brain Exidia thuretiana
Cobalt Crust Terana coerulea
Cobalt Crust Terana coerulea
Octospora rubens Octospora rubens
Octospora rubens Octospora rubens
Cheilymenia coprinaria Cheilymenia coprinaria2014
Cheilymenia coprinaria Cheilymenia coprinaria2014
Pointed Club Clavaria falcata2013
Pointed Club Clavaria falcata2013
Wood Hedgehog Hydnum repandum2013
Wood Hedgehog Hydnum repandum2013
Jellybaby Leotia lubrica2013
Jellybaby Leotia lubrica2013
Blackening Waxcap Hygrocybe conica2013
Blackening Waxcap Hygrocybe conica2013
White Saddle Helvella crispa2013
White Saddle Helvella crispa2013
Ochre Brittlegill Russula ochroleuca2013
Ochre Brittlegill Russula ochroleuca2013
Conifer Blueing Bracket Postia caesia2013
Conifer Blueing Bracket Postia caesia2013
Suede Bolete Xerocomus subtomentosus2013
Suede Bolete Xerocomus subtomentosus2013
Deceiver Laccaria laccata2013
Deceiver Laccaria laccata2013 Garden Lady's-mantle
Garden Lady's-mantle
Alchemilla mollis2015
Alchemilla mollis2015
Holly Ilex aquifolium2015
Holly Ilex aquifolium2015
Water-Starwort Callitriche2015
Water-Starwort Callitriche2015
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2014
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2014 