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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
52.31706, -3.84780
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel 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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Kestrel, Carrion Crow, Wheatear +57 more · last seen 2024
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Kestrel, Carrion Crow, Wheatear +57 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Porpidia tuberculosa, crotail rèin-fhèidh, Rhizocarpon reductum +116 more · last seen 2014
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Azure Damselfly +69 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Crenulated Flapwort, Pale-fruited Thread-moss, Springy Turf-moss +116 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 82National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route452 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 452 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route173 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 173 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Cambrian WayMountain bike route▾
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
1,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Dipper · Swallow · Swift · Cuckoo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Frog · Smooth Newt
- FrogRana
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
Common Blue Damselfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Hawker +13
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2022
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Springy Turf-moss · Yellow Fringe-moss · Inflated Notchwort · Two-horned Pincerwort · Common Pouchwort +86
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019
- Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2019
- Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata2019
- Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2019
- Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Dipper · Swallow · Swift · Cuckoo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Frog · Smooth Newt
- FrogRana
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
Common Blue Damselfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Hawker +13
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2022
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Springy Turf-moss · Yellow Fringe-moss · Inflated Notchwort · Two-horned Pincerwort · Common Pouchwort +86
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019
- Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2019
- Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata2019
- Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2019
- Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022Black DarterSympetrum danae2022Black DarterSympetrum danae2022Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2022Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2022Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2022Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2022Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2022Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2022Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2021Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2021Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2020Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2020Small WhitePieris rapae2018Small WhitePieris rapae2018Heath Plait-moss
Heath Plait-moss
Hypnum jutlandicum2019
Hypnum jutlandicum2019
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus2019Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus2019Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus2019Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus2019Sphagnum palustre var. palustreSphagnum palustre var. palustre2019Sphagnum palustre var. palustreSphagnum palustre var. palustre2019White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2019White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2019Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum2019Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum2019Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2019Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2019Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum2019Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum2019Hymenostylium recurvirostrum var. recurvirostrumHymenostylium recurvirostrum var. recurvirostrum2019Hymenostylium recurvirostrum var. recurvirostrumHymenostylium recurvirostrum var. recurvirostrum2019Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax2019Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax2019Tall-clustered Thread-mossBryum pallescens2019Tall-clustered Thread-mossBryum pallescens2019Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum2019Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum2019Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2018Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2018Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2019Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2019Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2019Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2019Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2019Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2019Greater WhipwortBazzania trilobata2019Greater WhipwortBazzania trilobata2019Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2019Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2019Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2019Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2019Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida2019Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida2019Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2019Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2019Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2019Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2019Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2019Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2019Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2019Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2019Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2019Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2019Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea2019Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea2019Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2019Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2019Water EarwortScapania undulata2019Water EarwortScapania undulata2019Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata2019Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata2019Sphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitensSphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitens2019Sphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitensSphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitens2019Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2019Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2019Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2019Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2019Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2019Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2019Nut-mossDiphyscium foliosum2019Nut-mossDiphyscium foliosum2019Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia2019Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia2019Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2019Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2019Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2019Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2019Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2019Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2019Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum2019Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum2019Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum2019Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum2019Alpine Water-mossFontinalis squamosa2019Alpine Water-mossFontinalis squamosa2019Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2019Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2019Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2019Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2019Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2019Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2019Girgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohnii2019Girgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohnii2019Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2019Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2019Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii2019Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii2019Heterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterum2019Heterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterum2019Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2019Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2019Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2019Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2019Straggling PouchwortSaccogyna viticulosa2019Straggling PouchwortSaccogyna viticulosa2019Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2019Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2019Smaller White-mossLeucobryum juniperoideum2019Smaller White-mossLeucobryum juniperoideum2019Andreaea rothii subsp. falcataAndreaea rothii subsp. falcata2019Andreaea rothii subsp. falcataAndreaea rothii subsp. falcata2019Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2019Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2019Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa2019Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa2019Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2019Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2019Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2019Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2019Heath ThreadwortCephaloziella stellulifera2019Heath ThreadwortCephaloziella stellulifera2019Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2019Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2019Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2019Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2019Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2019Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2019Lesser Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum inundatum2019Lesser Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum inundatum2019Delicate GermanderwortRiccardia multifida2019Delicate GermanderwortRiccardia multifida2019Slender Cruet-mossTetraplodon mnioides2019Slender Cruet-mossTetraplodon mnioides2019Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata2019Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata2019Transparent FlapwortSolenostoma hyalinum2019Transparent FlapwortSolenostoma hyalinum2019Pale-fruited Thread-mossPohlia annotina2019Pale-fruited Thread-mossPohlia annotina2019Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2019Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2019Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum2019Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum2019Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum2019Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum2019Western EarwortScapania gracilis2019Western EarwortScapania gracilis2019Straw Spear-mossStraminergon stramineum2019Straw Spear-mossStraminergon stramineum2019Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum2019Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum2019Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2018Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2018Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2018Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2018Many-fruited Thyme-mossPlagiomnium affine2018Many-fruited Thyme-mossPlagiomnium affine2018Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum2018Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum2018Dense Fringe-mossRacomitrium ericoides2018Dense Fringe-mossRacomitrium ericoides2018Rufous Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens2018Rufous Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens2018Heath EarwortScapania irrigua2018Heath EarwortScapania irrigua2018Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum2018Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum2018Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2018Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2018Spruce's RustwortMarsupella sprucei2018Spruce's RustwortMarsupella sprucei2018Rusty Hook-mossScorpidium revolvens2018Rusty Hook-mossScorpidium revolvens2018