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Castell Crugerydd

📷 Bill Nicholls · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
✦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

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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Intermediate Hook-moss, Palustriella falcata, Fountain Apple-moss +32 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Intermediate Hook-moss, Palustriella falcata, Fountain Apple-moss +32 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Common Darter +4 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Common Darter +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Heart of Wales Line TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Radnor RingCycling route

Named routeRef 825National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route514 m

Named routeRef 825Length 514 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.4 km

Named routeRef 825Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route6.7 km

Named routeRef 825Length 6.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

5,545 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,545 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Mute Swan · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Coot · Teal +65

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CootFulica atra
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SwallowHirundo rustica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GoosanderMergus merganser
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great TitParus major
RavenCorvus corax
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SiskinSpinus spinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CuckooCuculus canorus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Mole · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Shrew +2

MoleTalpa europaea
BadgerMeles meles2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects7 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Red-girdled Mining Bee +2

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Red-girdled Mining BeeAndrena labiata2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023

🌿

Plants35 species

autumn

2024

Intermediate Hook-moss · Palustriella falcata · Fountain Apple-moss · Chalk Comb-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +30

Intermediate Hook-mossScorpidium cossonii
Palustriella falcataPalustriella falcata
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Nees' PelliaPellia neesiana
Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre
Trichostomum littoraleTrichostomum littorale
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Floating Hook-mossWarnstorfia fluitans
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Slender DitrichumFlexitrichum gracile
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,545 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Mute Swan · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Coot · Teal +65

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CootFulica atra
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SwallowHirundo rustica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GoosanderMergus merganser
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great TitParus major
RavenCorvus corax
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SiskinSpinus spinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CuckooCuculus canorus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Mole · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Shrew +2

MoleTalpa europaea
BadgerMeles meles2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects7 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Red-girdled Mining Bee +2

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Red-girdled Mining BeeAndrena labiata2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023

🌿

Plants35 species

autumn

2024

Intermediate Hook-moss · Palustriella falcata · Fountain Apple-moss · Chalk Comb-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +30

Intermediate Hook-mossScorpidium cossonii
Palustriella falcataPalustriella falcata
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Nees' PelliaPellia neesiana
Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre
Trichostomum littoraleTrichostomum littorale
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Floating Hook-mossWarnstorfia fluitans
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Slender DitrichumFlexitrichum gracile
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bill Nicholls · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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