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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
51.76564, -4.39055
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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 — Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis arbustorum, Eristalis tenax, Eristalis +92 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Navelwort, Lords-and-Ladies, Dilated Scalewort +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dylan's Birthday WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Route WCPWalking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route745 m▾
Named routeRef 4Length 745 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km▾
Named routeRef 4Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.5 km▾
Named routeRef 4Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Castell Llansteffan yn y gwyll / Llansteffan Castle at dusk
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,914 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,914 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Oystercatcher · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Curlew +34
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
🐝Insects40 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Eristalis arbustorum · Sulphur Beetle · Eristalis tenax · Eristalis nemorum · Eristalis +35
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
- Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
- EristalisEristalis2025
Atlantic Ivy · Hart's-Tongue · Common Nettle · Navelwort · Dilated Scalewort +59
- Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,914 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Oystercatcher · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Curlew +34
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
🐝Insects40 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Eristalis arbustorum · Sulphur Beetle · Eristalis tenax · Eristalis nemorum · Eristalis +35
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
- Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
- EristalisEristalis2025
Atlantic Ivy · Hart's-Tongue · Common Nettle · Navelwort · Dilated Scalewort +59
- Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Turnip Tigress
Turnip Tigress
Athalia rosae2025
Athalia rosae2025
Brown Heath RobberflyMachimus cingulatus2025Brown Heath RobberflyMachimus cingulatus2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025PhilosepedonPhilosepedonPhilosepedonPhilosepedonApion frumentariumApion frumentariumApion frumentariumApion frumentariumParadromius linearisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisCarabid BeetleCarabidaeCarabid BeetleCarabidaePhalacridaePhalacridaePhalacridaePhalacridaeNon-biting midgesChironomidaeNon-biting midgesChironomidaePhilosepedon humeralisPhilosepedon humeralisPhilosepedon humeralisPhilosepedon humeralisGeomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctataDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusGorse WeevilExapion ulicisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisHypera conmaculataHypera conmaculataHypera conmaculataHypera conmaculataAnchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalisAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseNotostira elongataNotostira elongataNotostira elongataNotostira elongataCoccidula rufaCoccidula rufaCoccidula rufaCoccidula rufaThysanopteraThysanopteraThysanopteraThysanopteraEurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornata2025Eurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornata2025CicadulaCicadula2025CicadulaCicadula2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Nysius graminicolaNysius graminicola2025Nysius graminicolaNysius graminicola2025Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2025Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2025Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2025Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2025Petrobius brevistylisPetrobius brevistylis2025Petrobius brevistylisPetrobius brevistylis2025Orygma luctuosumOrygma luctuosum2025Orygma luctuosumOrygma luctuosum2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025PogonusPogonus2025PogonusPogonus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata2025Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata2025Tigress SawfliesAthalia2025Tigress SawfliesAthalia2025HarpalusHarpalus2025HarpalusHarpalus2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Greater Stitchwort
Greater Stitchwort
Stellaria holostea2025
Stellaria holostea2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisHypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme2025Hypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme2025Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima2025Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025Western GorseUlex gallii2025Western GorseUlex gallii2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Prickly SaltwortSalsola kali2025Prickly SaltwortSalsola kali2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Sea Club-rushBolboschoenus maritimus2025Sea Club-rushBolboschoenus maritimus2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025