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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome
Getting here
52.40924, -3.28816
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦23+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Snipe and Jack Snipe
- ✦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
- 🐦23+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Snipe and Jack Snipe
- ✦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 — Snipe, Jack Snipe, Fieldfare +20 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Snipe, Jack Snipe, Fieldfare +20 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Hawker, Brown Hawker +10 more · last seen 2022
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Selfheal, Lesser Stitchwort, Marsh Thistle +15 more · last seen 2022
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Glyndŵr's WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 217kmNational walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Radnor RingCycling route▾
Named routeRef 825National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route828 m▾
Named routeRef 825Length 828 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.1 km▾
Named routeRef 825Length 5.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 825Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Cambrian WayMountain bike route▾
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Glyndŵr's Waybyway open to all traffic · 841 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 841 mPath type: track
Glyndŵr's Waybyway open to all traffic · 458 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 458 mPath type: track
Glyndŵr's Waybyway open to all traffic · 186 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 186 mPath type: track
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Castell-y-Blaidd, near Glyndwr's Way
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1,356 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,356 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
autumnwinter
2024▾
Snipe · Golden Plover · Woodcock · Fieldfare · Jack Snipe +10
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Azure Damselfly · Common Hawker · Brown Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Western Honey Bee +4
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Marsh Thistle · Selfheal · Lesser Stitchwort · Cat's-ear · Creeping-Jenny +13
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,356 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
autumnwinter
2024▾
Snipe · Golden Plover · Woodcock · Fieldfare · Jack Snipe +10
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Azure Damselfly · Common Hawker · Brown Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Western Honey Bee +4
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Marsh Thistle · Selfheal · Lesser Stitchwort · Cat's-ear · Creeping-Jenny +13
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariaeRed-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaePineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseEnglish Sticky EyebrightEuphrasia officinalis subsp. anglicaEnglish Sticky EyebrightEuphrasia officinalis subsp. anglicaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta