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Castell y Fflint

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

53.25176, -3.12991

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦107+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Curlew
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 174m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦107+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Curlew
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 174m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Peregrine, Curlew, Redshank +104 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Curlew, Redshank +104 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km

Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route

Llwybr Clawdd WatWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wirral WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main routeWalking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

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Cycling

70 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Signals and SaltmarshCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Route 71Cycling route

Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

59,612 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

59,612 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

winter

2026

Peregrine · Pink-footed Goose · Turnstone · Great Crested Grebe · Teal +71

PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

59,612 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

winter

2026

Peregrine · Pink-footed Goose · Turnstone · Great Crested Grebe · Teal +71

PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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