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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.91544, -2.86602
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Chaffinch
- ✦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 — Dipper, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Dipper, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Small Tortoiseshell, Tree Bumblebee +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Knapweed, Common Smoothcap, Wood Bristle-moss +126 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
Three Castles Walk (Monmouthshire)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network National Route 426Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 426National Cycle Network
Four Castles Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef FCCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 46Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route998 m▾
Named routeRef 46Length 998 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route12.2 km▾
Named routeRef 46Length 12.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,758 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,758 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Swift · Starling · Jackdaw · Great Tit · Blackbird +41
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bat · Otter · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- BatChiroptera2023
- OtterLutra lutra
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Banded Demoiselle · Violet Oil-beetle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly +3
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2021
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
🌿Plants62 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Common Knapweed · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Meadow Buttercup · Rough Hawkbit · Meadow Crane's-bill +57
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2022
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
- Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2022
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,758 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Swift · Starling · Jackdaw · Great Tit · Blackbird +41
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bat · Otter · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- BatChiroptera2023
- OtterLutra lutra
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Banded Demoiselle · Violet Oil-beetle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly +3
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2021
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
🌿Plants62 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Common Knapweed · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Meadow Buttercup · Rough Hawkbit · Meadow Crane's-bill +57
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2022
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
- Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2022
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
HornetVespa crabro2022HornetVespa crabro2022Meloe proscarabaeus/violaceusMeloe proscarabaeus/violaceus2021Meloe proscarabaeus/violaceusMeloe proscarabaeus/violaceus2021Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022NavelwortUmbilicus rupestrisNavelwortUmbilicus rupestrisCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2024Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2024Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2024Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2024Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla2024Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2022Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022IvyHedera helix2022IvyHedera helix2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022DandelionTaraxacum2022DandelionTaraxacum2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2022Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2022Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2022Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2022Hybrid CinquefoilPotentilla anglica x reptans = P. x mixta2022Hybrid CinquefoilPotentilla anglica x reptans = P. x mixta2022Caucasian LimeTilia cordata x dasystyla = T. x euchlora2022Caucasian LimeTilia cordata x dasystyla = T. x euchlora2022Large-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllos2022Large-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllos2022Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2021Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2021Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2019Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2019Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2019Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2019Pea BryumBryum ruderale2019Pea BryumBryum ruderale2019Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2019Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2019RedshankCeratodon purpureus2019RedshankCeratodon purpureus2019Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2019Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2019Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2019Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2019Silver-mossBryum argenteum2019Silver-mossBryum argenteum2019Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2019Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2019Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2019Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2019Olive Beard-mossDidymodon tophaceus2019Olive Beard-mossDidymodon tophaceus2019Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2019Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2019Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2019Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2019Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa2019Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa2019Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2019Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2019Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2019Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2019Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2019Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2019Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2019Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2019Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2019Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2019Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2019Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2019Variable Crisp-mossTrichostomum brachydontium2019Variable Crisp-mossTrichostomum brachydontium2019Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2019Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2019Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2019Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2019Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2019Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2019Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2019Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2019Events & activities nearby
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