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Dinas Melin-y-wig Hillfort

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

53.03144, -3.41927

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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

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 — Crossbill, Blackbird, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Crossbill, Blackbird, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Glossosoma conformis, Hydropsyche siltalai +81 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Glossosoma conformis, Hydropsyche siltalai +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Alpine Water-moss, River Feather-moss +29 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Alpine Water-moss, River Feather-moss +29 more · last seen 2022

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Brenig WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dee Valley WayWalking route

Named route

Hiraethog TrailWalking route

Named route

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route

Named routeRef 2 Lake Tour

Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route

Named routeRef Up to the Lake

Wildlife to spot

1,917 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,917 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

spring

2025

Crossbill · Chiffchaff · Nuthatch · Chaffinch · Siskin +30

CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
NuthatchSitta europaea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SiskinSpinus spinus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
RobinErithacus rubecula
RavenCorvus corax
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Great TitParus major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2025

Beautiful Demoiselle · Tipula vittata

Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Tipula vittataTipula vittata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,917 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

spring

2025

Crossbill · Chiffchaff · Nuthatch · Chaffinch · Siskin +30

CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
NuthatchSitta europaea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SiskinSpinus spinus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
RobinErithacus rubecula
RavenCorvus corax
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Great TitParus major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2025

Beautiful Demoiselle · Tipula vittata

Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Tipula vittataTipula vittata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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