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53.05772, -4.17468
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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 Chough and Raven
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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 Chough and Raven
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chough, Raven, Cuckoo +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Badger, Brown Hare, Rabbit +11 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Ballerina, Meadow Waxcap, Heath Waxcap +40 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Tree Bumblebee +64 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Slender Fringe-moss, Juniper Prongwort, Large White-moss +120 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Llanberis PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Rhyd Ddu PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Snowdon Ranger PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Snowdonia Slate TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lôn GwyrfaiWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lôn GwyrfaiCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,382 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,382 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Chough · Raven · Canada Goose · Wren · Tufted Duck +42
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2023▾
Brown Hare · Weasel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- WeaselMustela nivalis2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2024▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2023
Red Admiral · Rhagium bifasciatum · Broom Moth · Peacock · Speckled Wood +1
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
- Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
- Broom MothCeramica pisi2023
- PeacockAglais io2023
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023
- WallLasiommata megera2023
Ballerina · Meadow Waxcap · Horse Mushroom · Snowy Waxcap · Parrot Waxcap
- BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis
- Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
- Horse MushroomAgaricus arvensis
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
- Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
🌿Plants33 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Slender Fringe-moss · Green Mountain Fringe-moss · Western Frostwort · Donn's Grimmia · Crenulated Flapwort +28
- Slender Fringe-mossRacomitrium sudeticum
- Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
- Western FrostwortGymnomitrion crenulatum
- Donn's GrimmiaGrimmia donniana
- Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum
- Heath ThreadwortCephaloziella stellulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,382 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Chough · Raven · Canada Goose · Wren · Tufted Duck +42
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2023▾
Brown Hare · Weasel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- WeaselMustela nivalis2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2024▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2023
Red Admiral · Rhagium bifasciatum · Broom Moth · Peacock · Speckled Wood +1
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
- Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
- Broom MothCeramica pisi2023
- PeacockAglais io2023
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023
- WallLasiommata megera2023
Ballerina · Meadow Waxcap · Horse Mushroom · Snowy Waxcap · Parrot Waxcap
- BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis
- Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
- Horse MushroomAgaricus arvensis
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
- Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
🌿Plants33 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Slender Fringe-moss · Green Mountain Fringe-moss · Western Frostwort · Donn's Grimmia · Crenulated Flapwort +28
- Slender Fringe-mossRacomitrium sudeticum
- Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
- Western FrostwortGymnomitrion crenulatum
- Donn's GrimmiaGrimmia donniana
- Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum
- Heath ThreadwortCephaloziella stellulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaWoolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosumWoolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosumNut-mossDiphyscium foliosumNut-mossDiphyscium foliosumDwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformisDwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformisBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumAndreaea rothii subsp. falcataAndreaea rothii subsp. falcataAndreaea rothii subsp. falcataAndreaea rothii subsp. falcataBristly Swan-neck MossCampylopus atrovirensBristly Swan-neck MossCampylopus atrovirensTumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosaTumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosaHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumHercynian HaircapOligotrichum hercynicumHercynian HaircapOligotrichum hercynicumNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumGreater CopperwortCephaloziella nicholsonii2023Greater CopperwortCephaloziella nicholsonii2023Lesser CopperwortCephaloziella massalongoi2023Lesser CopperwortCephaloziella massalongoi2023Greater Streak-mossRhabdoweisia crenulata2022Greater Streak-mossRhabdoweisia crenulata2022Compact Bog-mossSphagnum compactum2022Compact Bog-mossSphagnum compactum2022Wry-leaved Tamarisk-mossHeterocladium heteropterum2022Wry-leaved Tamarisk-mossHeterocladium heteropterum2022Transparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidum2022Transparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidum2022Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens2022Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens2022Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre2022Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre2022Tall-clustered Thread-mossBryum pallescens2022Tall-clustered Thread-mossBryum pallescens2022Juniper ProngwortHerbertus hutchinsiae2022Juniper ProngwortHerbertus hutchinsiae2022Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum2022Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum2022Prickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosa2022Prickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosa2022Bog-moss FlapwortOdontoschisma sphagni2022Bog-moss FlapwortOdontoschisma sphagni2022Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2022Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2022Compressed FlapwortNardia compressa2022Compressed FlapwortNardia compressa2022Common PawwortOrthocaulis floerkei2022Common PawwortOrthocaulis floerkei2022