Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome53 ha
Getting here
51.78109, -3.11007
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Nature reserve — public outdoor space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Nature reserve — seasonal wildlife and habitats
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
94 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
Cycle across the BeaconsCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 492Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 492National Cycle Network
Route 49Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 49National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 465Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 465National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network 466Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 466National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lakesbridleway · 728 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 728 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Lakesbridleway · 79 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 79 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Photos
Garn Lakes side road, Garn-yr-erw
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,808 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,808 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Hawker · Black Darter · Southern Hawker +4
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Holly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,808 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Hawker · Black Darter · Southern Hawker +4
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Holly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Migrant Hawker
Migrant Hawker
Aeshna mixta
Aeshna mixta
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