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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
53.04991, -4.06281
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Wagtail 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
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Wagtail 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 — Grey Wagtail, Chaffinch, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Grey Wagtail, Chaffinch, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Juniper Carpet, Carabus arvensis +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Slender Fringe-moss, Compressed Flapwort, Silky Swan-neck Moss +210 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cambrian Way; Named hiking route nearby: Cambrian Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Welsh Three ThousandsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Llanberis PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Watkin PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Rhyd Ddu PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Snowdon Ranger PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Watkin Pathpublic footpath · 535 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 535 mSurface gravelPath type: footway
Watkin Pathpublic footpath · 148 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 148 mPath type: footway
Watkin Pathpublic footpath · 531 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 531 mSurface stonePath type: footway
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lôn GwyrfaiCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,058 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,058 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Goldfinch · Chaffinch +40
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Carabus problematicus
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Slender Fringe-moss · Copper Grimmia · Western Frostwort · Donn's Grimmia · Compressed Flapwort +52
- Slender Fringe-mossRacomitrium sudeticum
- Copper GrimmiaGrimmia atrata
- Western FrostwortGymnomitrion crenulatum
- Donn's GrimmiaGrimmia donniana
- Compressed FlapwortNardia compressa
- Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii
- Notched Rustwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,058 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Goldfinch · Chaffinch +40
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Carabus problematicus
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Slender Fringe-moss · Copper Grimmia · Western Frostwort · Donn's Grimmia · Compressed Flapwort +52
- Slender Fringe-mossRacomitrium sudeticum
- Copper GrimmiaGrimmia atrata
- Western FrostwortGymnomitrion crenulatum
- Donn's GrimmiaGrimmia donniana
- Compressed FlapwortNardia compressa
- Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii
- Notched Rustwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marsupella emarginata
Marsupella emarginata
Bristly Swan-neck MossCampylopus atrovirensBristly Swan-neck MossCampylopus atrovirensAndreaea rothii subsp. falcataAndreaea rothii subsp. falcataAndreaea rothii subsp. falcataAndreaea rothii subsp. falcataMarsupella aquaticaMarsupella aquaticaMarsupella aquaticaMarsupella aquaticaFlat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallaxFlat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallaxAlpine HaircapPolytrichastrum alpinumAlpine HaircapPolytrichastrum alpinumWoolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosumWoolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosumGreen Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculareGreen Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculareWhite FrostwortGymnomitrion obtusumWhite FrostwortGymnomitrion obtusumSoft Bog-mossSphagnum tenellumSoft Bog-mossSphagnum tenellumHercynian HaircapOligotrichum hercynicumHercynian HaircapOligotrichum hercynicumString GrimmiaGrimmia funalisString GrimmiaGrimmia funalisStrict HaircapPolytrichum strictumStrict HaircapPolytrichum strictumCrenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimumCrenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimumPolytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.Greater Streak-mossRhabdoweisia crenulataGreater Streak-mossRhabdoweisia crenulataWhite EarwortDiplophyllum albicansWhite EarwortDiplophyllum albicansCow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatumCow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatumNarrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticumNarrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticumWater EarwortScapania undulataWater EarwortScapania undulataCurve-leaved DitrichumDitrichum heteromallumCurve-leaved DitrichumDitrichum heteromallumLustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitensLustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitensElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansMarsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrumMarsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrumTall-clustered Thread-mossBryum pallescensTall-clustered Thread-mossBryum pallescensGreater Fork-mossDicranum majusGreater Fork-mossDicranum majusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusUrn HaircapPogonatum urnigerumUrn HaircapPogonatum urnigerumLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumAlpine SilverwortAnthelia julaceaAlpine SilverwortAnthelia julaceaWaved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatumWaved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatumGolden-head MossBreutelia chrysocomaGolden-head MossBreutelia chrysocomaDrummond's Thread-mossPohlia drummondiiDrummond's Thread-mossPohlia drummondiiInflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflataInflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflataVerdigris Tufa-mossGymnostomum aeruginosumVerdigris Tufa-mossGymnostomum aeruginosumTwo-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidataTwo-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidataNeat Silk-mossIsopterygiopsis pulchellaNeat Silk-mossIsopterygiopsis pulchellaCommon PouchwortCalypogeia fissaCommon PouchwortCalypogeia fissaSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusGirgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohniiGirgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohniiLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusNodding Thread-mossPohlia nutansNodding Thread-mossPohlia nutansLadder FlapwortNardia scalarisLadder FlapwortNardia scalarisRusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosusRusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosusHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumNotched PouchwortCalypogeia argutaNotched PouchwortCalypogeia argutaBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumEgg FlapwortSolenostoma obovatumEgg FlapwortSolenostoma obovatumFrizzled Crisp-mossTortella tortuosaFrizzled Crisp-mossTortella tortuosaSpiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpaSpiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpaFloating Hook-mossWarnstorfia fluitansFloating Hook-mossWarnstorfia fluitansEvents & activities nearby
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