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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.13286, -3.80119
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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 — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Sericomyia silentis, Eristalis pertinax, Anoplotrupes stercorosus +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Many-fruited Leskea, Western Pouncewort, Sessile Grimmia +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Snowdonia Slate TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hafna Miners' TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Conwy Valley Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Gwydir MawrMountain bike route25 km▾
Named routeLength 25 km
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Gwydir Castle B5106 Llanrwst
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Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
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Tortula truncata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaBicoloured BryumBryum bicolorBicoloured BryumBryum bicolorSilver-mossBryum argenteumSilver-mossBryum argenteumHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumEgg FlapwortSolenostoma obovatumEgg FlapwortSolenostoma obovatumGreen-tufted Stubble-mossWeissia controversaGreen-tufted Stubble-mossWeissia controversaLesser Pocket-mossFissidens bryoidesLesser Pocket-mossFissidens bryoidesCurve-leaved DitrichumDitrichum heteromallumCurve-leaved DitrichumDitrichum heteromallumRufous Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum ferruginascensRufous Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum ferruginascensCampylium stellatumCampylium stellatumCampylium stellatumCampylium stellatumRaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusSouthern CrestwortLophocolea semiteresSouthern CrestwortLophocolea semiteresTufted Apple-mossPhilonotis caespitosaTufted Apple-mossPhilonotis caespitosaSpruce's Bristle-mossOrthotrichum spruceiSpruce's Bristle-mossOrthotrichum spruceiMatted Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum populeumMatted Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum populeumPrickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosaPrickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosaGrove EarwortScapania nemoreaGrove EarwortScapania nemoreaCylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricusCylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricusFallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallaxFallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallaxRedshankCeratodon purpureusRedshankCeratodon purpureusBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataSupine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatumSupine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatumDelicate Earth-mossPseudephemerum nitidumDelicate Earth-mossPseudephemerum nitidumRiver GrimmiaSchistidium rivulareRiver GrimmiaSchistidium rivulareHeath EarwortScapania irriguaHeath EarwortScapania irriguaCommon PincushionDicranoweisia cirrataCommon PincushionDicranoweisia cirrataElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansMougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotiiMougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotiiCommon FrillwortFossombronia pusillaCommon FrillwortFossombronia pusillaSchreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberianaSchreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberianaLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusTumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosaTumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosaCrimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubensCrimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubensLarger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroidesLarger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroidesWeissia controversa var. densifoliaWeissia controversa var. densifoliaWeissia controversa var. densifoliaWeissia controversa var. densifoliaRacomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichumAwl-leaved Swan-neck MossCampylopus subulatusAwl-leaved Swan-neck MossCampylopus subulatusNotched PouchwortCalypogeia argutaNotched PouchwortCalypogeia argutaSlender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroidesSlender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroidesFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumWoolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosumWoolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosumYellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculareYellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculareRufous Forklet-mossDicranella rufescensRufous Forklet-mossDicranella rufescensTransparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidumTransparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidumFive-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefariumFive-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefariumNees' PelliaPellia neesianaNees' PelliaPellia neesiana