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Gwyrch Castle Northern Towers

📷 Jonathan Wilkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

53.28823, -3.62711

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦96+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Cormorant
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Tides Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦96+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Cormorant
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Tides Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Cormorant, Common Scoter +93 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Cormorant, Common Scoter +93 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Chalk Comb-moss, Rambling Tail-moss, Flat Neckera +75 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Chalk Comb-moss, Rambling Tail-moss, Flat Neckera +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Cream-spot Ladybird +1 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Cream-spot Ladybird +1 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

North Wales PathWalking route96 km

Named routeLength 96 kmRegional walking route

Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main routeWalking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route13 m

Named routeRef 5Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 5Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route1 km

Named routeLength 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route149 m

Named routeLength 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route9 m

Named routeLength 9 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

15,236 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,236 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

autumnwinter

2026

Common Scoter · Red-throated Diver · Cormorant · Red-breasted Merganser · Great Crested Grebe +65

Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2025
Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis2025
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
Podiceps cristatus cristatusPodiceps cristatus cristatus2025
carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
Uria aalge albionisUria aalge albionis2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Common Porpoise

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena

🐝

Insects3 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,236 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

autumnwinter

2026

Common Scoter · Red-throated Diver · Cormorant · Red-breasted Merganser · Great Crested Grebe +65

Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2025
Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis2025
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
Podiceps cristatus cristatusPodiceps cristatus cristatus2025
carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
Uria aalge albionisUria aalge albionis2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Common Porpoise

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena

🐝

Insects3 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Wilkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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