Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
52.70564, -3.05140
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Robin, Blackbird, Blackcap +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blackcap +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Hornet Hoverfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bramble, Wood Sage, Ivy +133 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Severn Way (1) Source to ShrewsburyWalking route116 km▾
Named routeRef SW (1)Length 116 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 14Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW14Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.6 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route11.8 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 11.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route612 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 612 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route530 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 530 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route14.1 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 14.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
The Gypsy monument on Moel y Golfa, looking west
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Wildlife to spot
11,799 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,799 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Chiffchaff · Robin · Wren · Willow Warbler +33
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MagpiePica pica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Pygmy Shrew
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Oedemera femoralis · Hornet Hoverfly · Endomychus coccineus · Sericomyia silentis · Eristalis intricaria +10
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2025
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025
- Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida
Bramble · Wood Sage · Ivy · Ground-ivy · Meadowsweet +19
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
- IvyHedera helix
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,799 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Chiffchaff · Robin · Wren · Willow Warbler +33
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MagpiePica pica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Pygmy Shrew
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Oedemera femoralis · Hornet Hoverfly · Endomychus coccineus · Sericomyia silentis · Eristalis intricaria +10
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2025
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025
- Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida
Bramble · Wood Sage · Ivy · Ground-ivy · Meadowsweet +19
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
- IvyHedera helix
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger2025Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger2025Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2025Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Large Marsh HorseflyTabanus autumnalis2025Large Marsh HorseflyTabanus autumnalis2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaWoodruffGalium odoratumWoodruffGalium odoratumHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria verna