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Hen Biniwn Grange (ruin)

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Dogs welcome

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51.56035, -3.75883

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Robin, Blue Tit +92 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wren, Robin, Blue Tit +92 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Shrill Carder Bee, Swollen-thighed Beetle +128 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, Shrill Carder Bee, Swollen-thighed Beetle +128 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Sea-buckthorn, White Stonecrop, Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2025; Plants — Sea-buckthorn, White Stonecrop, Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

85 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 887Cycling route

Named routeRef 887National Cycle Network

NCN 88 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

Bryn Goytre CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route622 m

Named routeRef 4Length 622 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,202 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,202 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winterspring

2026

Wren · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Long-tailed Tit +43

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2026

Large Red Damselfly · Yellow Meadow Ant · Common Darter · Rose Chafer · Hawthorn Shieldbug +3

Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2025

Sea-buckthorn · White Stonecrop · Japanese Knotweed

Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
White StonecropSedum album
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,202 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winterspring

2026

Wren · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Long-tailed Tit +43

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2026

Large Red Damselfly · Yellow Meadow Ant · Common Darter · Rose Chafer · Hawthorn Shieldbug +3

Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2025

Sea-buckthorn · White Stonecrop · Japanese Knotweed

Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
White StonecropSedum album
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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