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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit 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

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit 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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Chaffinch +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Chaffinch +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Toothed Pouncewort, Taylor's Flapwort, Frizzled Crisp-moss +84 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Toothed Pouncewort, Taylor's Flapwort, Frizzled Crisp-moss +84 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Sinuous Chanterelle, Iron Porecrust, Fused Tooth +2 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Sinuous Chanterelle, Iron Porecrust, Fused Tooth +2 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Bibio pomonae +3 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Bibio pomonae +3 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Taith Ardudwy WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

36 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Llwybr Llyn Traws (Trawsfynydd Lake Cycle Route)Cycling route13.6 km

A fantastic cycling experience around stunning Llyn Trawsfynydd

Named routeLength 13.6 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route

Named routeRef 82National Cycle Network

Lôn Las Cymru (Central)Cycling route

Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route708 m

Named routeRef 82Length 708 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route325 m

Named routeRef 82Length 325 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,683 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,683 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

summer

2025

Great Tit · Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Jay +84

Great TitParus major2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
MagpiePica pica2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
TealAnas crecca2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
OspreyPandion haliaetus
WigeonMareca penelope
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2020
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CuckooCuculus canorus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2022
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Barn OwlTyto alba
PochardAythya ferina
ScaupAythya marila2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023
Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2021
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2021
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2024

Red-legged Shieldbug · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Bibio pomonae · Bilberry Bumblebee · Common Wasp +1

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2020
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola2020
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2020
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020

🍄

Fungi5 species

summer

2020

Sinuous Chanterelle · Iron Porecrust · Fused Tooth · Blackening Brittlegill · Silky Piggyback

Sinuous ChanterelleCraterellus sinuosus
Iron PorecrustFuscoporia ferrea
Fused ToothPhellodon confluens
Blackening BrittlegillRussula nigricans
Silky PiggybackAsterophora parasitica

🌿

Plants87 species

springautumn

2024

Toothed Pouncewort · Taylor's Flapwort · Frizzled Crisp-moss · Greater Streak-moss · Fingered Cowlwort +82

Toothed PouncewortDrepanolejeunea hamatifolia2020
Taylor's FlapwortMylia taylorii2021
Frizzled Crisp-mossTortella tortuosa2021
Greater Streak-mossRhabdoweisia crenulata2021
Fingered CowlwortColura calyptrifolia2020
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2021
Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii2021
Common Apple-mossBartramia pomiformis2021
White FrostwortGymnomitrion obtusum2021
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius2021
Fine-leaved LeskeaOrthothecium intricatum2021
Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica2021
Alpine Thread-mossBryum alpinum2021
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum
Shaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striata
Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Heath EarwortScapania irrigua
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Even ScalewortRadula complanata
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Straw Bristle-mossOrthotrichum stramineum
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides
Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Crisped NeckeraNeckera crispa2021
Lyon's NotchwortTritomaria quinquedentata2021
Western FrostwortGymnomitrion crenulatum2021
Variable Crisp-mossTrichostomum brachydontium2021
Pale Glaucous Thread-mossPohlia wahlenbergii2021
Twisted GrimmiaGrimmia torquata2021
Brunton's Dog-toothCynodontium bruntonii2021
Wry-leaved Tamarisk-mossHeterocladium heteropterum2021
Slender Fringe-mossRacomitrium sudeticum2021
Cruet Collar-mossSplachnum ampullaceum2021
Bristly Fringe-mossRacomitrium heterostichum2021
Fountain SmoothcapAtrichum crispum2021
Summer-mossAnoectangium aestivum2021
Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2021
Floating Hook-mossWarnstorfia fluitans2021
Braided FrostwortGymnomitrion concinnatum2021
Wedge FlapwortLeptoscyphus cuneifolius2021
Water EarwortScapania undulata2021
Deceptive FeatherwortPseudomarsupidium decipiens2020
Petty FeatherwortPlagiochila exigua2020
Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea2020
Long-leaved PouncewortCololejeunea microscopica2020
Floating Bur-reedSparganium angustifolium2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,683 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

summer

2025

Great Tit · Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Jay +84

Great TitParus major2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
MagpiePica pica2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
TealAnas crecca2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
OspreyPandion haliaetus
WigeonMareca penelope
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2020
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CuckooCuculus canorus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2022
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Barn OwlTyto alba
PochardAythya ferina
ScaupAythya marila2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023
Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2021
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2021
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2024

Red-legged Shieldbug · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Bibio pomonae · Bilberry Bumblebee · Common Wasp +1

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2020
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola2020
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2020
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020

🍄

Fungi5 species

summer

2020

Sinuous Chanterelle · Iron Porecrust · Fused Tooth · Blackening Brittlegill · Silky Piggyback

Sinuous ChanterelleCraterellus sinuosus
Iron PorecrustFuscoporia ferrea
Fused ToothPhellodon confluens
Blackening BrittlegillRussula nigricans
Silky PiggybackAsterophora parasitica

🌿

Plants87 species

springautumn

2024

Toothed Pouncewort · Taylor's Flapwort · Frizzled Crisp-moss · Greater Streak-moss · Fingered Cowlwort +82

Toothed PouncewortDrepanolejeunea hamatifolia2020
Taylor's FlapwortMylia taylorii2021
Frizzled Crisp-mossTortella tortuosa2021
Greater Streak-mossRhabdoweisia crenulata2021
Fingered CowlwortColura calyptrifolia2020
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2021
Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii2021
Common Apple-mossBartramia pomiformis2021
White FrostwortGymnomitrion obtusum2021
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius2021
Fine-leaved LeskeaOrthothecium intricatum2021
Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica2021
Alpine Thread-mossBryum alpinum2021
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum
Shaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striata
Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Heath EarwortScapania irrigua
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Even ScalewortRadula complanata
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Straw Bristle-mossOrthotrichum stramineum
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides
Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Crisped NeckeraNeckera crispa2021
Lyon's NotchwortTritomaria quinquedentata2021
Western FrostwortGymnomitrion crenulatum2021
Variable Crisp-mossTrichostomum brachydontium2021
Pale Glaucous Thread-mossPohlia wahlenbergii2021
Twisted GrimmiaGrimmia torquata2021
Brunton's Dog-toothCynodontium bruntonii2021
Wry-leaved Tamarisk-mossHeterocladium heteropterum2021
Slender Fringe-mossRacomitrium sudeticum2021
Cruet Collar-mossSplachnum ampullaceum2021
Bristly Fringe-mossRacomitrium heterostichum2021
Fountain SmoothcapAtrichum crispum2021
Summer-mossAnoectangium aestivum2021
Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2021
Floating Hook-mossWarnstorfia fluitans2021
Braided FrostwortGymnomitrion concinnatum2021
Wedge FlapwortLeptoscyphus cuneifolius2021
Water EarwortScapania undulata2021
Deceptive FeatherwortPseudomarsupidium decipiens2020
Petty FeatherwortPlagiochila exigua2020
Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea2020
Long-leaved PouncewortCololejeunea microscopica2020
Floating Bur-reedSparganium angustifolium2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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