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▾ 🐦 64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Herring Gull ✦ 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
🐦 64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Herring Gull ✦ 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 — Jackdaw, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +61 more · last seen 2026
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
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🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Large White, Common Blue +55 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Gatekeeper, Large White, Common Blue +55 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — New Zealand Pigmyweed, Himalayan Balsam, Unbranched Bur-reed +32 more · last seen 2024; Plants — New Zealand Pigmyweed, Himalayan Balsam, Unbranched Bur-reed +32 more · last seen 2024
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Offa's Dyke Path Walking route 285 km ▾
Named route Ref ODP Length 285 km National walking route
Show on map Clwydian Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map North Wales Pilgrim's Way Walking route ▾
Hiraethog Trail Walking route ▾
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride North Wales Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Brenig Loop Local cycle route
Show on map Route 84 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 84 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 84 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 84 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 497 m ▾
Named route Ref 84 Length 497 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 137 m ▾
Named route Ref 84 Length 137 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 165 m ▾
Named route Ref 84 Length 165 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,135 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,135 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Swift · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon +35
Swift Apus apus2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2020 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2020 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2018 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2020 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2018 Magpie Pica pica2018 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2018 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2018 Blackbird Turdus merula2018 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2018 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2018 Great Tit Parus major2017 Robin Erithacus rubecula2017 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2016 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2022 House Martin Delichon urbicum2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2022 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2019 Common Gull Larus canus2018 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2018 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2018 Rook Corvus frugilegus2018 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2018 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2017 Greylag Goose Anser anser2017 Rock Dove Columba livia2017 Redwing Turdus iliacus2017 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2017 Dunnock Prunella modularis2017 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2016 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2016 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2016 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2016 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · American Mink · Noctule +3
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus American Mink Neovison vison Noctule Nyctalus noctula Badger Meles meles Elmidae · Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae) · Black flies · Gatekeeper · Rhyacophilidae +23
Elmidae Elmidae Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae) Heptageniidae Black flies Simuliidae Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2018 Rhyacophilidae Rhyacophilidae Olives (Baetidae) Baetidae Pediciidae Pediciidae Himalayan Balsam · New Zealand Pigmyweed · Unbranched Bur-reed · Reed Canary-grass · Hildenbrandia rivularis +21
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera New Zealand Pigmyweed Crassula helmsii2018 Unbranched Bur-reed Sparganium emersum Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea Hildenbrandia rivularis Hildenbrandia rivularis Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,135 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Swift · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon +35
Swift Apus apus2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2020 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2020 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2018 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2020 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2018 Magpie Pica pica2018 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2018 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2018 Blackbird Turdus merula2018 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2018 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2018 Great Tit Parus major2017 Robin Erithacus rubecula2017 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2016 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2022 House Martin Delichon urbicum2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2022 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2019 Common Gull Larus canus2018 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2018 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2018 Rook Corvus frugilegus2018 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2018 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2017 Greylag Goose Anser anser2017 Rock Dove Columba livia2017 Redwing Turdus iliacus2017 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2017 Dunnock Prunella modularis2017 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2016 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2016 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2016 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2016 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · American Mink · Noctule +3
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus American Mink Neovison vison Noctule Nyctalus noctula Badger Meles meles Elmidae · Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae) · Black flies · Gatekeeper · Rhyacophilidae +23
Elmidae Elmidae Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae) Heptageniidae Black flies Simuliidae Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2018 Rhyacophilidae Rhyacophilidae Olives (Baetidae) Baetidae Pediciidae Pediciidae Himalayan Balsam · New Zealand Pigmyweed · Unbranched Bur-reed · Reed Canary-grass · Hildenbrandia rivularis +21
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera New Zealand Pigmyweed Crassula helmsii2018 Unbranched Bur-reed Sparganium emersum Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea Hildenbrandia rivularis Hildenbrandia rivularis Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Polecat-Ferret Mustela furo x putorius2020
Polecat-Ferret Mustela furo x putorius2020
Otter Lutra lutra2017
Otter Lutra lutra2017
Glossosomatidae Glossosomatidae
Glossosomatidae Glossosomatidae
Non-biting midges Chironomidae
Non-biting midges Chironomidae
Chloroperlidae Chloroperlidae
Chloroperlidae Chloroperlidae
Odontoceridae Odontoceridae
Odontoceridae Odontoceridae
Hydropsychidae Hydropsychidae
Hydropsychidae Hydropsychidae
Needle or willow stoneflies Leuctridae
Needle or willow stoneflies Leuctridae
Blue-winged Olive (Ephemerellidae) Ephemerellidae
Blue-winged Olive (Ephemerellidae) Ephemerellidae
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2023
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2023
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2023
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2023
Comma Polygonia c-album2018
Comma Polygonia c-album2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Large White Pieris brassicae2018
Large White Pieris brassicae2018
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2018
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2018
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2018
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2018
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Small White Pieris rapae2018
Small White Pieris rapae2018
Peacock Aglais io2018
Peacock Aglais io2018
Silo pallipes Silo pallipes2017
Silo pallipes Silo pallipes2017
Polycentropus flavomaculatus Polycentropus flavomaculatus2017
Polycentropus flavomaculatus Polycentropus flavomaculatus2017
Rhyacophila dorsalis Rhyacophila dorsalis2017
Rhyacophila dorsalis Rhyacophila dorsalis2017
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2017
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2017 Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2019
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2019
Branched Bur-reed Sparganium erectum
Branched Bur-reed Sparganium erectum
Cladophora glomerata Cladophora glomerata
Cladophora glomerata Cladophora glomerata
Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots) Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)
Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots) Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2022
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2022
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides2022
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides2022
River Water-dropwort Oenanthe fluviatilis2022
River Water-dropwort Oenanthe fluviatilis2022
Fool's Water-Cress Helosciadium nodiflorum2022
Fool's Water-Cress Helosciadium nodiflorum2022
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2022
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2022
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga2022
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga2022
Marsh Horsetail Equisetum palustre2022
Marsh Horsetail Equisetum palustre2022
Glyceria fluitans Glyceria fluitans2022
Glyceria fluitans Glyceria fluitans2022
Alga Algae2022
Alga Algae2022
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2022
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2022
Dock Rumex2022
Dock Rumex2022
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2022
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2022
Common Duckweed Lemna minor2022
Common Duckweed Lemna minor2022
Buttercup Ranunculus2022
Buttercup Ranunculus2022
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2017
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2017
Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia2017
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