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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.46051, -3.41311
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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 Great Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Fredwell Café & Patisserie — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ 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
- ☕Fredwell Café & Patisserie — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Speckled Wood +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Spanish Bluebell +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 88Cycling route▾
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National Cycle Network Route 888Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
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Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 88Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Ruins of Llanquian Castle
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Wildlife to spot
2,730 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +37
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Slow-worm
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Violet Oil-beetle · Green Dock Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly · Violet Ground Beetle +12
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Hornet Hoverfly
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Spanish Bluebell · Dilated Scalewort
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +37
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Slow-worm
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Violet Oil-beetle · Green Dock Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly · Violet Ground Beetle +12
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Hornet Hoverfly
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Spanish Bluebell · Dilated Scalewort
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Volucella zonaria
Volucella zonaria
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoCassida vibexCassida vibexCassida vibexCassida vibexGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024