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Melin y Borth

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Dogs welcome

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53.41510, -4.33588

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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
🛝Playground 155m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 155m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· PaidPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chough, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chough, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Seaside Grimmia, Heath Star Moss, Common Threadwort +50 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Seaside Grimmia, Heath Star Moss, Common Threadwort +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dingy Skipper, Red Admiral, Chrysolina banksii +28 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Dingy Skipper, Red Admiral, Chrysolina banksii +28 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Threadwort, Bramble, Common Nettle +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Isle of Anglesey Coastal PathWalking route200 km

Named routeLength 200 kmRound tripRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NicoCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Trywydd CoprCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

16,321 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,321 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Chough · Carrion Crow · Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Dunnock +54

ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GannetMorus bassanus
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RavenCorvus corax
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common GullLarus canus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
HobbyFalco subbuteo
RazorbillAlca torda
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Great TitParus major
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024

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Plants12 species

spring

2025

Seaside Grimmia · Heath Plait-moss · Tumid Notchwort · Trichostomum brachydontium · Fertile Feather-moss +7

Seaside GrimmiaSchistidium maritimum
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
Trichostomum brachydontiumTrichostomum brachydontium
Fertile Feather-mossDrepanocladus polygamus
Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,321 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Chough · Carrion Crow · Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Dunnock +54

ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GannetMorus bassanus
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RavenCorvus corax
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common GullLarus canus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
HobbyFalco subbuteo
RazorbillAlca torda
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Great TitParus major
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024

🌿

Plants12 species

spring

2025

Seaside Grimmia · Heath Plait-moss · Tumid Notchwort · Trichostomum brachydontium · Fertile Feather-moss +7

Seaside GrimmiaSchistidium maritimum
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
Trichostomum brachydontiumTrichostomum brachydontium
Fertile Feather-mossDrepanocladus polygamus
Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Eric Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Melin y Borth from Craig y Don

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