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Motte and Bailey Castle

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53.23449, -3.14261

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed 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

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed 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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Eristalis pertinax, Syritta pipiens +13 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Eristalis pertinax, Syritta pipiens +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Llwybr Clawdd WatWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main routeWalking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route344 m

Named routeRef 5Length 344 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route550 m

Named routeRef 5Length 550 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 5Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route346 m

Named routeRef 5Length 346 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,933 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,933 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

winter

2025

Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Carrion Crow · Redshank +84

Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RedshankTringa totanus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GullLarus canus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
TealAnas crecca
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
BuzzardButeo buteo
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Rock DoveColumba livia
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SwallowHirundo rustica
Great TitParus major
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
DunnockPrunella modularis
KnotCalidris canutus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SnipeGallinago gallinago
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
SwiftApus apus
RavenCorvus corax
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great White EgretArdea alba2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
WhitethroatCurruca communis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Common TernSterna hirundo
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Little StintCalidris minuta
JayGarrulus glandarius
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GadwallMareca strepera
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
PintailAnas acuta2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024

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Insects16 species

autumn

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Syritta pipiens · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Batman Hoverfly +11

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
SyrphusSyrphus
Ferdinandea cuprea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,933 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

winter

2025

Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Carrion Crow · Redshank +84

Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RedshankTringa totanus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GullLarus canus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
TealAnas crecca
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
BuzzardButeo buteo
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Rock DoveColumba livia
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SwallowHirundo rustica
Great TitParus major
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
DunnockPrunella modularis
KnotCalidris canutus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SnipeGallinago gallinago
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
SwiftApus apus
RavenCorvus corax
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great White EgretArdea alba2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
WhitethroatCurruca communis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Common TernSterna hirundo
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Little StintCalidris minuta
JayGarrulus glandarius
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GadwallMareca strepera
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
PintailAnas acuta2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024

🐝

Insects16 species

autumn

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Syritta pipiens · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Batman Hoverfly +11

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
SyrphusSyrphus
Ferdinandea cuprea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 DS Pugh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Farm building on Halkyn Road

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