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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
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Getting here
53.18984, -3.40175
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Woodpigeon
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 112m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Woodpigeon
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 112m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Lesser Horseshoe Bat, Natterer's Bat, Brown Long-eared Bat +12 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Vuilleminia coryli, Hazel Woodwart, Shaggy Bracket +48 more · last seen 2019
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Heart & Dart, Dark Arches +86 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
North Wales Pilgrim's WayWalking route▾
Hiraethog TrailWalking route▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride North WalesCycling route▾
Named routeRef Brenig LoopLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 84 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 84National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Loop de Loop
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,616 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,616 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Swift · Blue Tit +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great TitParus major2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
- SiskinSpinus spinus2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Hedgehog · Long-eared Bat species · Natterer's Bat · Greater Horseshoe Bat +4
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum
- Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii2023
Slow-worm
🐝Insects8 species
springautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Lily Beetle · Green Drake · Pogonocherus hispidulus +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Green DrakeEphemera danica
- Pogonocherus hispidulusPogonocherus hispidulus2024
🌿Plants5 species
springsummer
2023▾
Red Valerian · Himalayan Balsam · Bluebell · Japanese Rose · Butterfly-bush
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2022
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2022
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2021
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,616 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Swift · Blue Tit +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great TitParus major2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
- SiskinSpinus spinus2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Hedgehog · Long-eared Bat species · Natterer's Bat · Greater Horseshoe Bat +4
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum
- Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii2023
Slow-worm
🐝Insects8 species
springautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Lily Beetle · Green Drake · Pogonocherus hispidulus +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Green DrakeEphemera danica
- Pogonocherus hispidulusPogonocherus hispidulus2024
🌿Plants5 species
springsummer
2023▾
Red Valerian · Himalayan Balsam · Bluebell · Japanese Rose · Butterfly-bush
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2022
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2022
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2021
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Daubenton's Bat
Daubenton's Bat
Myotis daubentonii2023
Myotis daubentonii2023
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Pine MartenMartes martesPine MartenMartes martes2-spot Ladybird
2-spot Ladybird
Adalia bipunctata2024
Adalia bipunctata2024
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020