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Pen y Cae

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📷 Roger D Kidd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.36373, -3.86255

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 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 — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Chaffinch +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Chaffinch +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lead-moss, Heather, Purple Moor-grass +227 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lead-moss, Heather, Purple Moor-grass +227 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hazel, Bramble, Bilberry +25 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Bumblebee, Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Bumblebee, Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 81Cycling route

Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route

Named routeRef 82National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route452 m

Named routeRef 81Length 452 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 81Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route5.2 km

Named routeRef 81Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.3 km

Named routeRef 81Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans Cambrian WayMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

4,540 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,540 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds21 species

winter

2026

Blackbird · Robin · Redstart · Goldfinch · Long-tailed Tit +16

BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RavenCorvus corax2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Pine Marten · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

Pine MartenMartes martes
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Meliscaeva cinctella · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Tipula maxima

Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Tipula maximaTipula maxima

🌿

Plants76 species

autumn

2026

Lead-moss · Purple Moor-grass · Hazel · Heather · Sweet Vernal-grass +71

Lead-mossDitrichum plumbicola2024
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2025
HazelCorylus avellana
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum2024
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Variable Forklet-mossDicranella varia2024
Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
YarrowAchillea millefolium
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Downy Birch / Silver BirchBetula pubescens/pendula2025
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
BulrushTypha latifolia2024
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
ThistleCirsium
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
GorseUlex europaeus
DandelionTaraxacum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025
IvyHedera helix2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus2025
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Round-leaved CrowfootRanunculus omiophyllus2024
Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2024
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2024
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024
Sea CampionSilene uniflora2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Pale Thread-mossBryum pallens2024
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2024
Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2024
Common SallowSalix cinerea2024
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2024
Common ReedPhragmites australis2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2024
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Lesser MarshwortHelosciadium inundatum2024
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,540 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds21 species

winter

2026

Blackbird · Robin · Redstart · Goldfinch · Long-tailed Tit +16

BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RavenCorvus corax2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Pine Marten · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

Pine MartenMartes martes
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Meliscaeva cinctella · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Tipula maxima

Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Tipula maximaTipula maxima

🌿

Plants76 species

autumn

2026

Lead-moss · Purple Moor-grass · Hazel · Heather · Sweet Vernal-grass +71

Lead-mossDitrichum plumbicola2024
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2025
HazelCorylus avellana
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum2024
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Variable Forklet-mossDicranella varia2024
Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
YarrowAchillea millefolium
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Downy Birch / Silver BirchBetula pubescens/pendula2025
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
BulrushTypha latifolia2024
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
ThistleCirsium
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
GorseUlex europaeus
DandelionTaraxacum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025
IvyHedera helix2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus2025
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Round-leaved CrowfootRanunculus omiophyllus2024
Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2024
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2024
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024
Sea CampionSilene uniflora2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Pale Thread-mossBryum pallens2024
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2024
Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2024
Common SallowSalix cinerea2024
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2024
Common ReedPhragmites australis2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2024
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Lesser MarshwortHelosciadium inundatum2024
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Roger D Kidd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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