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Penmyarth

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
🌿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

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
🌿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

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Wren +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Wren +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Painted Lady, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +84 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Gatekeeper, Painted Lady, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cherry Laurel, Japanese Knotweed +65 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cherry Laurel, Japanese Knotweed +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Elder, Hazel +10 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Beacons WayWalking route152 km

Named routeLength 152 kmRegional walking route

Usk Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

South Wales TraverseWalking route

challenge route. not waymarked

Named route

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycle across the BeaconsCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,029 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,029 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

springsummer

2026

Buzzard · Robin · Song Thrush · Mistle Thrush · Chaffinch +36

BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MagpiePica pica2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Badger +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
MoleTalpa europaea2025
BadgerMeles meles2024
OtterLutra lutra2024

🐟

Fish5 species

summer

2024

European Eel · Brown/Sea Trout · Atlantic Salmon · Stone Loach · Bullhead

European EelAnguilla anguilla
Brown/Sea TroutSalmo trutta
Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar
Stone LoachBarbatula barbatula
BullheadCottus perifretum

🐝

Insects12 species

spring

2026

Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Small Black Ant · Yellow Meadow Ant · Orange-tailed Mining Bee · Early Bumblebee +7

Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Small Black AntLasius niger2025
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2024
Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum2024
HornetVespa crabro2023
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023

🌿

Plants14 species

summer

2025

White Stonecrop · Soapwort · Red Valerian · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Great Mullein +9

White StonecropSedum album2024
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2024
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
White BryonyBryonia dioica2023
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,029 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

springsummer

2026

Buzzard · Robin · Song Thrush · Mistle Thrush · Chaffinch +36

BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MagpiePica pica2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Badger +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
MoleTalpa europaea2025
BadgerMeles meles2024
OtterLutra lutra2024

🐟

Fish5 species

summer

2024

European Eel · Brown/Sea Trout · Atlantic Salmon · Stone Loach · Bullhead

European EelAnguilla anguilla
Brown/Sea TroutSalmo trutta
Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar
Stone LoachBarbatula barbatula
BullheadCottus perifretum

🐝

Insects12 species

spring

2026

Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Small Black Ant · Yellow Meadow Ant · Orange-tailed Mining Bee · Early Bumblebee +7

Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Small Black AntLasius niger2025
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2024
Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum2024
HornetVespa crabro2023
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023

🌿

Plants14 species

summer

2025

White Stonecrop · Soapwort · Red Valerian · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Great Mullein +9

White StonecropSedum album2024
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2024
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
White BryonyBryonia dioica2023
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Keith Salvesen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Victorian Letterbox on the edge of woodland, Penmyarth

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