Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome
Getting here
53.08538, -3.39759
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Chaffinch
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Chaffinch
- 🍄Mushroom 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Chaffinch, Mistle Thrush +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Raven, Chaffinch, Mistle Thrush +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Beech Knight, Lactarius pterosporus, Beechwood Sickener +16 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Orange-tip, Peacock, Wall +23 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Marsh Violet, Alga, Cosmarium · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brenig WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking 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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 2 Lake Tour
Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Up to the Lake
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Wildlife to spot
9,169 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,169 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspring
2025▾
Raven · Chaffinch · Mistle Thrush · Stonechat · Merlin +22
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Hedgehog
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2022
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2023▾
Orange-tip · Wall · Brown Hawker · Peacock · Old Lady +9
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- WallLasiommata megera
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- PeacockAglais io
- Old LadyMormo maura
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene
- Green-veined White
Beech Knight · Lactarius pterosporus · Beechwood Sickener · The Miller · Blusher +11
- Beech KnightTricholoma sciodes
- Lactarius pterosporusLactarius pterosporus
- Beechwood SickenerRussula nobilis
- The MillerClitopilus prunulus
- BlusherAmanita rubescens var. rubescens
- The FlirtRussula vesca
- Sulphur Tuft
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Marsh Violet · Alga
- Marsh VioletViola palustris
- AlgaAlgae2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,169 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspring
2025▾
Raven · Chaffinch · Mistle Thrush · Stonechat · Merlin +22
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Hedgehog
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2022
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2023▾
Orange-tip · Wall · Brown Hawker · Peacock · Old Lady +9
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- WallLasiommata megera
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- PeacockAglais io
- Old LadyMormo maura
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene
- Green-veined White
Beech Knight · Lactarius pterosporus · Beechwood Sickener · The Miller · Blusher +11
- Beech KnightTricholoma sciodes
- Lactarius pterosporusLactarius pterosporus
- Beechwood SickenerRussula nobilis
- The MillerClitopilus prunulus
- BlusherAmanita rubescens var. rubescens
- The FlirtRussula vesca
- Sulphur Tuft
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Marsh Violet · Alga
- Marsh VioletViola palustris
- AlgaAlgae2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pieris napi
Pieris napi
Speckled WoodPararge aegeriaSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaDrinkerEuthrix potatoriaDrinkerEuthrix potatoriaSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeCommon BluePolyommatus icarus2022Common BluePolyommatus icarus2022Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2022Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2022Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2022Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2022Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare
Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare
Orange GrisetteAmanita croceaOrange GrisetteAmanita croceaPenny BunBoletus edulisPenny BunBoletus edulisGreasy Green BrittlegillRussula heterophyllaGreasy Green BrittlegillRussula heterophyllaBay BoleteImleria badiaBay BoleteImleria badiaCudoniella tenuisporaCudoniella tenuisporaCudoniella tenuisporaCudoniella tenuisporaFruity BrittlegillRussula queletii2022Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii2022Snakeskin BrownieHypholoma marginatum2022Snakeskin BrownieHypholoma marginatum2022Conifer MazegillGloeophyllum sepiarium2022Conifer MazegillGloeophyllum sepiarium2022Slimy SpikeGomphidius glutinosus2022Slimy SpikeGomphidius glutinosus2022