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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Best for

5 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 — Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Carrion Crow +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Carrion Crow +61 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Emerald Damselfly, Common Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +21 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Emerald Damselfly, Common Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +21 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Heath Rush, Marsh Thistle, Soft-rush +3 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Heath Rush, Marsh Thistle, Soft-rush +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Beacons WayWalking route152 km

Named routeLength 152 kmRegional walking route

Usk Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

Rhiw Iforpublic footpath · 937 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 937 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

108 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 492Cycling route

Named routeRef 492National Cycle Network

Route 49Cycling route

Named routeRef 49National Cycle Network

Four Castles Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef FCCRRegional cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route

Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network

Route 46Cycling route

Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,713 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,713 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Meadow Pipit · Stonechat · Red Kite · Carrion Crow · Skylark +62

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great TitParus major2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2024

Rabbit · Roe Deer

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🦎

Reptiles3 species

spring

2025

Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard

AdderVipera berus
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springautumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2025

Emerald Damselfly · Common Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter +19

Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Scarce Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura pumilio
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
Trichocera majorTrichocera major2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2023
Eccoptomera longisetaEccoptomera longiseta2023
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2023
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola2023
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2023

🌿

Plants6 species

summer

2025

Heath Rush · Marsh Thistle · Soft-rush · Sand-hill Screw-moss · Wall Cotoneaster +1

Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2024
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2023
Curly WaterweedLagarosiphon major2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,713 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Meadow Pipit · Stonechat · Red Kite · Carrion Crow · Skylark +62

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great TitParus major2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2024

Rabbit · Roe Deer

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🦎

Reptiles3 species

spring

2025

Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard

AdderVipera berus
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springautumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2025

Emerald Damselfly · Common Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter +19

Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Scarce Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura pumilio
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
Trichocera majorTrichocera major2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2023
Eccoptomera longisetaEccoptomera longiseta2023
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2023
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola2023
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2023

🌿

Plants6 species

summer

2025

Heath Rush · Marsh Thistle · Soft-rush · Sand-hill Screw-moss · Wall Cotoneaster +1

Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2024
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2023
Curly WaterweedLagarosiphon major2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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