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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
52.83590, -3.69695
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Olives (Baetidae), Needle or willow stoneflies, Black flies +47 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Spignel, Japanese Knotweed, Aspen +104 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 14Cycling route▾
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Regional Route 13Cycling route▾
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Route 12Cycling route▾
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Rough grazing on the foothills of Aran Benllyn
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Wildlife to spot
1,179 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,179 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Swallow · Blackbird · Magpie · Chaffinch +26
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2015
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- RookCorvus frugilegus2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2015
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2015
- RavenCorvus corax2015
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2015
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2018▾
Badger · Otter
- BadgerMeles meles
- OtterLutra lutra2017
Meadow Brown · Small Tortoiseshell · Ringlet · Red Admiral · Blue Shieldbug +8
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- PeacockAglais io2019
Spignel · Aspen · Strict Haircap · Japanese Knotweed · Lesser Featherwort +12
- SpignelMeum athamanticum2018
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Strict HaircapPolytrichum strictum2023
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2017
- Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2023
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,179 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Swallow · Blackbird · Magpie · Chaffinch +26
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2015
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- RookCorvus frugilegus2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2015
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2015
- RavenCorvus corax2015
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2015
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2018▾
Badger · Otter
- BadgerMeles meles
- OtterLutra lutra2017
Meadow Brown · Small Tortoiseshell · Ringlet · Red Admiral · Blue Shieldbug +8
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- PeacockAglais io2019
Spignel · Aspen · Strict Haircap · Japanese Knotweed · Lesser Featherwort +12
- SpignelMeum athamanticum2018
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Strict HaircapPolytrichum strictum2023
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2017
- Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2023
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2023Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2023Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2023Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2023Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2023Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2023Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum2023Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum2023Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum2023Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum2023Common PawwortOrthocaulis floerkei2023Common PawwortOrthocaulis floerkei2023Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2018Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2018EyebrightEuphrasia2018EyebrightEuphrasia2018Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2018Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2018Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2018Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2018Spiraea aggregateSpiraea aggregate2017Spiraea aggregateSpiraea aggregate2017