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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Redwing and Chiffchaff
✦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

🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Redwing and Chiffchaff
✦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

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Redwing, Chiffchaff, Robin +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Redwing, Chiffchaff, Robin +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Racomitrium heterostichum, Western Earwort, Donn's Grimmia +50 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Racomitrium heterostichum, Western Earwort, Donn's Grimmia +50 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Violet Ground Beetle · last seen 2025; Insects — Violet Ground Beetle · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Llŷn Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Snowdonia Slate TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main routeWalking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

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Cycling

38 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lôn GwyrfaiCycling route

Named routeRef 61Regional cycle route

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Lôn Las Cymru (North)Cycling route

Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network

Lôn EifionCycling route

Named route

N/ACycling route92 m

Named routeRef 61Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route350 m

Named routeRef 61Length 350 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,259 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,259 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Redwing · Chiffchaff · Robin · Blackcap · Blackbird +48

RedwingTurdus iliacus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
SwallowHirundo rustica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
NuthatchSitta europaea
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
JackdawColoeus monedula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MagpiePica pica
BuzzardButeo buteo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
RavenCorvus corax
DipperCinclus cinclus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2024
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023

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Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Violet Ground Beetle

Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus

🌿

Plants53 species

springsummer

2024

Racomitrium heterostichum · Western Earwort · Donn's Grimmia · Narrow-leaved Fringe-moss · Redshank +48

Racomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichum
Western EarwortScapania gracilis
Donn's GrimmiaGrimmia donniana
Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla
Awl-leaved Swan-neck MossCampylopus subulatus
Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa
Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
Common PawwortOrthocaulis floerkei
Curve-leaved DitrichumDitrichum heteromallum
Racomitrium obtusumRacomitrium obtusum
Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica
Bearded PawwortBarbilophozia barbata
Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Starry Hoar-mossHedwigia stellata
Papillose Bog-mossSphagnum papillosum
Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
Weissia controversa var. densifoliaWeissia controversa var. densifolia
Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Leucobryum glaucumLeucobryum glaucum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium
Green Hoar-mossBraunia imberbis
Lesser Pocket-mossFissidens bryoides
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata
Schreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberiana
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius
Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata
Prickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosa
Taylor's FlapwortMylia taylorii
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Dented Silk-mossPlagiothecium denticulatum
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
Spotty FeatherwortPlagiochila punctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,259 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Redwing · Chiffchaff · Robin · Blackcap · Blackbird +48

RedwingTurdus iliacus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
SwallowHirundo rustica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
NuthatchSitta europaea
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
JackdawColoeus monedula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MagpiePica pica
BuzzardButeo buteo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
RavenCorvus corax
DipperCinclus cinclus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2024
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Violet Ground Beetle

Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus

🌿

Plants53 species

springsummer

2024

Racomitrium heterostichum · Western Earwort · Donn's Grimmia · Narrow-leaved Fringe-moss · Redshank +48

Racomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichum
Western EarwortScapania gracilis
Donn's GrimmiaGrimmia donniana
Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla
Awl-leaved Swan-neck MossCampylopus subulatus
Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa
Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
Common PawwortOrthocaulis floerkei
Curve-leaved DitrichumDitrichum heteromallum
Racomitrium obtusumRacomitrium obtusum
Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica
Bearded PawwortBarbilophozia barbata
Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Starry Hoar-mossHedwigia stellata
Papillose Bog-mossSphagnum papillosum
Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
Weissia controversa var. densifoliaWeissia controversa var. densifolia
Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Leucobryum glaucumLeucobryum glaucum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium
Green Hoar-mossBraunia imberbis
Lesser Pocket-mossFissidens bryoides
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata
Schreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberiana
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius
Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata
Prickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosa
Taylor's FlapwortMylia taylorii
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Dented Silk-mossPlagiothecium denticulatum
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
Spotty FeatherwortPlagiochila punctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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