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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.56218, -3.29562
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow +51 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow +51 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hydropsyche siltalai, Sericostoma personatum, Polycentropus flavomaculatus +63 more · last seen 2023
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gregynog short circular walkWalking route▾
Short walk around Gregynog
Named routeLocal walking route
Gregynog medium circular walkWalking route▾
Short circular walk around Gregynog
Named routeLocal walking route
Gregynog long circular walkWalking route▾
Long circular walk around Gregynog
Named routeLocal walking route
Severn Way (1) Source to ShrewsburyWalking route116 km▾
Named routeRef SW (1)Length 116 kmRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route29 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route5 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 5 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route33 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 33 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
894 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
894 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springwinter
2024▾
Swift · House Sparrow · Mallard · Great Tit · Wren +33
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
- NuthatchSitta europaea2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- CootFulica atra2019
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2018
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Muntjac · Roe Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Polycentropus flavomaculatus · Hydropsyche siltalai · Sericostoma personatum · Hydropsyche pellucidula · Polycentropus kingi +38
- Polycentropus flavomaculatusPolycentropus flavomaculatus2016
- Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2016
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2016
- Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2016
- Polycentropus kingiPolycentropus kingi2016
Triteleia laxa · Salad Burnet · Bitter-vetch · Wood-sorrel · Wall Speedwell +6
- Triteleia laxaTriteleia laxa
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
- Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Ground-ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
894 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springwinter
2024▾
Swift · House Sparrow · Mallard · Great Tit · Wren +33
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
- NuthatchSitta europaea2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- CootFulica atra2019
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2018
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Muntjac · Roe Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Polycentropus flavomaculatus · Hydropsyche siltalai · Sericostoma personatum · Hydropsyche pellucidula · Polycentropus kingi +38
- Polycentropus flavomaculatusPolycentropus flavomaculatus2016
- Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2016
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2016
- Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2016
- Polycentropus kingiPolycentropus kingi2016
Triteleia laxa · Salad Burnet · Bitter-vetch · Wood-sorrel · Wall Speedwell +6
- Triteleia laxaTriteleia laxa
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
- Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Ground-ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhyacophila dorsalis
Rhyacophila dorsalis
Rhyacophila dorsalis2016
Rhyacophila dorsalis2016
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusRhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatumWestern Honey BeeApis mellifera2022Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020Large WhitePieris brassicae2017Large WhitePieris brassicae2017Common BluePolyommatus icarus2017Common BluePolyommatus icarus2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017Silver YAutographa gamma2017Silver YAutographa gamma2017Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2017Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017Leuctra geniculataLeuctra geniculata2016Leuctra geniculataLeuctra geniculata2016Simulium aureumSimulium aureum2016Simulium aureumSimulium aureum2016DicranotaDicranota2016DicranotaDicranota2016ProdiamesinaeProdiamesinae2016ProdiamesinaeProdiamesinae2016Baetis rhodani/atlanticusBaetis rhodani/atlanticus2016Baetis rhodani/atlanticusBaetis rhodani/atlanticus2016Hairy Whirligig BeetleOrectochilus villosus2016Hairy Whirligig BeetleOrectochilus villosus2016Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2016Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2016Meniscus MidgeDixidae2016Meniscus MidgeDixidae2016TanytarsiniTanytarsini2016TanytarsiniTanytarsini2016Leuctra inermisLeuctra inermis2016Leuctra inermisLeuctra inermis2016EcdyonurusEcdyonurus2016EcdyonurusEcdyonurus2016LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2016LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2016Leuctra moselyiLeuctra moselyi2016Leuctra moselyiLeuctra moselyi2016Elmis aeneaElmis aenea2016Elmis aeneaElmis aenea2016EmpididaeEmpididae2016EmpididaeEmpididae2016Simulium costatumSimulium costatum2016Simulium costatumSimulium costatum2016Simulium tuberosum complexSimulium tuberosum complex2016Simulium tuberosum complexSimulium tuberosum complex2016RhyacophilidaeRhyacophilidae2016RhyacophilidaeRhyacophilidae2016OulimniusOulimnius2016OulimniusOulimnius2016Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari2016Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari2016Nemoura cinereaNemoura cinerea2016Nemoura cinereaNemoura cinerea2016Glechoma hederacea
Glechoma hederacea
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum2022Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum2022Plicate Sweet-grassGlyceria notata2021Plicate Sweet-grassGlyceria notata2021Des Etangs' St John's-wortHypericum maculatum x perforatum = H. x desetangsii2021Des Etangs' St John's-wortHypericum maculatum x perforatum = H. x desetangsii2021Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2021Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2021