Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.10940, -3.40721
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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 Blue Tit 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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Amanita Wridog, Ochre Brittlegill, Yellow Stagshorn +117 more · last seen 2019
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Non-biting midges, Elmis aenea, Rhyacophila dorsalis +79 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
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
Photos
St Mary's Church at Cyffylliog
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,261 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,261 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunlin · Little Ringed Plover · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Chaffinch +28
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2020
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- SwiftApus apus2019
American Mink · Hedgehog
- American MinkNeovison vison
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
🐝Insects38 species
springautumn
2019▾
Esolus parallelepipedus · Chloroperla tripunctata · Sericostoma personatum · Dicranota · Non-biting midges +33
- Esolus parallelepipedusEsolus parallelepipedus
- Chloroperla tripunctataChloroperla tripunctata
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
- DicranotaDicranota
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- Hydraena gracilisHydraena gracilis
Amanita Wridog · Horsehair Parachute · The Miller · Penny Bun · Beech Knight +34
- Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
- Horsehair ParachuteGymnopus androsaceus
- The MillerClitopilus prunulus
- Penny BunBoletus edulis
- Beech KnightTricholoma sciodes
- GrisetteAmanita vaginata
- Beech MilkcapLactarius blennius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,261 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunlin · Little Ringed Plover · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Chaffinch +28
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2020
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- SwiftApus apus2019
American Mink · Hedgehog
- American MinkNeovison vison
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
🐝Insects38 species
springautumn
2019▾
Esolus parallelepipedus · Chloroperla tripunctata · Sericostoma personatum · Dicranota · Non-biting midges +33
- Esolus parallelepipedusEsolus parallelepipedus
- Chloroperla tripunctataChloroperla tripunctata
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
- DicranotaDicranota
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- Hydraena gracilisHydraena gracilis
Amanita Wridog · Horsehair Parachute · The Miller · Penny Bun · Beech Knight +34
- Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
- Horsehair ParachuteGymnopus androsaceus
- The MillerClitopilus prunulus
- Penny BunBoletus edulis
- Beech KnightTricholoma sciodes
- GrisetteAmanita vaginata
- Beech MilkcapLactarius blennius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas