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53.13553, -3.14566
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Pheasant 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Pheasant 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Pheasant, Chaffinch +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Pheasant, Chaffinch +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Agapetus fuscipes, Plectrocnemia conspersa, Rhyacophila dorsalis +19 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Agapetus fuscipes, Plectrocnemia conspersa, Rhyacophila dorsalis +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Greater Featherwort, Dilated Scalewort, Crescent-cup Liverwort +10 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Greater Featherwort, Dilated Scalewort, Crescent-cup Liverwort +10 more · last seen 2017
Free
🚵 Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Ride the Clwyds
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Llwybr Clawdd Wat Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride the Clwyds Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Village Tour
Show on map Ride the Clwyds Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Nercwys Easy Route
Show on map Photos St Mary's Church, Nercwys
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Wildlife to spot
1,434 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,434 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Pheasant · Magpie +40
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2021 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2021 Great Tit Parus major2021 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Swift Apus apus2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2021 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2022 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2020 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2020 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2020 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2021 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 House Martin Delichon urbicum2021 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2021 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2020 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2020 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2020 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2019 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2019 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2019 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2019 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2019 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2019 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2019 Teal Anas crecca2019 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2019 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Brown Hare
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2021 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2018 Meadow Plant Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Syrphus · Hydropsyche instabilis · Agapetus fuscipes +6
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Syrphus Syrphus Hydropsyche instabilis Hydropsyche instabilis2022 Agapetus fuscipes Agapetus fuscipes2022 Rhyacophila dorsalis Rhyacophila dorsalis2022 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,434 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Pheasant · Magpie +40
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2021 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2021 Great Tit Parus major2021 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Swift Apus apus2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2021 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2022 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2020 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2020 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2020 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2021 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 House Martin Delichon urbicum2021 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2021 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2020 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2020 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2020 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2019 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2019 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2019 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2019 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2019 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2019 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2019 Teal Anas crecca2019 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2019 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Brown Hare
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2021 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2018 Meadow Plant Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Syrphus · Hydropsyche instabilis · Agapetus fuscipes +6
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Syrphus Syrphus Hydropsyche instabilis Hydropsyche instabilis2022 Agapetus fuscipes Agapetus fuscipes2022 Rhyacophila dorsalis Rhyacophila dorsalis2022 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Shiny Spider Beetle Gibbium psylloides2021
Shiny Spider Beetle Gibbium psylloides2021
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2020
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2020
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2019
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019