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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › Wales › South East Wales › Monmouthshire Getting here
51.81330, -2.71373
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ The Malt House Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ The Malt House Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Razor Strop Fungus, Common Earthball, Hairy Curtain Crust +17 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Razor Strop Fungus, Common Earthball, Hairy Curtain Crust +17 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Harlequin Ladybird, White-legged Damselfly +75 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Harlequin Ladybird, White-legged Damselfly +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Offa's Dyke Path Walking route 285 km ▾
Named route Ref ODP Length 285 km National walking route
Show on map Wye Valley Walk Walking route 218 km ▾
Named route Ref WVW Length 218 km Regional walking route
Show on map Highmeadow Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bracelands to the Wye Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Monnow Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Long Distance Walking route following the River Monnow from source to confluence with the River Wye at Monmouth
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracelands Cycle Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 423 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 423 National Cycle Network
Show on map Symond's Yat Rock Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 117 m ▾
Named route Ref 423 Length 117 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 50 m ▾
Named route Ref 423 Length 50 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 71 m ▾
Named route Ref 423 Length 71 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
9,564 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,564 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Mallard · Swift +45
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Swift Apus apus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Dunnock Prunella modularis Rook Corvus frugilegus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goosander Mergus merganser Rock Dove Columba livia House Martin Delichon urbicum Herring Gull Larus argentatus Sand Martin Riparia riparia Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Raven Corvus corax Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Little Egret Egretta garzetta Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coal Tit Periparus ater Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus British Dipper Cinclus cinclus gularis Stock Dove Columba oenas Whitethroat Curruca communis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Pine Marten · Brown Rat
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Pine Marten Martes martes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Aphis (Aphis) urticata +16
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Aphis (Aphis) urticata Aphis (Aphis) urticata Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Laurustinus · Lords-and-Ladies · Eastern Sowbread · Mistletoe · Turkey Oak +1
Laurustinus Viburnum tinus Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Eastern Sowbread Cyclamen coum Mistletoe Viscum album2025 Turkey Oak Quercus cerris2025 Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,564 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Mallard · Swift +45
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Swift Apus apus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Dunnock Prunella modularis Rook Corvus frugilegus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goosander Mergus merganser Rock Dove Columba livia House Martin Delichon urbicum Herring Gull Larus argentatus Sand Martin Riparia riparia Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Raven Corvus corax Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Little Egret Egretta garzetta Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coal Tit Periparus ater Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus British Dipper Cinclus cinclus gularis Stock Dove Columba oenas Whitethroat Curruca communis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Pine Marten · Brown Rat
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Pine Marten Martes martes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Aphis (Aphis) urticata +16
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Aphis (Aphis) urticata Aphis (Aphis) urticata Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Laurustinus · Lords-and-Ladies · Eastern Sowbread · Mistletoe · Turkey Oak +1
Laurustinus Viburnum tinus Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Eastern Sowbread Cyclamen coum Mistletoe Viscum album2025 Turkey Oak Quercus cerris2025 Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Common Club-tail Gomphus vulgatissimus
Common Club-tail Gomphus vulgatissimus
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Ephemera vulgata Ephemera vulgata
Ephemera vulgata Ephemera vulgata
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum
Oxythyrea funesta Oxythyrea funesta
Oxythyrea funesta Oxythyrea funesta
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa 