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St Michael's Church

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.34850, -4.28440

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Campsite

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Robin +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Robin +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, Leuctra, Rhyacophila dorsalis +57 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, Leuctra, Rhyacophila dorsalis +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Heath Plait-moss, Blueish Veilwort, Fern-leaved Hook-moss +97 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Heath Plait-moss, Blueish Veilwort, Fern-leaved Hook-moss +97 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Meadowsweet, Hampe's Threadwort +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Isle of Anglesey Coastal PathWalking route200 km

Named routeLength 200 kmRound tripRegional walking route

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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

HebogCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Trywydd CoprCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route3.7 km

Named routeRef 5Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route395 m

Named routeRef 5Length 395 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route4.5 km

Named routeRef 5Length 4.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,768 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,768 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Robin · Curlew · Chaffinch · Redshank +44

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
CurlewNumenius arquata
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedshankTringa totanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
RavenCorvus corax
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
SwallowHirundo rustica
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
GreenshankTringa nebularia
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great TitParus major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
RedwingTurdus iliacus

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Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Glow-worm · Mesembrina meridiana · Common Earwig

Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.

🌿

Plants71 species

summer

2025

Heath Plait-moss · Great Scented Liverwort · Common Feather-moss · Lustrous Bog-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss +66

Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Yellow Starry Feather-mossCampylium stellatum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Tall Thyme-mossPlagiomnium elatum
Leucobryum glaucumLeucobryum glaucum
Compact Bog-mossSphagnum compactum
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Common FrillwortFossombronia pusilla
Lesser Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum inundatum
Intermediate Hook-mossScorpidium cossonii
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
Whorled Tufa-mossEucladium verticillatum
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Five-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefarium
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Even ScalewortRadula complanata
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Palustriella commutataPalustriella commutata
Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
Spiky Bog-mossSphagnum squarrosum
Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus
Hampe's ThreadwortCephaloziella hampeana
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
St Winifrid's MossChiloscyphus polyanthos
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
SanicleSanicula europaea
Hybrid AvensGeum rivale x urbanum = G. x intermedium
Herb-ParisParis quadrifolia
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,768 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Robin · Curlew · Chaffinch · Redshank +44

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
CurlewNumenius arquata
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedshankTringa totanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
RavenCorvus corax
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
SwallowHirundo rustica
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
GreenshankTringa nebularia
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great TitParus major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
RedwingTurdus iliacus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Glow-worm · Mesembrina meridiana · Common Earwig

Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.

🌿

Plants71 species

summer

2025

Heath Plait-moss · Great Scented Liverwort · Common Feather-moss · Lustrous Bog-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss +66

Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Yellow Starry Feather-mossCampylium stellatum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Tall Thyme-mossPlagiomnium elatum
Leucobryum glaucumLeucobryum glaucum
Compact Bog-mossSphagnum compactum
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Common FrillwortFossombronia pusilla
Lesser Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum inundatum
Intermediate Hook-mossScorpidium cossonii
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
Whorled Tufa-mossEucladium verticillatum
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Five-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefarium
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Even ScalewortRadula complanata
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Palustriella commutataPalustriella commutata
Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
Spiky Bog-mossSphagnum squarrosum
Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus
Hampe's ThreadwortCephaloziella hampeana
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
St Winifrid's MossChiloscyphus polyanthos
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
SanicleSanicula europaea
Hybrid AvensGeum rivale x urbanum = G. x intermedium
Herb-ParisParis quadrifolia
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Meirion · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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