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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.27740, -3.22355
Open directionsv
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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Orange-tip +33 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Orange-tip +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Llwybr Clawdd Wat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2023; Plants — Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Llwybr Clawdd WatWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main routeWalking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
North Wales Pilgrim's WayWalking route▾
Wales Coast Path (North Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route253 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 253 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route517 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 517 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route360 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 360 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
11,765 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,765 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Herring Gull · Blue Tit · Wren +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CootFulica atra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Marmalade Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Corizus hyoscyami · Eristalis pertinax · Green Shieldbug +5
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,765 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Herring Gull · Blue Tit · Wren +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CootFulica atra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Marmalade Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Corizus hyoscyami · Eristalis pertinax · Green Shieldbug +5
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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