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Tal-y-Sarn, Mound

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51.98108, -3.10478

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Carrion Crow
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Carrion Crow
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Robin +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Robin +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Verdigris Tufa-moss, Notched Rustwort +160 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Verdigris Tufa-moss, Notched Rustwort +160 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green Tiger Beetle, Bilberry Bumblebee, Large Red Damselfly +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green Tiger Beetle, Bilberry Bumblebee, Large Red Damselfly +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Two-horned Pincerwort, Beech Fern

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km

Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route

Beacons WayWalking route152 km

Named routeLength 152 kmRegional walking route

Black Mountains Fell RaceWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

South Wales TraverseWalking route

challenge route. not waymarked

Named route

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route

Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route4.6 km

Named routeRef 42Length 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route10.9 km

Named routeRef 42Length 10.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route3.1 km

Named routeLength 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route6.7 km

Named routeRef 42Length 6.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,137 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,137 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

autumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Raven · Buzzard · Wren · Robin +31

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RavenCorvus corax
BuzzardButeo buteo
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great TitParus major2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024

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Mammals3 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Bilberry Bumblebee · Green Tiger Beetle · Large Red Damselfly

Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula

🌿

Plants66 species

autumn

2025

Notched Rustwort · Springy Turf-moss · Great Plait-moss · Ladder Flapwort · Verdigris Tufa-moss +61

Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris
Verdigris Tufa-mossGymnostomum aeruginosum
Frizzled Crisp-mossTortella tortuosa
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
GreasewortAneura pinguis
St Winifrid's Other MossChiloscyphus pallescens
Schreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberiana
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Lesser Fringe-mossRacomitrium affine
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Dark-green FlapwortJungermannia atrovirens
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare
Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum
Intermediate Hook-mossScorpidium cossonii
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana
Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii
Pale Glaucous Thread-mossPohlia wahlenbergii
Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Bryum concinnatumBryum concinnatum
Transparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidum
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Dense Fringe-mossRacomitrium ericoides
Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Palustriella commutataPalustriella commutata
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Starry Thyme-mossMnium stellare
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Giant Spear-mossCalliergon giganteum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Thick-nerved Apple-mossPhilonotis calcarea
Narrow Mushroom-headed LiverwortMarchantia quadrata
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Least CrystalwortRiccia subbifurca
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia
Palustriella falcataPalustriella falcata
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Ephemerum stoloniferumEphemerum stoloniferum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,137 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

autumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Raven · Buzzard · Wren · Robin +31

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RavenCorvus corax
BuzzardButeo buteo
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great TitParus major2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Bilberry Bumblebee · Green Tiger Beetle · Large Red Damselfly

Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula

🌿

Plants66 species

autumn

2025

Notched Rustwort · Springy Turf-moss · Great Plait-moss · Ladder Flapwort · Verdigris Tufa-moss +61

Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris
Verdigris Tufa-mossGymnostomum aeruginosum
Frizzled Crisp-mossTortella tortuosa
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
GreasewortAneura pinguis
St Winifrid's Other MossChiloscyphus pallescens
Schreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberiana
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Lesser Fringe-mossRacomitrium affine
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Dark-green FlapwortJungermannia atrovirens
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare
Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum
Intermediate Hook-mossScorpidium cossonii
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana
Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii
Pale Glaucous Thread-mossPohlia wahlenbergii
Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Bryum concinnatumBryum concinnatum
Transparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidum
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Dense Fringe-mossRacomitrium ericoides
Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Palustriella commutataPalustriella commutata
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Starry Thyme-mossMnium stellare
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Giant Spear-mossCalliergon giganteum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Thick-nerved Apple-mossPhilonotis calcarea
Narrow Mushroom-headed LiverwortMarchantia quadrata
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Least CrystalwortRiccia subbifurca
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia
Palustriella falcataPalustriella falcata
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Ephemerum stoloniferumEphemerum stoloniferum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Thorn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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