The Large Fort - Garn Goch
35 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome35 ha
Getting here
51.90169, -3.90371
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet +23 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Heath Bedstraw +18 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Ramularia pastinacae-sativae, Dung Roundhead, Deconica coprophila · last seen 2020
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Black Mountain Quarries WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Beacons WayWalking route152 km▾
Named routeLength 152 kmRegional walking route
Heart of Wales Line TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycle across the BeaconsCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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The Large Fort on Garn Goch
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Wildlife to spot
545 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
545 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWheatear · Stonechat · Skylark · Swallow · Tree Pipit +12
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2022▾
Bat · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew +2
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2018
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2021▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White · Green Carpet
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
Ramularia pastinacae-sativae
- Ramularia pastinacae-sativaeRamularia pastinacae-sativae
Bluebell · Heath Bedstraw · Red Bartsia · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Navelwort +14
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2023
- NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2023
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
545 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWheatear · Stonechat · Skylark · Swallow · Tree Pipit +12
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2022▾
Bat · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew +2
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2018
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2021▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White · Green Carpet
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
Ramularia pastinacae-sativae
- Ramularia pastinacae-sativaeRamularia pastinacae-sativae
Bluebell · Heath Bedstraw · Red Bartsia · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Navelwort +14
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2023
- NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2023
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Shrew
Shrew
Soricidae2021
Soricidae2021
2023
2023
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2023Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2023Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2023Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2023MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2022MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2022Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022White StonecropSedum album2021White StonecropSedum album2021YarrowAchillea millefolium2021YarrowAchillea millefolium2021Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2020Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2020HollyIlex aquifolium2020HollyIlex aquifolium2020BrambleRubus fruticosus2020BrambleRubus fruticosus2020