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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
53.10942, -3.37028
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- ✦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 — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Magpie +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Magpie +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rhyacophila dorsalis, Sericostoma personatum, Baetis rhodani/atlanticus +97 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Chanterelle · last seen 2012
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Bluebell, Hyacinthoides · last seen 2018
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brenig WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hiraethog TrailWalking route▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride North WalesCycling route▾
Named routeRef Brenig LoopLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 84 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 84National Cycle Network
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Up to the Lake
Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Going Backwards
Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Loop de Loop
Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Over the Top
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Y bont ym Mhontuchel / The bridge at Bontuchel
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Wildlife to spot
2,067 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,067 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Magpie · Chaffinch +31
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- SiskinSpinus spinus2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2017
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2017
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2017
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- SwiftApus apus2021
- DipperCinclus cinclus2021
- RavenCorvus corax2017
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
- JayGarrulus glandarius2017
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Hazel Dormouse · American Mink +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2018
- American MinkNeovison vison
🐝Insects64 species
springautumn
2021▾
Rhyacophila dorsalis · Odontocerum albicorne · Hydraena gracilis · Dinocras cephalotes · Dicranota +59
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis
- Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne
- Hydraena gracilisHydraena gracilis
- Dinocras cephalotesDinocras cephalotes
- DicranotaDicranota
- Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari
Bluebell · Hyacinthoides
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,067 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Magpie · Chaffinch +31
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- SiskinSpinus spinus2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2017
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2017
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2017
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- SwiftApus apus2021
- DipperCinclus cinclus2021
- RavenCorvus corax2017
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
- JayGarrulus glandarius2017
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Hazel Dormouse · American Mink +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2018
- American MinkNeovison vison
🐝Insects64 species
springautumn
2021▾
Rhyacophila dorsalis · Odontocerum albicorne · Hydraena gracilis · Dinocras cephalotes · Dicranota +59
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis
- Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne
- Hydraena gracilisHydraena gracilis
- Dinocras cephalotesDinocras cephalotes
- DicranotaDicranota
- Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari
Bluebell · Hyacinthoides
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
BatChiroptera2018BatChiroptera2018OtterLutra lutra2017OtterLutra lutra2017Hairy Whirligig Beetle
Hairy Whirligig Beetle
Orectochilus villosus
Orectochilus villosus
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