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Places › Wales › South East Wales › Monmouthshire Getting here
51.74020, -2.73920
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 ✦ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly, Speckled Wood +158 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly, Speckled Wood +158 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Honeysuckle, White Stonecrop, Great Scented Liverwort +14 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Honeysuckle, White Stonecrop, Great Scented Liverwort +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Offa's Dyke Path Walking route 285 km ▾
Named route Ref ODP Length 285 km National walking route
Show on map Wye Valley Walk Walking route 218 km ▾
Named route Ref WVW Length 218 km Regional walking route
Show on map 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wye Valley Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 423 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 423 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 32 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 32 Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 423 Length 2.5 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.2 km ▾
Named route Ref 423 Length 2.2 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 1.2 km ▾
Named route Ref 32 Length 1.2 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,151 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,151 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Raven · Robin · Great Tit +35
Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Raven Corvus corax Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Song Thrush Turdus philomelos House Martin Delichon urbicum Dunnock Prunella modularis Linnet Linaria cannabina Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodcock Scolopax rusticola House Sparrow Passer domesticus Swallow Hirundo rustica Tawny Owl Strix aluco Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Whitethroat Curruca communis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Redwing Turdus iliacus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Rabbit · Yellow-necked Mouse · Pygmy Shrew
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2023 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis2023 Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus2023 Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 28 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Common Darter +23
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024 🌿 Plants 3 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Great Scented Liverwort · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Himalayan Honeysuckle
Great Scented Liverwort Conocephalum conicum Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,151 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Raven · Robin · Great Tit +35
Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Raven Corvus corax Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Song Thrush Turdus philomelos House Martin Delichon urbicum Dunnock Prunella modularis Linnet Linaria cannabina Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodcock Scolopax rusticola House Sparrow Passer domesticus Swallow Hirundo rustica Tawny Owl Strix aluco Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Whitethroat Curruca communis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Redwing Turdus iliacus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Rabbit · Yellow-necked Mouse · Pygmy Shrew
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2023 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis2023 Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus2023 Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 28 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Common Darter +23
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024 🌿 Plants 3 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Great Scented Liverwort · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Himalayan Honeysuckle
Great Scented Liverwort Conocephalum conicum Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Emerald Damselfly
Emerald Damselfly
Lestes sponsa2025
Lestes sponsa2025
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2024
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2024
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola2025
Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2025
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus2025
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus2025
Red-shanked Carder Bee Bombus ruderarius2025
Red-shanked Carder Bee Bombus ruderarius2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Scarce Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria cothurnata2025
Scarce Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria cothurnata2025
Beraea maurus Beraea maurus2023
Beraea maurus Beraea maurus2023
Athous bicolor Athous bicolor2023
Athous bicolor Athous bicolor2023
Opomyza petrei Opomyza petrei2023
Opomyza petrei Opomyza petrei2023
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2023
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2023
Black-horned Cleg Haematopota crassicornis2023
Black-horned Cleg Haematopota crassicornis2023
Leuctra nigra Leuctra nigra2023
Leuctra nigra Leuctra nigra2023 