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Tretower Court

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Picnic spot

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Swallow +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Swallow +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Common Marbled Carpet, Lesser Yellow Underwing +183 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Common Marbled Carpet, Lesser Yellow Underwing +183 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bracken, Cherry Laurel +29 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bracken, Cherry Laurel +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Common Chickweed +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Beacons WayWalking route152 km

Named routeLength 152 kmRegional walking route

Usk Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional 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

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycle across the BeaconsCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Heol Saesonrestricted byway · 542 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 542 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

11,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

springsummer

2026

Buzzard · Chaffinch · Swallow · House Sparrow · Song Thrush +35

BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Great TitParus major2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
MagpiePica pica2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Mole · Badger · Lesser Horseshoe Bat +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
MoleTalpa europaea2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
OtterLutra lutra2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023

🐟

Fish5 species

summer

2024

European Eel · Brown/Sea Trout · Atlantic Salmon · Stone Loach · Bullhead

European EelAnguilla anguilla
Brown/Sea TroutSalmo trutta
Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar
Stone LoachBarbatula barbatula
BullheadCottus perifretum

🐝

Insects10 species

spring

2026

Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Small Black Ant · Yellow Meadow Ant · Orange-tailed Mining Bee · Early Bumblebee +5

Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Small Black AntLasius niger2025
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2024
Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023

🌿

Plants21 species

springsummer

2025

Bracken · Foxglove · Common Nettle · White Stonecrop · Hawthorn +16

BrackenPteridium aquilinum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Common NettleUrtica dioica
White StonecropSedum album2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
MistletoeViscum album2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2024
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2024
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

springsummer

2026

Buzzard · Chaffinch · Swallow · House Sparrow · Song Thrush +35

BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Great TitParus major2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
MagpiePica pica2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Mole · Badger · Lesser Horseshoe Bat +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
MoleTalpa europaea2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
OtterLutra lutra2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023

🐟

Fish5 species

summer

2024

European Eel · Brown/Sea Trout · Atlantic Salmon · Stone Loach · Bullhead

European EelAnguilla anguilla
Brown/Sea TroutSalmo trutta
Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar
Stone LoachBarbatula barbatula
BullheadCottus perifretum

🐝

Insects10 species

spring

2026

Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Small Black Ant · Yellow Meadow Ant · Orange-tailed Mining Bee · Early Bumblebee +5

Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Small Black AntLasius niger2025
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2024
Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023

🌿

Plants21 species

springsummer

2025

Bracken · Foxglove · Common Nettle · White Stonecrop · Hawthorn +16

BrackenPteridium aquilinum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Common NettleUrtica dioica
White StonecropSedum album2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
MistletoeViscum album2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2024
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2024
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mike Searle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Crickhowell CastleHistoric site4.4 km→🌱Bullpit Picnic SiteUrban park4 km→⛪St Edmund's ChurchReligious grounds4.1 km→⛪St Mary and St Cynidr's ChurchReligious grounds3.5 km→✦Castle Farm StoneHistoric site3.8 km→🌱Bullpit Picnic SiteUrban park4 km→

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