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53.20543, -3.44966

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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 Blue Tit 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

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit 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

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +57 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 — Simulium, Limnius volckmari, Baetis rhodani/atlanticus +31 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Simulium, Limnius volckmari, Baetis rhodani/atlanticus +31 more · last seen 2022

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Red Valerian, Butterfly-bush, Bluebell · last seen 2020; Plants — Red Valerian, Butterfly-bush, Bluebell · last seen 2020

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

North Wales Pilgrim's WayWalking route

Named route

Hiraethog TrailWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Ride North WalesCycling route

Named routeRef Brenig LoopLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,418 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,418 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

winterspring

2025

Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Moorhen +33

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MagpiePica pica
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
DunnockPrunella modularis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RavenCorvus corax
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Common GullLarus canus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,418 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

winterspring

2025

Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Moorhen +33

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MagpiePica pica
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
DunnockPrunella modularis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RavenCorvus corax
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Common GullLarus canus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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