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Dogs welcome
Places › Wales › North Wales › Gwynedd Getting here
52.81255, -4.04124
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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Robin +49 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Robin +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tip, Pegoplata infirma, Black Snipefly +194 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Buff-tip, Pegoplata infirma, Black Snipefly +194 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hutchins' Hollywort, Prickly Featherwort, Western Earwort +143 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hutchins' Hollywort, Prickly Featherwort, Western Earwort +143 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Deceptive Featherwort, Moon-leaved Pincerwort, Forcipated Pincerwort +3 more foraging species
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Taith Ardudwy Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Wales Coast Path (Meirionnydd) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WCP Regional walking route
Show on map Cambrian Way Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Lôn Las Cymru (Central) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.3 km ▾
Named route Ref 8 Length 2.3 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 10.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 8 Length 10.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 649 m ▾
Named route Ref 8 Length 649 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,699 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,699 records · National Biodiversity Network Meadow Pipit · Pied Wagtail · Cuckoo · Swallow · Robin +25
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Swallow Hirundo rustica Robin Erithacus rubecula Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Raven Corvus corax Canada Goose Branta canadensis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Dunnock Prunella modularis Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2024 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2024 🦎 Reptiles 4 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Lizard · Grass Snake · Slow-worm · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus2023 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus2025 Black Darter · Garden Chafer · Ctenicera cuprea
Black Darter Sympetrum danae Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola2024 Ctenicera cuprea Ctenicera cuprea2024 Hutchins' Hollywort · Prickly Featherwort · Western Earwort · Pearl Pouncewort · Sparkling Signal-moss +24
Hutchins' Hollywort Jubula hutchinsiae2024 Prickly Featherwort Plagiochila spinulosa2024 Western Earwort Scapania gracilis2024 Pearl Pouncewort Lejeunea patens2024 Sparkling Signal-moss Hageniella micans2024 Portuguese Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,699 records · National Biodiversity Network Meadow Pipit · Pied Wagtail · Cuckoo · Swallow · Robin +25
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Swallow Hirundo rustica Robin Erithacus rubecula Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Raven Corvus corax Canada Goose Branta canadensis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Dunnock Prunella modularis Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2024 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2024 🦎 Reptiles 4 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Lizard · Grass Snake · Slow-worm · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus2023 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus2025 Black Darter · Garden Chafer · Ctenicera cuprea
Black Darter Sympetrum danae Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola2024 Ctenicera cuprea Ctenicera cuprea2024 Hutchins' Hollywort · Prickly Featherwort · Western Earwort · Pearl Pouncewort · Sparkling Signal-moss +24
Hutchins' Hollywort Jubula hutchinsiae2024 Prickly Featherwort Plagiochila spinulosa2024 Western Earwort Scapania gracilis2024 Pearl Pouncewort Lejeunea patens2024 Sparkling Signal-moss Hageniella micans2024 Portuguese Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhynchostegium alopecuroides2024
Rhynchostegium alopecuroides2024
Spotty Featherwort Plagiochila punctata2024
Spotty Featherwort Plagiochila punctata2024
Hooked Veilwort Metzgeria leptoneura2024
Hooked Veilwort Metzgeria leptoneura2024
Western Pouncewort Lejeunea lamacerina2024
Western Pouncewort Lejeunea lamacerina2024
Golden-head Moss Breutelia chrysocoma2024
Golden-head Moss Breutelia chrysocoma2024
Pearson's Fingerwort Lepidozia pearsonii2024
Pearson's Fingerwort Lepidozia pearsonii2024
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides2024
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides2024
Short-beaked Wood-moss Loeskeobryum brevirostre2024
Short-beaked Wood-moss Loeskeobryum brevirostre2024
Aspen Populus tremula
Aspen Populus tremula
Cow-horn Bog-moss Sphagnum auriculatum2024
Cow-horn Bog-moss Sphagnum auriculatum2024
Intermediate Hook-moss Scorpidium cossonii2024
Intermediate Hook-moss Scorpidium cossonii2024
Rigid Bog-moss Sphagnum teres2024
Rigid Bog-moss Sphagnum teres2024
Warnstorf's Bog-moss Sphagnum warnstorfii2024
Warnstorf's Bog-moss Sphagnum warnstorfii2024
Twisted Bog-moss Sphagnum contortum2024
Twisted Bog-moss Sphagnum contortum2024
Deceptive Featherwort Pseudomarsupidium decipiens2024
Deceptive Featherwort Pseudomarsupidium decipiens2024
Killarney Featherwort Plagiochila bifaria2024
Killarney Featherwort Plagiochila bifaria2024
Shady Earwort Scapania umbrosa2024
Shady Earwort Scapania umbrosa2024
Blepharostoma trichophyllum subsp. trichophyllum Blepharostoma trichophyllum subsp. trichophyllum2024
Blepharostoma trichophyllum subsp. trichophyllum Blepharostoma trichophyllum subsp. trichophyllum2024
Moon-leaved Pincerwort Cephalozia lunulifolia2024
Moon-leaved Pincerwort Cephalozia lunulifolia2024
Bristly Haircap Polytrichum piliferum2023
Bristly Haircap Polytrichum piliferum2023
Bog-moss Flapwort Odontoschisma sphagni2023
Bog-moss Flapwort Odontoschisma sphagni2023
Red Bog-moss Sphagnum rubellum2023
Red Bog-moss Sphagnum rubellum2023
Donn's Grimmia Grimmia donniana2023
Donn's Grimmia Grimmia donniana2023
Woolly Fringe-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum2023
Woolly Fringe-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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