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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.25987, -3.97546
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Jackdaw +91 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Jackdaw +91 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Nicholson's Beard-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Clustered Feather-moss +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
North Wales PathWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRegional walking route
Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main routeWalking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
North Wales Pilgrim's WayWalking route▾
Conwy Mountain alternativeWalking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route515 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 515 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route612 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 612 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route25 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 25 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route390 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 390 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route531 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 531 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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25,299 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
25,299 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Oystercatcher · Mallard · Red-throated Diver · Great Crested Grebe · Herring Gull +48
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KnotCalidris canutus2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Trichocera annulata · Trichocera saltator · Sylvicola cinctus · Harlequin Ladybird · Cartodere nodifer
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata
- Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator
- Sylvicola cinctusSylvicola cinctus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer2025
🌿Plants40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Nicholson's Beard-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Clustered Feather-moss · Trichostomum brachydontium · Blunt Feather-moss +35
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2025
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2025
- Trichostomum brachydontiumTrichostomum brachydontium
- Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,299 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Oystercatcher · Mallard · Red-throated Diver · Great Crested Grebe · Herring Gull +48
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KnotCalidris canutus2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Trichocera annulata · Trichocera saltator · Sylvicola cinctus · Harlequin Ladybird · Cartodere nodifer
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata
- Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator
- Sylvicola cinctusSylvicola cinctus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer2025
🌿Plants40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Nicholson's Beard-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Clustered Feather-moss · Trichostomum brachydontium · Blunt Feather-moss +35
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2025
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2025
- Trichostomum brachydontiumTrichostomum brachydontium
- Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2025Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2025Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2025Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2025Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2025Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2025Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2025Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2025Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2025Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalumAnomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalumBlunt-fruited PottiaTortula caucasicaBlunt-fruited PottiaTortula caucasicaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataFrizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllanthaFrizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllanthaWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareDwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilumDwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilumMatted Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum populeum2025Matted Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum populeum2025Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2025Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2025Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2025Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2025Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinervium2025Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinervium2025Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2025Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2025Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2025Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2025Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2025Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2025Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans2025Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans2025Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2025Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2025Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2025Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2025Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis2025Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis2025Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia2025Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia2025Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025Green-tufted Stubble-mossWeissia controversa2025Green-tufted Stubble-mossWeissia controversa2025Plagiochila porelloidesPlagiochila porelloides2025Plagiochila porelloidesPlagiochila porelloides2025Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla2025Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla2025Silver-mossBryum argenteum2025Silver-mossBryum argenteum2025Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2025Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2025