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Y Castell Newydd

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📷 Colin Prosser · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.50889, -3.58323

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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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Paid

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis tenax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis pertinax +64 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis pertinax +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Pointed Spear-moss, Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss +12 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Pointed Spear-moss, Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss +12 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

69 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

885Cycling route

Named routeRef 885National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 888Cycling route

Named routeRef 888National Cycle Network

NCN 88 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

NCN 885 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 885National Cycle Network

Coychurch Community RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

36,305 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

36,305 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

winter

2026

Long-tailed Tit · Goldcrest · Nuthatch · Coal Tit · Robin +31

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WigeonMareca penelope
MagpiePica pica
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DipperCinclus cinclus
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Barn OwlTyto alba
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Melanostoma scalare · Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Silky Wall Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort

Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

36,305 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

winter

2026

Long-tailed Tit · Goldcrest · Nuthatch · Coal Tit · Robin +31

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WigeonMareca penelope
MagpiePica pica
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DipperCinclus cinclus
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Barn OwlTyto alba
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Melanostoma scalare · Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Silky Wall Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort

Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Colin Prosser · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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