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Getting here
52.27903, -3.88054
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- ✦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
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Wren, Blackbird +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Wren, Blackbird +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Limnius volckmari, Sericostoma personatum +122 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Soft-rush, Oak, Atlantic Ivy +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 82National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route173 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 173 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route50 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 50 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route446 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Cambrian WayMountain bike route▾
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Field west of Pontrhydfendigaid
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,178 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,178 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Wren · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Domestic ChickenGallus gallus f. domestica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects25 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Large Red Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly +20
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Soft-rush · Oak · Atlantic Ivy · Holly · Hazel +4
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- OakQuercus
- Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- HazelCorylus avellana
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,178 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Wren · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Domestic ChickenGallus gallus f. domestica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects25 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Large Red Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly +20
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Soft-rush · Oak · Atlantic Ivy · Holly · Hazel +4
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- OakQuercus
- Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- HazelCorylus avellana
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2025Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2025EristalisEristalis2025EristalisEristalis2025Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2025Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2025WirewormElateridae2025WirewormElateridae202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus2025Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2023Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2023Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus2023Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus2023Limnephilus extricatusLimnephilus extricatus2023Limnephilus extricatusLimnephilus extricatus2023Limnephilus hirsutusLimnephilus hirsutus2023Limnephilus hirsutusLimnephilus hirsutus2023Limnephilus luridusLimnephilus luridus2023Limnephilus luridusLimnephilus luridus2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Willow
Willow
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