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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.61035, -3.41186
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Lesser Black-backed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Lesser Black-backed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2026
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Dogs allowed with public access
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-winged Olive (Ephemerellidae), stoneflies, Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae) +10 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Pontypridd CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef Pontypridd CircularLocal walking route
Cychoedd-a-Dolenni Loops & LinksWalking route▾
82 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Llantrisant Community RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rhondda Fach TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 881National Cycle Network
Proposed NCN 882Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 882National Cycle Network
Rhondda Fawr Community RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 882National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Cymmer Road Car Park · Paid · 160m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,595 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,595 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2026Jackdaw · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Blue-winged Olive (Ephemerellidae) · stoneflies · Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae) · Olives (Baetidae) · Rhyacophila dorsalis
+8 more speciesHide species list
All 13 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue-winged Olive (Ephemerellidae)Ephemerellidae2024
- stonefliesPlecoptera2024
- Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae)Heptageniidae2024
- Olives (Baetidae)Baetidae2024
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2024
Japanese Knotweed · Bluebell · Himalayan Balsam · Himalayan Honeysuckle · Montbretia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,595 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2026Jackdaw · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Blue-winged Olive (Ephemerellidae) · stoneflies · Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae) · Olives (Baetidae) · Rhyacophila dorsalis
+8 more speciesHide species list
All 13 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue-winged Olive (Ephemerellidae)Ephemerellidae2024
- stonefliesPlecoptera2024
- Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae)Heptageniidae2024
- Olives (Baetidae)Baetidae2024
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2024
Japanese Knotweed · Bluebell · Himalayan Balsam · Himalayan Honeysuckle · Montbretia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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