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Insole Gardens
7 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.49222, -3.22543
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Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Harlequin Ladybird, Hornet Hoverfly +43 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Urban park — open green space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
151 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ely TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef ETLocal cycle route
Cardiff Bay TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
City Centre Hub (complete)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CCLocal cycle route
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Enfys 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 34Local cycle route
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
About this urban park
Insole Gardens is a urban park covering 7 hectares.
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Insole Court Cardiff – side view with gardens
Photos
Insole Court Cardiff – side view with gardens
Visiting this spring
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
☕Café
The Potting Shed Cafe · 48m
✓ 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
50,776 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
50,776 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds64 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Magpie · Cetti's Warbler
+59 more speciesHide species list
All 64 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten · Bat
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025Wall Lizard · Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026Common Toad · Frog
🐝Insects46 species
springsummer
2026Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Dark-edged Bee-fly
+41 more speciesHide species list
All 46 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
🌿Plants3 species
springsummerautumn
2025Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
50,776 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds64 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Magpie · Cetti's Warbler
+59 more speciesHide species list
All 64 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten · Bat
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025Wall Lizard · Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026Common Toad · Frog
🐝Insects46 species
springsummer
2026Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Dark-edged Bee-fly
+41 more speciesHide species list
All 46 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
🌿Plants3 species
springsummerautumn
2025Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Polydrusus pterygomalisPolydrusus pterygomalis2025Polydrusus pterygomalisPolydrusus pterygomalis2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera2025Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareSimuliumSimuliumSimuliumSimuliumNeedle or willow stonefliesLeuctridae2025Needle or willow stonefliesLeuctridae2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025ImpatientinumImpatientinum2025ImpatientinumImpatientinum2025Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus2025Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Adelphocoris quadripunctatusAdelphocoris quadripunctatus2025Adelphocoris quadripunctatusAdelphocoris quadripunctatus2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025WiedemanniaWiedemannia2025WiedemanniaWiedemannia2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025LasiusLasius2025LasiusLasius2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2025Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Events & activities nearby
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