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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.76781, -3.78522
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Siskin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Siskin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Darter, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +93 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Cherry Laurel +54 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
St Illtyd's WalkWalking route103 km▾
Named routeLength 103 kmRegional walking route
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 437Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 437National Cycle Network
NCR 437 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 437National Cycle Network
Route 43Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 43National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 43Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route86 m▾
Named routeRef 43Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route344 m▾
Named routeRef 43Length 344 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
6,762 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,762 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Swift · Swallow · Dipper · Woodpigeon +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Otter · Hedgehog · Mole
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
Common Darter · Lagria hirta · Vine Weevil · Dark Giant Horsefly · White-tailed Bumblebee +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2022
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus
- White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Himalayan Cotoneaster · Rhododendron · Common Cow-wheat +11
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
- Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2022
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2022
- Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,762 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Swift · Swallow · Dipper · Woodpigeon +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Otter · Hedgehog · Mole
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
Common Darter · Lagria hirta · Vine Weevil · Dark Giant Horsefly · White-tailed Bumblebee +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2022
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus
- White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Himalayan Cotoneaster · Rhododendron · Common Cow-wheat +11
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
- Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2022
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2022
- Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022Bent GrassAgrostis2022Bent GrassAgrostis2022EyebrightEuphrasia2022EyebrightEuphrasia2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022RagwortSenecio2022RagwortSenecio2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022St. John's-WortHypericum2022St. John's-WortHypericum2022Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022