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Places › Wales › South East Wales › Caerphilly Getting here
51.71490, -3.24816
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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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Dock Bug, Field Grasshopper +114 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Dock Bug, Field Grasshopper +114 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Honeysuckle, White Stonecrop +8 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Honeysuckle, White Stonecrop +8 more · last seen 2025
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 120 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 476 Cycling route ▾
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Named route Ref 469 National Cycle Network
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Signed route nearby
Parc Cwm Darran Black Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route 2.5 km ▾
Named route Length 2.5 km
Show on map Parc Cwm Darran Red Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route 2 km ▾
Named route Length 2 km
Show on map Parc Cwm Darran Brown Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route 1.2 km ▾
Named route Length 1.2 km
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Photos Remains of Capel y Brithdir
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Wildlife to spot
4,373 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,373 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch +42
Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Magpie Pica pica Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Swallow Hirundo rustica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Skylark Alauda arvensis Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Raven Corvus corax Swift Apus apus2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goosander Mergus merganser Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Curlew Numenius arquata2024 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Noctule Nyctalus noctula Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Green Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Dock Bug · Oedemera lurida · Swollen-thighed Beetle +29
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024 Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida2024 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024 Dilta chateri Dilta chateri Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Honeysuckle · White Stonecrop · Wall Cotoneaster · Himalayan Cotoneaster +5
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa White Stonecrop Sedum album2024 Wall Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis2024 Himalayan Cotoneaster Cotoneaster simonsii2024 Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,373 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch +42
Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Magpie Pica pica Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Swallow Hirundo rustica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Skylark Alauda arvensis Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Raven Corvus corax Swift Apus apus2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goosander Mergus merganser Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Curlew Numenius arquata2024 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Noctule Nyctalus noctula Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Green Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Dock Bug · Oedemera lurida · Swollen-thighed Beetle +29
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024 Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida2024 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024 Dilta chateri Dilta chateri Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Honeysuckle · White Stonecrop · Wall Cotoneaster · Himalayan Cotoneaster +5
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa White Stonecrop Sedum album2024 Wall Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis2024 Himalayan Cotoneaster Cotoneaster simonsii2024 Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia2025
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Western Bee-fly Bombylius canescens2025
Western Bee-fly Bombylius canescens2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2024
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2024
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2024
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2024
Dark Giant Horsefly Tabanus sudeticus2024
Dark Giant Horsefly Tabanus sudeticus2024
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2024
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2024
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2024
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2024
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2024
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2024
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata2024
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata2024
Iris Flea Beetle Aphthona nonstriata2024
Iris Flea Beetle Aphthona nonstriata2024
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2024
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2024
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024
Tipula vernalis Tipula vernalis2024
Tipula vernalis Tipula vernalis2024
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2024
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2024
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2024
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2024
Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola2024
Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola2024
Creeping Thistle Lacebug Tingis (Tingis) ampliata2024
Creeping Thistle Lacebug Tingis (Tingis) ampliata2024
Agrypnus murinus Agrypnus murinus2024
Agrypnus murinus Agrypnus murinus2024
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2024
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2024
Carabid Beetle Carabidae2024
Carabid Beetle Carabidae2024
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2024
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2024 2024
2024
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2024
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2024
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata2024
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata2024
Giant Blackberry Rubus armeniacus2024
Giant Blackberry Rubus armeniacus2024
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare2024
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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