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Places › Wales › South East Wales › Rhondda Cynon Taf Getting here
51.56895, -3.31756
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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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 183m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 183m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Common Cockchafer, Common Red Soldier Beetle +173 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Common Cockchafer, Common Red Soldier Beetle +173 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Hollyberry Cotoneaster +7 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Hollyberry Cotoneaster +7 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penrhys Pilgrimage Walking route ▾
Pontypridd Circular Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Pontypridd Circular Local walking route
Show on map Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Regional walking route
Show on map Taff Trail Walking route 88 km ▾
Named route Length 88 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cambrian Way Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 174 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Llantrisant Community Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Treforest Community Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref TCR Local cycle route
Show on map Church Village Community Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CVCR Local cycle route
Show on map Aber Valley Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 475 National Cycle Network
Show on map Rhondda Fach Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 881 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,664 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,664 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Mallard · Nuthatch +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Greenfinch Chloris chloris Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 American Mink
American Mink Neovison vison Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Frog Rana2025 Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris2025 🐝 Insects 28 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Cockchafer · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Keeled Skimmer · Common Darter +23
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025 Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Hollyberry Cotoneaster · an Eyebright
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2024 Hollyberry Cotoneaster Cotoneaster bullatus2024 an Eyebright Euphrasia arctica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,664 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Mallard · Nuthatch +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Greenfinch Chloris chloris Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 American Mink
American Mink Neovison vison Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Frog Rana2025 Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris2025 🐝 Insects 28 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Cockchafer · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Keeled Skimmer · Common Darter +23
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025 Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Hollyberry Cotoneaster · an Eyebright
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2024 Hollyberry Cotoneaster Cotoneaster bullatus2024 an Eyebright Euphrasia arctica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Adicella reducta Adicella reducta
Adicella reducta Adicella reducta
Agapetus Agapetus
Agapetus Agapetus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea
Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea
Simulium Simulium
Simulium Simulium
Back-Swimmer Notonecta
Back-Swimmer Notonecta
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2025
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata2025
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Banded General Stratiomys potamida2025
Banded General Stratiomys potamida2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Brown-banded Carder Bee Bombus humilis2025
Brown-banded Carder Bee Bombus humilis2025
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa2025
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2024
Hornet Vespa crabro2024
Blue Soldier Beetle Ancistronycha abdominalis2024
Blue Soldier Beetle Ancistronycha abdominalis2024 