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Getting here
51.77366, -3.16156
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 162m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 162m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird +91 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Bluebell, Fox-and-cubs +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km142 signed routes nearby
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National Cycle Network link route to NCN 46
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Stand in Central Park, Blaina
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,374 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,374 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Wall Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects35 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Large Red Damselfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Volucella bombylans +30
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Fox-and-cubs · Common Threadwort · Norwegian Earwort · Tumid Notchwort · Springy Turf-moss +21
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata2024
- Norwegian EarwortScapania scandica2024
- Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2024
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024
- Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,374 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Wall Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects35 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Large Red Damselfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Volucella bombylans +30
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Fox-and-cubs · Common Threadwort · Norwegian Earwort · Tumid Notchwort · Springy Turf-moss +21
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata2024
- Norwegian EarwortScapania scandica2024
- Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2024
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024
- Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2024Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2024Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2024Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2024Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2024Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2024Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata2024Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata2024RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2024Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2024White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2024White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2024Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2024Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2024Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2024Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2024Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2024Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2024Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2024Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2024Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2024Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2024Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2024Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2024Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare2024Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare2024Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2024Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2024Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2024Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2024Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2024Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2024MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata2024MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024Events & activities nearby
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