CWM TAF FECHAN WOODLANDS
41 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome41 ha
Getting here
51.77063, -3.39303
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South Wales TraverseWalking route▾
challenge route. not waymarked
Named route
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
100 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trevithick TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 477National Cycle Network
Cynon TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 478National Cycle Network
NCR 469 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 469National Cycle Network
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
Lôn Las Cymru (South)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 46Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,887 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,887 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Dipper · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Philopotamus montanus · Rhyzobius litura +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Elegant Bristle-moss · Wall Screw-moss · Western Earwort · Heath Star Moss +16
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
- Western EarwortScapania gracilis
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,887 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Dipper · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Philopotamus montanus · Rhyzobius litura +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Elegant Bristle-moss · Wall Screw-moss · Western Earwort · Heath Star Moss +16
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
- Western EarwortScapania gracilis
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Salmonberry
Salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
Rubus spectabilis
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllanthaFrizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllanthaFairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicinaFairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicinaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaAnomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalumAnomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalumChalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscumChalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscumSilver-mossBryum argenteumSilver-mossBryum argenteumNees' PelliaPellia neesianaNees' PelliaPellia neesianaLesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloidesLesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloidesLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataJuniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinumJuniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum