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Cwmdonkin Park

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51.62148, -3.96898

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlaygroundToilets

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Magpie, Herring Gull +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Herring Gull +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Harlequin Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +85 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Harlequin Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

The Gower WayWalking route56 km

Named routeLength 56 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Route WCPWalking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

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Cycling

78 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mumbles MileCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

City Central RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cross Valley RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Clyne Line RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Route 43Cycling route

Named routeRef 43National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

17,660 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,660 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Robin · Magpie · Herring Gull · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +56

RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
HoopoeUpupa epops2024
Great TitParus major
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JayGarrulus glandarius
SwiftApus apus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RavenCorvus corax2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

springwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Vole · Bat · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
VoleArvicolinae
BatChiroptera
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐸

Amphibians4 species

winterspring

2026

Palmate Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects88 species

summer

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird +83

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Nephrotoma cornicinaNephrotoma cornicina2023
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2023
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2023
Coastal Silver-stilettoAcrosathe annulata2023
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2023
Limnophora ripariaLimnophora riparia2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Arge pagana subsp. paganaArge pagana subsp. pagana2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024
Polyporivora ornataPolyporivora ornata2024
EupeodesEupeodes2024
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata2024
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2024
Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2024
LimnephilusLimnephilus2024
Drosophila melanogasterDrosophila melanogaster2024
Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2023
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2023
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2023
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023
Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2023
Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2023
Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina2023
Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata2023
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2023
Ectemnius cephalotesEctemnius cephalotes2023
Bethylus fuscicornisBethylus fuscicornis2023
Charops cantatorCharops cantator2023
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2023
Dasineura rosaeDasineura rosae2023
Common Sedge-sawflySelandria serva2023
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023
Sphenella marginataSphenella marginata2023
Hemerocallis Gall MidgeContarinia quinquenotata2023

🌿

Plants5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Japanese Knotweed · Spanish Bluebell · Montbretia · Chinese Bramble · Pampas-grass

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor2024
Pampas-grassCortaderia selloana2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,660 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Robin · Magpie · Herring Gull · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +56

RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
HoopoeUpupa epops2024
Great TitParus major
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JayGarrulus glandarius
SwiftApus apus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RavenCorvus corax2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

springwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Vole · Bat · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
VoleArvicolinae
BatChiroptera
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐸

Amphibians4 species

winterspring

2026

Palmate Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects88 species

summer

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird +83

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Nephrotoma cornicinaNephrotoma cornicina2023
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2023
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2023
Coastal Silver-stilettoAcrosathe annulata2023
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2023
Limnophora ripariaLimnophora riparia2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Arge pagana subsp. paganaArge pagana subsp. pagana2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024
Polyporivora ornataPolyporivora ornata2024
EupeodesEupeodes2024
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata2024
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2024
Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2024
LimnephilusLimnephilus2024
Drosophila melanogasterDrosophila melanogaster2024
Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2023
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2023
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2023
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023
Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2023
Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2023
Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina2023
Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata2023
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2023
Ectemnius cephalotesEctemnius cephalotes2023
Bethylus fuscicornisBethylus fuscicornis2023
Charops cantatorCharops cantator2023
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2023
Dasineura rosaeDasineura rosae2023
Common Sedge-sawflySelandria serva2023
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023
Sphenella marginataSphenella marginata2023
Hemerocallis Gall MidgeContarinia quinquenotata2023

🌿

Plants5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Japanese Knotweed · Spanish Bluebell · Montbretia · Chinese Bramble · Pampas-grass

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor2024
Pampas-grassCortaderia selloana2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 john bristow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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