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Fairwater Park
26 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
51.49314, -3.23834
Open directionsv
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026
Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Harlequin Ladybird, Hornet Hoverfly +35 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
142 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ely TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef ETLocal cycle route
Cardiff Bay TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
City Centre Hub (complete)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CCLocal cycle route
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Cycleway 1 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CW1Local cycle route
About this urban park
Fairwater Park is a urban park covering 26 hectares.
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Visiting this spring
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
🅿️Parking
5 nearby · Free · 259m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
40,527 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,527 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds58 species
winterspringautumn
2026House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Jackdaw
+53 more speciesHide species list
All 58 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025Badger · Bat
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025Slow-worm · Wall Lizard
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026Common Toad · Frog
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2026Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Long-winged Cone-head · Ledra aurita
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- Ledra auritaLedra aurita
🌿Plants3 species
springsummerautumn
2025Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,527 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds58 species
winterspringautumn
2026House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Jackdaw
+53 more speciesHide species list
All 58 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025Badger · Bat
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025Slow-worm · Wall Lizard
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026Common Toad · Frog
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2026Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Long-winged Cone-head · Ledra aurita
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- Ledra auritaLedra aurita
🌿Plants3 species
springsummerautumn
2025Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Polydrusus pterygomalisPolydrusus pterygomalis2025Polydrusus pterygomalisPolydrusus pterygomalis2025Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera2025Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSimuliumSimuliumSimuliumSimuliumNeedle or willow stonefliesLeuctridae2025Needle or willow stonefliesLeuctridae2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus2025Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Adelphocoris quadripunctatusAdelphocoris quadripunctatus2025Adelphocoris quadripunctatusAdelphocoris quadripunctatus2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Cantharis pallidaCantharis pallida2025Cantharis pallidaCantharis pallida2025Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa2025Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025WiedemanniaWiedemannia2025WiedemanniaWiedemannia2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025LasiusLasius2025LasiusLasius2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2025Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Events & activities nearby
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