Ferndale Woodland Park
59 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome59 ha
Getting here
51.65995, -3.44137
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chaffinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 224m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chaffinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 224m 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 — Robin, Chaffinch, Wren +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Wren +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Green Tiger Beetle, Common Blue +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Rhododendron +120 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Cychoedd-a-Dolenni Loops & LinksWalking route▾
60 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rhondda Fach TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 881National Cycle Network
Cynon TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 478National Cycle Network
Proposed NCN 882Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 882National Cycle Network
Rhondda Fawr Community RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 882National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route682 m▾
Named routeRef 881Length 682 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Path on a ledge near Ferndale
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Wildlife to spot
1,128 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,128 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWillow Warbler · Chaffinch · Wren · Blackbird · Robin +44
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects20 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Leistus oopterus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Simulium · Formica lemani · Rhagium bifasciatum +15
- Leistus oopterusLeistus oopterus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- SimuliumSimulium
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Japanese Knotweed · Wall Cotoneaster · Small-leaved Cotoneaster · Himalayan Cotoneaster
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
- Small-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster microphyllus
- Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,128 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWillow Warbler · Chaffinch · Wren · Blackbird · Robin +44
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects20 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Leistus oopterus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Simulium · Formica lemani · Rhagium bifasciatum +15
- Leistus oopterusLeistus oopterus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- SimuliumSimulium
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Japanese Knotweed · Wall Cotoneaster · Small-leaved Cotoneaster · Himalayan Cotoneaster
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
- Small-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster microphyllus
- Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas