Garndiffaith Welfare Park
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.73809, -3.06575
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Wren +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Wren +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Candlesnuff Fungus, Turkeytail, Scarlet Elfcup +34 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Green Grasshopper +101 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
98 signed routes nearby
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National Cycle Network Route 465Cycling route▾
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National Cycle Network 466Cycling route▾
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Route 466Cycling route▾
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Route 492Cycling route▾
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Route 49Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 492Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Rusty corrugated metal lockup garage on a Garndiffaith corner
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Wildlife to spot
36,066 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,066 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Wren · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mole · Badger
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Band-eyed Brown Horsefly · Potato Capsid · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Common Green Grasshopper · Pneumia +41
- Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius2025
- Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
- PneumiaPneumia
Glistening Inkcap
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
Sheep's-bit · Germander Speedwell · Ragged-Robin · Himalayan Balsam · Jointed Rush +36
- Sheep's-bitJasione montana
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
- BurdockArctium
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,066 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Wren · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mole · Badger
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Band-eyed Brown Horsefly · Potato Capsid · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Common Green Grasshopper · Pneumia +41
- Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius2025
- Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
- PneumiaPneumia
Glistening Inkcap
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
Sheep's-bit · Germander Speedwell · Ragged-Robin · Himalayan Balsam · Jointed Rush +36
- Sheep's-bitJasione montana
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
- BurdockArctium
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosaLeuctraLeuctra2025LeuctraLeuctra2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Tachina grossaTachina grossa2025Tachina grossaTachina grossa2025Rusty MournerDolerus ferrugatus2025Rusty MournerDolerus ferrugatus2025Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025Slender Bodied Digger WaspCrabro cribrarius2025Slender Bodied Digger WaspCrabro cribrarius2025Larinus carlinaeLarinus carlinae2025Larinus carlinaeLarinus carlinae2025Tipula maximaTipula maxima2025Tipula maximaTipula maxima2025Tychius pusillusTychius pusillus2025Tychius pusillusTychius pusillus2025Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025Yellow-legged Black LegionnaireBeris morrisii2025Yellow-legged Black LegionnaireBeris morrisii2025Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025Tephritis neesiiTephritis neesii2025Tephritis neesiiTephritis neesii2025Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius maculicornis2025Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius maculicornis2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Chrysopa perlaChrysopa perla2025Chrysopa perlaChrysopa perla2025Green Furrow BeeLasioglossum morio2025Green Furrow BeeLasioglossum morio2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Black GrieverDolerus niger2025Black GrieverDolerus niger2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025HeteropteraHeteroptera2025HeteropteraHeteroptera2025LeptopternaLeptopterna2025LeptopternaLeptopterna2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2025Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2025Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2025Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2025Sphinginus lobatusSphinginus lobatus2025Sphinginus lobatusSphinginus lobatus2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumPerennial CornflowerCentaurea montanaPerennial CornflowerCentaurea montanaCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseGreater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosaGreater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosaBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaCommon TwaybladeNeottia ovataCommon TwaybladeNeottia ovataYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumAdder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatumAdder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatumBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater CelandineChelidonium majusGreater CelandineChelidonium majusHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaFritillaryFritillaria meleagrisFritillaryFritillaria meleagris