Glan-yr-Afon Park Rugby Football Ground
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
Dogs welcome
Places › Wales › South East Wales › Caerphilly Getting here
51.66607, -3.19115
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here ☕ Kitchen Kings — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here ☕ Kitchen Kings — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly +32 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Snowberry, Common Poppy, Silver Birch +6 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Snowberry, Common Poppy, Silver Birch +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Regional walking route
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National Cycle Network Route 47 Cycling route ▾
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Twrch Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
14,188 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 14,188 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Tawny Owl · Coal Tit +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Frog Rana2025 Green Shieldbug · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Vine Weevil +16
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii Platycis minutus Platycis minutus Snowberry · Common Poppy · Silver Birch · Wood Avens · Sycamore +2
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas Silver Birch Betula pendula Wood Avens Geum urbanum Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera Corn Spurrey Spergula arvensis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 14,188 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Tawny Owl · Coal Tit +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Frog Rana2025 Green Shieldbug · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Vine Weevil +16
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii Platycis minutus Platycis minutus Snowberry · Common Poppy · Silver Birch · Wood Avens · Sycamore +2
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas Silver Birch Betula pendula Wood Avens Geum urbanum Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera Corn Spurrey Spergula arvensis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Eurhadina loewii Eurhadina loewii
Eurhadina loewii Eurhadina loewii
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Hazel Leaf-roller Apoderus coryli
Hazel Leaf-roller Apoderus coryli
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator
Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator 