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Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.65485, -3.49594
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Cychoedd-a-Dolenni Loops & LinksWalking route▾
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 883Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 883National Cycle Network
Rhondda Fach TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 881National 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 route5.6 km▾
Named routeRef 883Length 5.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,429 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,429 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Tawny Owl · Mallard +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SwiftApus apus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians4 species
winter
2024▾
Common Frog · Frog · Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Harlequin Ladybird · Black flies · Baetis rhodani/atlanticus · Limnius volckmari · Dicranota +48
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Black fliesSimuliidae
- Baetis rhodani/atlanticusBaetis rhodani/atlanticus
- Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari
- DicranotaDicranota
- Hydraena gracilisHydraena gracilis
- Glossosomatidae
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cherry Laurel · Japanese Knotweed · Montbretia · Garden Lady's-mantle · Thickpoint Grimmia +1
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024
- Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2024
- Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,429 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Tawny Owl · Mallard +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SwiftApus apus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians4 species
winter
2024▾
Common Frog · Frog · Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Harlequin Ladybird · Black flies · Baetis rhodani/atlanticus · Limnius volckmari · Dicranota +48
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Black fliesSimuliidae
- Baetis rhodani/atlanticusBaetis rhodani/atlanticus
- Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari
- DicranotaDicranota
- Hydraena gracilisHydraena gracilis
- Glossosomatidae
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cherry Laurel · Japanese Knotweed · Montbretia · Garden Lady's-mantle · Thickpoint Grimmia +1
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024
- Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2024
- Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Glossosomatidae
Glossosomatidae
EcdyonurusEcdyonurusEcdyonurusEcdyonurus2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaHeather BeetleLochmaea suturalisHeather BeetleLochmaea suturalisEmpididaeEmpididaeEmpididaeEmpididaeIsoperla grammaticaIsoperla grammaticaIsoperla grammaticaIsoperla grammaticaNemouraNemouraNemouraNemouraLepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtumRiffle beetlesRiolusRiffle beetlesRiolusSericostoma personatumSericostoma personatumSericostoma personatumSericostoma personatumProtonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeriNon-biting midgesChironomidaeNon-biting midgesChironomidaeCaenis rivulorumCaenis rivulorumCaenis rivulorumCaenis rivulorumIndet. MothflyPsychodidaeIndet. MothflyPsychodidaeGlossosomaGlossosomaGlossosomaGlossosomaLeuctra inermisLeuctra inermisLeuctra inermisLeuctra inermisBrachyptera risiBrachyptera risiBrachyptera risiBrachyptera risiSilo pallipesSilo pallipesSilo pallipesSilo pallipesRhithrogena semicolorataRhithrogena semicolorataRhithrogena semicolorataRhithrogena semicolorataPlectrocnemia conspersaPlectrocnemia conspersaPlectrocnemia conspersaPlectrocnemia conspersaAthripsodesAthripsodesAthripsodesAthripsodesBiting MidgeCeratopogonidaeBiting MidgeCeratopogonidaeAmphinemura sulcicollisAmphinemura sulcicollisAmphinemura sulcicollisAmphinemura sulcicollisHydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalaiOdontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorneRhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalisAntocha vitripennisAntocha vitripennisAntocha vitripennisAntocha vitripennisElmis aeneaElmis aeneaElmis aeneaElmis aeneaAgapetusAgapetusAgapetusAgapetusSimulium argyreatum/variegatumSimulium argyreatum/variegatumSimulium argyreatum/variegatumSimulium argyreatum/variegatumHairy Whirligig BeetleOrectochilus villosusHairy Whirligig BeetleOrectochilus villosusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024SarcophagaSarcophaga2024SarcophagaSarcophaga2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Olives (Baetidae)Baetidae2024Olives (Baetidae)Baetidae2024Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae)Heptageniidae2024Flat-bodied Up-wings (Heptageniidae)Heptageniidae2024HydropsycheHydropsyche2024HydropsycheHydropsyche2024Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2023Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2023ProtonemuraProtonemura2023ProtonemuraProtonemura2023Leuctra fuscaLeuctra fusca2023Leuctra fuscaLeuctra fusca2023Blue-winged OliveSerratella ignita2023Blue-winged OliveSerratella ignita2023ChironominiChironomini2023ChironominiChironomini2023PolycentropusPolycentropus2023PolycentropusPolycentropus2023LeuctraLeuctra2023LeuctraLeuctra2023Simulium ornatum complexSimulium ornatum complex2023Simulium ornatum complexSimulium ornatum complex2023Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Events & activities nearby
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