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Griffin Park Bowling Green

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Getting here

51.48044, -3.69818

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
☕The Cwtch Coffee — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
☕The Cwtch Coffee — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Starling +97 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Starling +97 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bowling greens

Very strong match

Bowling green

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Brown-banded Carder Bee, Eristalis tenax, Field Grasshopper +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Brown-banded Carder Bee, Eristalis tenax, Field Grasshopper +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Three-cornered Garlic · last seen 2025; Plants — Three-cornered Garlic · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

NCN 88 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

17,314 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,314 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Turnstone · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Mediterranean Gull +48

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,314 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Turnstone · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Mediterranean Gull +48

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jaggery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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