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51.66628, -3.90139

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Melanostoma scalare, Eristalis pertinax · last seen 2026; Insects — Melanostoma scalare, Eristalis pertinax · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

The Gower WayWalking route56 km

Named routeLength 56 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

84 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

City Central RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cross Valley RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Skewen LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route

Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network

Route 43Cycling route

Named routeRef 43National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

142,416 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

142,416 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2025

Herring Gull · Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +43

Herring GullLarus argentatus
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
GoosanderMergus merganser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SiskinSpinus spinus
DipperCinclus cinclus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common GullLarus canus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TealAnas crecca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt · Common Frog

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2026

Melanostoma scalare · Eristalis pertinax

Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

142,416 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2025

Herring Gull · Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +43

Herring GullLarus argentatus
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
GoosanderMergus merganser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SiskinSpinus spinus
DipperCinclus cinclus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common GullLarus canus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TealAnas crecca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt · Common Frog

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2026

Melanostoma scalare · Eristalis pertinax

Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

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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