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Hailey Park

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51.50684, -3.23458

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

5 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, Robin, Magpie +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Simulium, 7-spot Ladybird +4 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Simulium, 7-spot Ladybird +4 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Even Scalewort, Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2026; Plants — Even Scalewort, Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route

Named route

Taff TrailWalking route88 km

Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

158 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ely TrailCycling route

Named routeRef ETLocal cycle route

Cardiff Bay TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

City Centre Hub (complete)Cycling route

Named routeRef CCLocal cycle route

Treforest Community RouteCycling route

Named routeRef TCRLocal cycle route

Route 8Cycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

Enfys 34Cycling route

Named routeRef 34Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

58,918 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

58,918 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Song Thrush +56

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025

🦌

Mammals9 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat · Hedgehog +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
BadgerMeles meles
House MouseMus musculus
Fat DormouseGlis glis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects7 species

autumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Simulium · 7-spot Ladybird · Needle or willow stoneflies · Southern Hawker +2

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
SimuliumSimulium
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Needle or willow stonefliesLeuctridae2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Even Scalewort · Crescent-cup Liverwort

Even ScalewortRadula complanata
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

58,918 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Song Thrush +56

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025

🦌

Mammals9 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat · Hedgehog +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
BadgerMeles meles
House MouseMus musculus
Fat DormouseGlis glis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects7 species

autumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Simulium · 7-spot Ladybird · Needle or willow stoneflies · Southern Hawker +2

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
SimuliumSimulium
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Needle or willow stonefliesLeuctridae2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Even Scalewort · Crescent-cup Liverwort

Even ScalewortRadula complanata
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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