Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.65096, -3.18566
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 188m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 188m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Jackdaw +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Jackdaw +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkRegional walking route
97 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 469Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 469National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 468Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 468National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 467Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 467National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 465Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 465National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network 466Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 466National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
CafallMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Twrch TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Nant Brynar, Islwyn Park, Pontllanfraith
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Wildlife to spot
12,561 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,561 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Coal Tit +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Eurhadina loewii +11
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Eurhadina loewiiEurhadina loewii2025
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,561 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Coal Tit +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Eurhadina loewii +11
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Eurhadina loewiiEurhadina loewii2025
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2025Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025