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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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Robin +96 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Robin +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood +43 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

North Gower Butterfly Walk, GowerWalking route1.6 km

Walk through Welshmoor, a hidden paradise for wildlife where 25 different species of butterflies have been seen. It's one of the most reliable locations in Europe to see the very rare marsh fritillary & common green hairstreak. Wet heath, not well marked.

Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:30-01:00Round tripLocal walking route

The Gower WayWalking route56 km

Named routeLength 56 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Route WCPWalking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

25,667 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,667 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blue Tit · Swallow · Pied Wagtail · Sanderling · Carrion Crow +54

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SanderlingCalidris alba
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RavenCorvus corax
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JackdawColoeus monedula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Common GullLarus canus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
GannetMorus bassanus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SwiftApus apus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus

🦎

Reptiles4 species

spring

2026

Slow-worm · Wall Lizard · Grass Snake · Adder

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
AdderVipera berus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Speckled Bush-cricket · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Grey Bush-cricket +22

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
SyrphusSyrphus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Grey Bush-cricketPlatycleis albopunctata
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Broscus cephalotesBroscus cephalotes
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
EristalisEristalis
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Dune ChaferAnomala dubia

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Raspberry

RaspberryRubus idaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,667 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blue Tit · Swallow · Pied Wagtail · Sanderling · Carrion Crow +54

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SanderlingCalidris alba
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RavenCorvus corax
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JackdawColoeus monedula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Common GullLarus canus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
GannetMorus bassanus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SwiftApus apus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus

🦎

Reptiles4 species

spring

2026

Slow-worm · Wall Lizard · Grass Snake · Adder

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
AdderVipera berus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Speckled Bush-cricket · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Grey Bush-cricket +22

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
SyrphusSyrphus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Grey Bush-cricketPlatycleis albopunctata
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Broscus cephalotesBroscus cephalotes
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
EristalisEristalis
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Dune ChaferAnomala dubia

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Raspberry

RaspberryRubus idaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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