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Places › Wales › South East Wales › Rhondda Cynon Taf Getting here
51.56851, -3.30760
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🛝 Playground 128m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🛝 Playground 128m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🦉 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 — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Cockchafer, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Dock Bug +64 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Cockchafer, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Dock Bug +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Forked Veilwort +8 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Forked Veilwort +8 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penrhys Pilgrimage Walking route ▾
Pontypridd Circular Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Pontypridd Circular Local walking route
Show on map Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Regional walking route
Show on map Taff Trail Walking route 88 km ▾
Named route Length 88 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cambrian Way Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 169 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Treforest Community Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref TCR Local cycle route
Show on map Church Village Community Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CVCR Local cycle route
Show on map Aber Valley Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 475 National Cycle Network
Show on map Rhondda Fach Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 881 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
Show on map Llantrisant Community Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
12,226 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,226 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Pied Wagtail +40
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 American Mink
American Mink Neovison vison Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 22 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Cockchafer · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Field Grasshopper · Adicella reducta +17
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Adicella reducta Adicella reducta Agapetus Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Hollyberry Cotoneaster · Mamillate Plait-moss · Forked Veilwort
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025 Hollyberry Cotoneaster Cotoneaster bullatus2024 Mamillate Plait-moss Hypnum andoi Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,226 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Pied Wagtail +40
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 American Mink
American Mink Neovison vison Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 22 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Cockchafer · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Field Grasshopper · Adicella reducta +17
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Adicella reducta Adicella reducta Agapetus Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Hollyberry Cotoneaster · Mamillate Plait-moss · Forked Veilwort
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025 Hollyberry Cotoneaster Cotoneaster bullatus2024 Mamillate Plait-moss Hypnum andoi Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Agapetus
Agapetus
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2025
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata2025
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa2025
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2024
Hornet Vespa crabro2024
Tenthredo Tenthredo2024
Tenthredo Tenthredo2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Athripsodes albifrons Athripsodes albifrons2024
Athripsodes albifrons Athripsodes albifrons2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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